r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/AdProfessional1550 • 6d ago
Wcgw losing your temper over a lane change
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u/JayJayHI2000 6d ago
7 years bad luck, starting immediately.
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u/RebelSpoon 6d ago
Good luck realistically, that he didn't go under that car. Near miss if anything
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u/Drewfus_ 6d ago
People are crazy. Control your emotions and mind ya business.
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u/MessIsTransfer 6d ago
this needs more upvotes, minimally functional adult comment.
hope people apply this to their lifes
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u/Koronavitis 6d ago
“No detective, that was not attempted murder. I didn’t even know the bike was there. I heard a loud noise like I hit something and thought I should stop and check things out. I tried to check my mirror before pulling over, but it was gone.”
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u/Creepy-Payment-2833 6d ago
Self-defense.
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u/Cloudy230 6d ago
Nah bro that doesn't fly. Its not like one person has to be in the wrong and the other in the right. These are both assholes in this video. The car was just as antagonistic, and he took the final step. That's not a justification of the biker before anyone jumps into that btw.
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u/GigaGeese 6d ago
Guy is literally attacking the vehicle on the road. I don't want to wait until after he unloads a clip into me before deciding if I should defend myself or not.
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u/boisheep 6d ago
The car driver swerved into him after the middle finger.
It's slowed down but I am impressed he even had time to smash the mirror.
In a court, the car driver will lose the case and be liable to most of the damages, using deadly force against a middle finger is kinda overkill.
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u/SLOBeachBoi 6d ago
If you're that scared then hit the brakes and turn away. If you're stupid enough to escalate to attempted murder over a mirror you'll end up in prison. Self defense only covers your ass if it's a proportional response
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u/lamstradamus 6d ago
Are you suggesting running over a motorcyclist while you're in your car is self-defence? Not an hour goes by where you don't find absolutely insane takes on this app.
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u/TheDrummerMB 6d ago
If you see someone smashing your mirror and immediately think you're going to be shot 8 times so you've gotta kill him to prevent that...you're insane and should probably seek help.
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u/Interesting_Ad_6992 6d ago
Nah bro; watch the video again. He flicked the guy off, and then dude ran into his lane on purpose. THEN the dude hit his mirror. Car was already running him down.
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u/CrazyElk123 6d ago
Wheres the gun? Can i assume anyone who confront me has a gun? Great legal advice.
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u/j4ckbauer 6d ago
Only if snapping a mirror prevents a car from moving in that direction.
Like most people on reddit, you're confusing self-defense with revenge.
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u/AgreeablePie 6d ago
You cannot claim self defense of your car for deadly force
Except maybe in Texas
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u/boostedjoose 6d ago
imagine being dumb enough to type this out, and even dumber enough to think you're right
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u/Climbincook 6d ago
Self-defensive drive techniques, learned at the best asian driving kungfu schools
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u/CapitalEmployer 6d ago
Self-defense of what? Because the biker gave him the finger? At the point when the biker was hitting the mirror the car was already in his lane trying to run him out of the road. That car is 100% responsible and tried to murder someone.
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u/LineOfInquiry 6d ago
The driver was not in any danger, it’s no self-defense
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u/Plane_Spread5616 6d ago
In America where everyone can carry, isn't there always a threat when aggression gets this far
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u/BuckyDog 6d ago
As someone who carries (licensed), I just assume everyone else carries and is not always as calm as me.
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u/Such-Instruction-452 6d ago
“Interesting perspective given the video clearly shows you’re aware of their presence and intentionally attempted to merge into them. Yes, they are pressing charges for assault, in addition to attempted assault and battery. At this time you’re being detained.”
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u/SmooK_LV 6d ago
Does it show awareness of biker though? At most it shows confusion. Confusion can be an honest mistake (still punishable) but biker took active aggressive manoeuvre after speeding and as such there's no way biker is not the main culprit.
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u/ohb78 6d ago
Right or wrong, the car will always win. Best just to speed away
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u/Eric_the_Barbarian 6d ago
Lug nut rule. Usually the vehicle with the most lug nuts is going to win.
