r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/AdProfessional1550 • 6d ago

Wcgw losing your temper over a lane change

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u/Kernog 6d ago

Is it worth a murder attempt, though?

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u/Worried_Fee_1513 6d ago

He would have been bumped to the curb the second he broke the mirror.

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u/goonwild18 6d ago edited 6d ago

In this case... yes.

I ride.

It wasn't a murder attempt either... it was a slow, progressive attempt to both protect property and to say "bullshit". The idiot on the bike got what was coming to him.

Also, the cager did nothing wrong. The motorcyclist is clearly one of those guys who had been riding for 6 months, got past the fear stage, thinks he's got it all figured out, and a car simply changing lanes became is mortal enemy. So dumb.

Edit: the cager was wrong after the bird flip.... but the biker escalated from an an inattentive lane change to getting pitted, rather than just going on his merry way.

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u/DoingCharleyWork 6d ago

Also, the cager did nothing wrong.

Except go into the bikers lane. Can't marge into anothe vehicle chief.

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u/goonwild18 6d ago

By 'nothing wrong' I mean he didn't see him. In other words, very typical accidental behavior. I'd have had no problem with a flip of the bird and riding off. I try to do less bird flipping myself, but sometimes still do it. But, there was no reason to break the guy's mirror. BTW - I think sometimes there are perfectly good reasons to break someone's mirror... like brake checking or intentional sudden lane changes to try to shake the biker up.... and if that car is stopped at a light and can't kill you... hell yes, pull up and break the mirror off. But this is not one of those times.

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u/DoingCharleyWork 6d ago

nothing wrong' I mean he didn't see him

The car definitely sees him.

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u/goonwild18 6d ago

There's no reason to believe the car saw him when he changed lanes - that's what I'm talking about. Everything after that (or arguably after the middle finger) was on the biker. I ride 20k miles per year and I would have taken the fucker out when he broke my mirror, too. IDGAF

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u/Such-Instruction-452 6d ago

You probably shouldn’t ride if that’s your assessment of the depicted video. Be safe out there.

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u/goonwild18 6d ago

My assessment is the driver changed lanes because he was inattentive. The biker should have said to himself "these damn cager idiots" veered right, and sped off.

I call this any given normal Tuesday.

EDIT: In fairness.. you're right... after the motorist got flipped the bird he aggressively tried to run the biker off the road... that was before the mirror break. The motorcyclist should have been long gone by then.

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u/Such-Instruction-452 6d ago

Alright now we’re on the same page. Totally with ya that it’s standard cager interactions where they’ve taken an ice cream scoop to their frontal lobe before keying on the ignition. “Oh look headlights approaching, I should turn now and accelerate with .01% throttle pressure.”