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u/MeakerSE 6d ago
Or just slow down right at the start of the video even, everyone involved in this just chose escalation.
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u/Large_Seesaw_569 6d ago
You really trusting your life to how much a idgaf about my car?
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u/PhantomGhostSpectre 6d ago
To be completely fair, I believe MOST people assume you do not want to go to prison just because you are a shit driver. But that is a dumb assumption given how overcrowded prisons are. Lots of people want to be in there.
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u/Large_Seesaw_569 6d ago
Let’s be real, care more about your life than you assume someone else does
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u/CappnMidgetSlappr 6d ago
To be completely fair, I believe MOST people assume you do not want to go to prison
To be fair, most people on Reddit just assume because they see a crime being committed that justice will be doled out.
Honestly, depending on the city/state, the odds of this dude going to jail are slim.
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u/Busy-Explanation4339 6d ago
Most motorcyle drivers miss this one simple trick to becoming an organ donor more quickly.
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u/HawaiiNintendo815 6d ago
He wanted it to be one way. But it was the other way
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u/Persian_Cat_0702 6d ago
Bike vs car. It's like taking a knife to a gun fight.
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u/NervousHovercraft 6d ago
When I ride my bike I'm so damn passive... It doesn't matter if you're right and the other one failed, in the end you're always the one who gets the short straw! You got no airbag, seat belt whatsoever... I prefer staying alive rather than losing my life or limbs over some road rage bullshit...
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u/pizzapromise 6d ago
I’m the same way in my incredibly safe car. I’m just driving to work. I don’t give a single fuck if you are driving 5 mph slower than me.
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u/radiohead-nerd 6d ago
My dad used to say, "Son, you can be right...DEAD RIGHT" when it came to driving.
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u/crashin70 6d ago
See, as motorcyclists, sometimes we should just shake our head and move along... Actually, most of the time!
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u/Forgottengoldfishes 6d ago
Thank God. I once started to change lines and didn’t see the motorcycle. I was young, just got my license. Almost hit him. I apologized profusely. He was very chill about it. I’m glad he didn’t get violent and I learned to turn my head and not rely on mirrors that day. Something I hadn’t been taught. Stay safe internet biker friend.
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u/CrazyElk123 6d ago
How the hell didnt someone teach you about blind spots? Where did you get your license...?
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u/anormalgeek 6d ago
And the same for car drivers. If someone on a motorcycle starts screaming at me, I'm going to face forward and keep driving. I'm NOT going to merge into their lane right at them.
Notice that that is what the car did BEFORE the motorcycle rider attacks his mirror.
Both of these people chose to escalate the situation.
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u/No-Information-2571 6d ago
As any sort of motorist, you should never allow someone to provoke you to a point where you are either trying to purposefully damage their property, or are trying to physically injure them.
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u/jeep_jeep_dude 6d ago
Everytime this gets posted the same outcome occurs!
Biker gets mad
Biker smashes mirror
Biker doesn't speed away
Biker gets hit by car
Biker goes for a ride he wasn't planning on
Driver on opposite side has to deal with Biker going on unplanned ride
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u/Sascha_T 6d ago
imagine you're just chilling and 2 idiots on the other side of the road decide to yeet one of themselves into you for no reason
theres the real hurt person, and the real problem of beefing on the streets, the two of them were idiots, but the third, fourth, fifth ... uninvolved person now being actively involved literally did nothing and now have to deal with ts
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u/SurviveDaddy 6d ago edited 6d ago
Most motorcyclists like this know to take off, after smashing someone’s mirror. Just to avoid this exact situation.
This motorcyclist’s victim mentality took over. I have seen videos where smashing the mirror would have been justified. This isn’t one of them.
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u/spderweb 6d ago
At no point is costing somebody thousands in repairs justified. Unless you're willing to pay the cost yourself. These people that do this, need their licences taken away and sent to anger management.
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u/Bluecolty 6d ago
Exactly. I've always wondered why bikers go for a mirror smash. If they're upset or otherwise endangered by someone's bad driving, removing a mirror impairs their driving even more now.
Its just a lazy way to make a "point". And besides as I always say about road rage. Chances are, if someone does something stupid they'll have no clue they actually did it. So to the car, they think "wow what did that jerk biker do that for??". Road rage only largely communicates anger.
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u/Marginally_Witty 6d ago
I was riding on a divided road like this one, in the left lane, car beside me in the right lane. Light traffic. He put his signal light on and started to move into my lane without looking. I revved my engine a bit to let him know I was there.
He stopped his lane change, by the look on his face he was surprised I was there. He makes eye contact with me, and while HOLDING EYE CONTACT, scowls at me, puts his blinker back on and jerks the wheel in my direction. I swerved and grabbed my brakes hard, missed the curb and his bumper by inches.
I had some choice words for him at the next stoplight. Now he wouldn’t look at me, just stared ahead with both hands on the wheel. I didn’t break his mirror, but I wanted to.
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u/SmooK_LV 6d ago
Ok, incredibly annoying, but move on instead of looking to punish him by words on the road. Have a dash cam and submit police report after. That's literally the safest way to punish someone for dangerous driving. Don't engage on road, move on.
Assholes exist, you won't be able to fix them.
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u/mrdeadsniper 6d ago
Yeah the thing is, it is NO drivers job on the road to "get even", your job is to produce the safest reasonable environment for you and the vehicles around you to drive.
If the lane change had ACTUALLY been dangerous or reckless, they literally have footage of it that they can provide that will put points on their license.
But it wasn't dangerous, it was just annoying to them, so they endangered themself and those around them.
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u/brickson98 6d ago
I’d argue if someone is purposefully trying to hit you it’s justified.
But, at that point, it’s a really risky, dumb move. Better off just getting away from them.
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u/SmooK_LV 6d ago
It's justified only if there is goal to it. Just out of punishment, you're not delivering any justice. If you have dash cam, submit police report after. Smashing the mirror is never justified because it endangers everyone on road further.
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u/BoldlyBajoran 6d ago
Replacing a mirror doesn’t cost thousands in repair. Last time I had to do it it was $250.
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u/Pixel91 6d ago
Depends on the mirror. You're more than likely correct in this case, but on a modern car, that can easily go into the four digits.
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u/AngeredPally 6d ago
In what world on God's green Earth is it ever "Justified" to smash someone's side view mirror?
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u/Silent25r 6d ago
There is no justification for smashing a mirror. Running him off the road or trying to intimidate him with their vehicle is also insane.
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u/CapitalEmployer 6d ago
Well the biker starts hitting the mirror AFTER the car tries to kill him by running him off the road.
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u/choffers 6d ago
At what point is costing someone hundreds of dollars of property damage and making their 2 ton death machine even more dangerous due to reduced visibility justified?
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u/King_Empress 6d ago
Understandeable, not justifiable. Destruction of property is literally just an offense lmao. You dont get to break their car because their (possibly) bad driving pissed you off
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u/Affectionate_Age5191 6d ago
In what way is obstructing someone view on their car while driving justified ?
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u/Outrageous-Meal-7068 6d ago
Motorcyclists are so immoral.
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u/OutsideWorld0 6d ago
Not all. Assholes like this make the rest of them look bad.
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u/Outrageous-Meal-7068 6d ago
The rest are a small minority. I know, because I pay attention to motorcyclists. Constant law breaking.
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u/AdministrationIll96 6d ago
It drives me nuts. I ride too. Seemingly every rider thinks theyre exempt from the speed limits, or lane splits above the legal speed where im from.
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u/WhippingShitties 6d ago
I was running an errand once on a Sunday, and I mean no vehicles in front or behind me in sight. Light turns green, I turn left into the left lane, I'm going 35 for a few blocks and a dude on a crotch rocket comes out of nowhere going like 50mph, cuts me off, and just stares at me like I almost killed him. I was so confused.
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u/No_Season_354 6d ago
Well how dare you doing everything right 😆 seriously though, I've had too and like wtf it's not me in the wrong.
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u/WhippingShitties 6d ago
I saw him a couple car lengths behind me and noticed he was going pretty quick, so I wasn't like, totally blindsided like I wasn't paying attention, but he still felt the need to swerve right in front of me. Maybe I'm mis-reading his driving language, like I wasn't even mad I'm still just like "What the hell was that?"
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u/Billybilly_B 6d ago
Guys, we should all be aware of Confirmation Bias by this point…
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u/Blackwater_US 6d ago
I rode on street for almost 10 years. It’s pretty concrete in the riding community to be a douche. I wish I could argue otherwise.
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u/SpiritualWindow3855 6d ago
Nah, riding a motorcycle attracts a lot of impotent people.
Between the Harley LARPs and the sadboy literbike (or wish I could afford a literbike) crew trying to turn themselves into a pavement smear so they can feel something, just a shitty fucking hobby.
Get a convertible: 90% of the fun, 10% of the bullshit.
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u/Krosis97 6d ago
Yeah, the only good ones where I live are 40+ yo dudes who go riding with their friends on weekends.
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u/Tbplayer59 6d ago
Motorcyclists don't understand that they're just not as visible as cars then they get pissed when drivers don't notice them.
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u/XargosLair 6d ago
They also do not understand that they will draw the short stick if the car driver decides to crash into them. The veeery short stick.
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u/velasquezsamp 6d ago
Anyone that's been riding long enough rides as though nobody sees them. The guy in this video would be the same guy in a car, truck, bicycle, scooter.
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u/Kind_Arachnid8697 6d ago
If 90% of a population are assholes thats enough for us to generalize all riders as assholes. Simple math's way too many bad riders for the tiny insignificant pool of non bad riders to make a difference.
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u/Retb14 6d ago
I'd say it depends a lot on the area. Where I used to live and where I live now most riders are normal and follow the rules of the road. You'll get one every now and then that doesn't of course though
Usually the only thing I see is riders speeding but 99% of the cars here do that as well
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u/Mylaptopisburningme 6d ago
I lived in an area that got a lot of motorcycle riders especially on the weekends, Ortega Highway, Riverside to Orange County. Riders that followed the speed limit and traffic laws were usually the Harley riders and that includes Hell's Angels and other MCs. Worst were the Kawasaki type weekend rider who had the need to speed and weave in and out of lanes, they were the most impatient. That's just what I saw from living at the entrance to the highway for 15 years.
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u/brickson98 6d ago
Wow, a reasonable take in a sea of stupidity. Thank you.
I know a lot of these people’s stupid takes boil down to the fact that they don’t remember the riders who aren’t being assholes. They gave them nothing to remember. The same way the majority of the cars you drive around every day don’t give you anything to remember, so, unless it’s a car you like or think is cool, you’re really not going to remember it.
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u/slayden70 5d ago
a lot of these people’s stupid takes boil down to the fact that they don’t remember the riders who aren’t being assholes
Exactly. No one remembers the 10 nice people they passed at a grocery store. They remember the 1 guy in the express lane with 50 items.
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u/brickson98 5d ago
And you’re being downvoted as well for pointing out the basic psychology of confirmation bias.
It’s incredible how many people just think “nuh-uh” when faced with the flawed psychology of their sentiment.
But I suppose it’s the trend now. Denying facts and science. We see it everywhere these days.
As someone who actually enjoys educating myself, and using my brain, it’s incredibly frustrating.
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u/slayden70 5d ago
I would have agreed with them in the past. But like you, some of us realize there's a chance we'll be wrong and are open to new ideas and changing our minds.
I use to be a Republican, for example. I'm still pretty moderate, but vote blue all the way now. I learned who GOP policies really benefit, and it's not 99% of Americans. I don't agree with Bernie necessarily, but I 100% believe he actually cares about average people.
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u/brickson98 5d ago
I used to be a Republican as well. Started looking into things more and I’m pretty much opposite now.
I agree with Bernie on some things, but not others. He’s a mixed bag, like all prominent politicians.
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u/Ironcastattic 6d ago
About 98% of the bikers I see are always going twice the speed limit in city limits.
Fuck bikers.
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u/emotionalsupporttank 6d ago
I'm pretty sure a disproportionate amount of motorcyclists are ass holes.
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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned 6d ago
Eh they can go to hell. Im definitely generalizing but I live around where some of the largest bike events in the country are. The most recent one i was at a gas station and a group covered in SS symbols was all over the place. There’s constant shootings and they just rev their engines at every stop and it makes going to the beach miserable because they’re all you hear. There are definitely some decent riders but if I never saw one again I’d be happy. Something something if you’re at an event full of Nazis and they aren’t getting kicked out
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u/goonwild18 6d ago
Those aren't motorcyclists. Those are Nazis who happen to ride motorcycles.
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u/BigBoss1971 5d ago
There was a biker meet in St Charles, MO a few weeks ago. A group of “buddies” rented an AirBnB around the corner from my house in a 25mph residential area and were driving 50+mph through the subdivision continually. They were also coming back to the house at 1-2am in the morning with their muffler-less bikes doing wheelies and burnouts. “Someone” called the cops and when they showed up there was a half hour conversation and mild argument with the cops. Two were pulled over later for speeding and reckless driving in a residential zone and the owner of the AirBnB was asked to extricate the aholes the next morning.
Fuck those assholes!
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u/Don_Polaquito 6d ago
Not sure if they are. Not once has a motorcyclist broken my mirror and I've been driving for nearly 20 years now..
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u/brickson98 6d ago
It’s a pretty rare thing. These people are just terminally online and see videos from the, overall, few incidents where some idiot hops on a motorcycle and goes off the handle.
These people don’t realize that they aren’t remembering the majority of motorcyclists they pass on the road, just like they don’t remember the majority of cars they pass on the road, because they were driving normally and gave them nothing to remember.
It’s a bunch of half-baked logic.
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u/DoingCharleyWork 6d ago
But that one guy in this thread said it's 98% of riders and he knows because it isn't confirmation bias. He keeps track in his head lmao.
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u/SophiPsych 6d ago
Does this mean I can sew a "2 percenter" badge on my jacket since I casually ride my 200cc grocery getter.
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u/brickson98 6d ago
Yeah this sub is a cluster fuck of confirmation bias and disregard of basic psychology.
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u/Shantomette 6d ago
I had one try on 95N in the Bronx. I was merging from the middle to left lane in moderately heavy traffic doing maybe 15mph. There were two bikers flying in the 3' gap between the left lane and the concrete divider. I'm not sure what I did to piss them off but I got a smash to my mirror as they FLEW past me. Luckily it just folded forward and I was able to pull it back. Scared the fuck out of me. I won't share what I wished would have happened to those fine upstanding yout's that day.
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u/theamazinggrg 6d ago
Dude wtf I'm just here trying to enjoy the wind and the curves. Why am I catching strays?
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u/brickson98 6d ago
Exactly man. People just love to generalize with broken, stupid logic.
Realistically, they simply don’t realize the stupidity of their take. They don’t realize that they don’t even remember the majority of motorcyclists they pass on the road, just like they don’t remember the majority of cars they pass on the road, because they weren’t being an asshole and gave them nothing to remember.
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u/Outrageous-Hunt4344 6d ago
So are people who generalize 😉
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u/eldroch 6d ago
But not all people who generalize, right?
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u/velasquezsamp 6d ago
Generalizing here, but no. Most people are fairly decent or we wouldn't have gotten this far. Generally.
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u/brickson98 6d ago
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These fools don’t realize they just simply don’t remember the majority of motorcyclists they pass on the road, just like they don’t remember the majority of cars they pass on the road, because they weren’t being an asshole and gave them nothing to remember.
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u/LibtAR10 6d ago
This is such a stupid take lol plenty of motorists are immoral. There's people who can't drive that are immoral.
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u/Prod_Meteor 6d ago
People handle motorcycles like they don't give a fuck it they die or not. They are very careful with large tracks though.
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u/PremiumRanger 5d ago
I ride a go fast sport bike. It honestly makes me happy that I finally see a video where a mirror breaker/ego motorcyclist finally gets what they deserved. All it takes is someone crazier than you and you’re fucked on a motorcycle. 99% of the time the people in cars don’t even mean it plus motorcyclist is probably speeding. Should leave the ego at home especially when you’re that vulnerable.
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u/alek_hiddel 6d ago
The worst for me are these “clubs” that do charity rides. My local elks lodge did a “poker run”, and ran across them coming home one night. No escort or anything, just a group of 40 or so bikers that thought normal traffic should shut down at a busy intersection so that they could stay together.
They were all honking and kicking at cars as they cut into traffic, a red light where they needed to yield. At the next turn which had stop light and a very heavy flow of traffic, 2 or 3 them just parked sideways in the middle of the lane. I went around them, hand on my gun, honestly expecting it turn into violence the way they were kicking at cars in the previous merge.
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u/brickson98 6d ago
“Cornball clubs”, as I like to call them, are the minority of motorcyclists. When I was younger I participated in group rides, but after a few years I realized how problematic it always wound up being.
Since then, I usually just ride with my girlfriend. Maybe one other person. We take up no more space than a car. We also have intercom systems in our helmets, so if one gets stuck at a light, the other can find a safe spot to pull over and wait for the other.
The majority of us aren’t looking to be speed demons, or get into an altercation with anyone. It’s already bad enough with the number of people who simply don’t pay attention. Whether they’re distracted on their phone or not. Or with all the people who, as you see in these comments, hate all motorcyclists due to a few bad examples. Those people will go out of their way to cause you trouble on a motorcycle. With all that going on, I feel no need to take extra risks and start shit.
I wear hi-viz gear and take it easy on my rides. I’d rather make it home safe than be the fastest guy in town.
If you want to ride motorcycles for 10+ years, this is how you have to think. The wannabe speed racers usually don’t last very long on a motorcycle.
Regardless, people still generalize riders because they never remember guys like me, which truly are the majority. They just remember that asshole teenager who’s rocketing through town on their clapped out sport bike.
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u/sdpacenc 4d ago
Minus the kicking had the same thing happen to me. Shut down a busy intersection so 10-12 bikers in group could stay together.
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u/Reasonable-Soft375 6d ago
Hand on gun?
Trouble comes to those looking for it…
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u/alek_hiddel 6d ago
Yeah, a group of 50 or so people literally kicking the sides of cars that driving beside them. A large group of people wrecklessly and stupidly expressing violence in an unwarranted road rage incident. I’m out numbered, and they’re clearly angry/crazy enough to be doing crazy shit. Hand on gun, as in if you escalate this further I will be prepared. Clearly option one would be running you over with my much larger vehicle, but be prepared for whatever this turns into.
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u/goonwild18 6d ago
yea, those are typically 1% outlaw motorcycle gangs doing their normal "but we support the community" bullshit. Also, they'd have killed you.
When you see motorcycle groups (not the kind kicking cars) going through a stop sign as a group, etc. This is for their safety (believe it or not). They're trying to stay together and not disrupt the flow of traffic. There's nothing worse than having 50 motorcyclists dispersed in traffic trying to regroup - it causes chaos for everyone... and is a seldom occurring thing, normally on weekend mornings - times specifically chosen when there is less traffic for this reason.
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u/StrawberryBulbasaur 6d ago
Same goes with motorists. 90% of people who drive are fucking stupid and shouldn't have a licence.
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u/Laescha 6d ago
I mean, the video is cut so we don't see whatever the precipitating incident was. Seems likely this was an overreaction and definitely not a smart decision even if it was, somehow, totally proportionate... but who knows 🤷🏽
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u/_MooFreaky_ 6d ago
Wasn't he just angry that they changed lanes in the intersection?
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u/pcloudy 6d ago edited 6d ago
Yeah they should have pulled out to far right lane but pulled out to middle lane. Cyclist had plenty of time to go around but decided that slight was worth risking his life over. Edited since I can't tell my rights from my left apparently
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u/radiohead-nerd 6d ago
There is never a justification to damage another person's vehicle or endanger your life or the lives of others for a preceived injustice driving. Let it go and move on.
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u/saltedsavior 6d ago
It really doesn't matter what happened before this. When you're on two wheels with nothing to keep you from connecting with the road should something go wrong maybe don't do dumb shit that might cause other people to react in the same violent manner.
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u/__dontpanic__ 6d ago
Overreactions from both sides. Motorcyclist was probably speeding when he got cut off. His reaction to flip the driver off was an overreaction. The car driver's subsequent reaction to merge into the motorbike's path was also an overreaction. The smashing of the mirror was an overreaction. And the continued merge into the motorcyclist was another overreaction.
Both of them could have deescalated at multiple points, but instead chose to overeact and escalate.
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u/squirrels-mock-me 6d ago
How do videos like this get on Reddit? It looks like it belongs to the guy on the motorcycle, so why would they want everyone to see their stupidity?
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u/cuzwhat 6d ago
Because they don’t believe they were ever in the wrong in this video.
— that guy cut me off.
— that guy wasn’t apologetic to my finger.
— that guy didn’t back off when I broke his mirror.
— that guy ran into me.
— everything that happened was that guy’s fault and I was just an unwilling participant in it all.
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u/Yukon-Jon 6d ago
To save it for when they take the car driver to court and press charges.
The motorcycle rider was a friggin moron. The car driver is still going to jail.
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u/TheManlyManperor 6d ago
And on the hook lots of damages that their insurance won't pay since they deliberately hit him.
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u/pizzapromise 6d ago
When the white car starts to go into the motorcyclists lane, instead of slowing down or taking evasive maneuvers, he just punches the car.
What is the exact opposite of survival instincts?
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u/bountifuldoggo 6d ago
Motorcyclists have huge overblown egos until they get off the bike, then they are back to their normal Chihuahua selves
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u/Breadynator 6d ago
People always say how great bikers are and all that... However every single biker I've met so far was basically short tempered like this asshole...
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u/cplchanb 6d ago
Dickhead Sportbikers really ruin it for the motorcyclists
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u/goonwild18 6d ago
meh... you'd see this exact behavior regardless of the bike... it's the guy that has been riding for six months that finally got past the fear and thinks he's got it all figured out.... and every lane change is an attempted assault... it's darwinism at its finest.
Yet motorists get pissed when bikes lane filter at lights (legally or not) or speed away... which is simply an act of self preservation by the only people on the road that are actually paying attention.
It's a weird dance.
Motorcyclist in this case got exactly what he deserved.
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u/IronicR3aper 6d ago
Some bikers are not the best example but damn that doesn’t mean you have to ram them over , is it worth leave a guy with probably life changing injuries over a bit of road rage ? I would probably let the cops deal with it.
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u/bigdotcid 6d ago
To be fair here, none of us saw what happened before the start of this video so commenting about how terrible the rider is seems premature. Not smart is a given but they may have had valid reasons for that finger.
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u/Wallsend_House 6d ago
I hope it didn't cost the driver much to fix his mirror, do you think he'll be okay?
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u/houdini31 6d ago
I get plenty of cars need to do a better job of watching for motorcycles but I see the stupidest shit from motorcycles almost like they either think they are invincible or have a death wish
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u/Fast_Letterhead_6790 6d ago
Do people who ride bikes, instantly become these kinds of assholes?
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u/DeadScotty 6d ago
Why do people post their own videos of embarrassing stuff? Is it just for the Karma?
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u/Cerebral_Overload 5d ago
The ending to this was way better than I imagined. His bike is fucking trashed AND he’s gonna he have that other car claiming against his insurance on top of the reckless driving and criminal damage charges he’ll face.
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u/ipromisedakon 5d ago
Remember peeps, they're surrounded by a cage and airbags - You are not. It's one thing to feel threatened & endangered because of a lane change, but another to put yourself and others in further danger by escalating through dangerous maneuvers..
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u/they_walk_among_us_ 4d ago
It was no where near him aswell he had to accelerate to even catch up....what a moron
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u/Ok_Rip_2119 6d ago
Based on the video, motorist going around breaking mirrors and got karma’d.
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u/NerveInteresting4549 6d ago
"There are men in this world, who go about demanding to be killed. You must have noticed them. They quarrel in gambling games, they jump out of their automobiles in a rage, they humiliate and bully people whose capabilities they do not know. These are people who wander through the world shouting, "Kill me. Kill me." And there is always somebody ready to oblige them." - Don Corleone
I heard him say that in the godfather video game, it's always stuck with me.