Almost went down

[silverdeer0454]

My closest call ever to being in a motorcycle accident. Canadian (Asian) pulled around me doing 60 - 65 in a 35 mph zone (2 lane road) Pulled back in front of me with less than 2 feet of clearance so he wouldn't head on a car in the other lane. The passenger in the back seat was watching and put her hand over her mouth. I locked up the back brakes, collected myself and followed him into the casino parking lot. I had to follow him around the lot for a bit because he probably thought I was going to clean his clock. When he finally backed into a parking spot I put the front wheel of my motorcycle right up to his bumper and motioned for him to step out. He shook his head "No" so I repeated the motion two more times. He got out and I chewed his a$$ and reminded him about the speed limit how close he came to hitting me. I'm still shaking...that was close.

 

[muaymendez1]

Was Upsets me the most is that if you parked in a dfferent spot and casually walked up to him as he stepped out of the can and showed him the error of his ways, with a right hook ,you may have been arrested and labeled an outlaw biker. I am ashamed to say that I too have followed people home . a dangerous practice which may one day turn against me. But asking people how it feels to have the biker you cut off know where you rest,makes people very appologetic as thier faces turn white in fear as I pull away

[rickardracing]

I commend you on keeping your cool. I myself would have yanked him out of his car and beat the hell out of him. I had a guy do the same thing on the freeway two weeks ago. When he cut right in front of me, I hit my brakes, then flashed my high beam. The jerk brake checked me, then took off like a bat outta hell. If I could have safely caught up to him, he would have had his butt handed to him. I have no problem with going to jail for pounding someone into the ground. Stupid, I know, but poeple like this just set me off. Makes me wonder how we got to the top of the food chain.

[Flyinfool]

Who says we are at the top of the food chain?

 

The other day on my way into work had a cage blast past me in the left turn only lane and had to cut back in hard to avoid the median and traffic lights. Fortunately it was not just me that she wanted to pass and it was a cage two cars up that she sideswiped into the ditch. No one was hurt and yes I did hang around and be late for work to be a witness. The dingbat got a whole slew of traffic citations. The cop wrote her up on everything he could think of. Fortunately for the guy she hit, she did have insurance.

[revinger]

I've only followed an idiot cage once. woman flew around a blind curve in my lane at me on a 2 lane county road. spun the bike around and followed her in to town, sometimes obviously on her tail and other times tracking her in stealth mode. she was quite aware she was being followed. small town she could not have been so lost intentionally, wandering around lots of streets. at one point I managed to be a block ahead and oncoming to her. she was on cell phone, we were in front of the county jail at that point, I pointed over to it. she looked straight at me and went on. I on the other hand stopped and went in. gave them her plate number and told them if 911 got a call from a woman being followed by a crazed biker I was him and why I followed her.

 

I am an EMT-I on the local ambulance service and the guys in there know me, so I wasn't worried about getting much flack, and I was pretty pissed at the time.

 

my intentions on following her we're to get a solid plate number, description and a face of who darn near made a hood ornament of me. a few days later I spotted her and her car just up the hill from the blind curve. thought she looked familiar. a neighbor on same road I live on.

 

bob

Marshall

Edited May 20, 2011 by revinger

[SilvrT]

ROAD RAGE at it's finest!

 

There was an incident of Road Rage here about a month ago ... the offending driver got out of his car and shot the guy who was enraged.

 

This kind of thing is happening more often than not. I just let it go .... sooner or later for them it will be "what goes around, comes around".

[revinger]

on goes around comes around. friend is a state police officer. years ago he was out for a ride off duty when a high school kid pulled some really stupid stunt and about took him out. he tried to get up with the car. high school kid got even wilder, buddy got the plate though.

 

you want to guess who was waiting in uniform on the school parking lot the next day. think the kid ended up with some driving school after that visit and a lecture.

[KarlS]

Here in good ole Flint, Michigan (which New York Times said is more dangerous then Afghanistan) you just count your blessings that you were not run over and call it good. If you follow you will get shot. Either the person you are following is a gangster and shoots you, or the person you are following thinks you are the gangster and shoots you. Either way it's better to just ride on.

[Guest scarylarry]

This person could have open fire on you and walk with self defense, everything you did in the parking was tape putting your tire up to his car was road rage..

 

I'm not saying he was right but sometimes it is better to walk than be shot in a parking lot...

 

Just buried a veteran in Ky. last week for the same thing he pull in a gas station other driver had a CCW and shot and killed him and who knows what happen on the interstate dead men can't talk, just like doctors they can bury their mistakes...

[OB-1]

In years past I too have chased down another motorist that nearly killed me with their ignorant actions. Today, I do my best to simply let it pass. I don't always succeed, but I try.

[silverdeer0454]

There were 5 factors that made me follow him:

1. He was headed to the casino where I work as a Tribal Gaming Agent.

2. Our parking lot has 100% camera coverage so I knew everything would be captured on video. (I checked..It was)

3. The chances of someone with a Canadian license plate having a weapon is pretty slim.

4. As a Tribal Gaming Agent I have authority to detain, not arrest, someone who has violated a Tribal law or regulation on Tribal land until the arrival of Tribal Police. The event happened on Tribal land.

5. I'm 6'2 and 290lbs. He was half my size.

 

Actually, this was the 1st time (and probably the last) where I followed someone to confront them. The adrenaline was really in charge when this happened, the mind wasn't thinking as clearly as it should have been. This (hindsight being 20/20) was something that would have been best to report to Tribal Police and let them take care of it, but at the time I was so angry that my only thought was to let him know how I felt. I believe he left our casino with less money than he arrived with and a better understanding of the concept of watching for motorcyclists.

[chabicheka]

5. I'm 6'2 and 290lbs. He was half my size.

 

 

would be pretty hard to outrun a bullet, i would think, at that weight......

 

and i would be rolling out the red carpets for the asian canadians if i was in your position. if it wasnt for the canadian asians, the casinos wouldnt be faring too well.

[Reddog170]

3. The chances of someone with a Canadian license plate having a weapon is pretty slim.

 

 

With this in mind he was not to worried about dodging a bullet, plus the guy had his kid in the car with him. Nothing like getting your but chewed out in front of your kids.

[SilvrT]

3. The chances of someone with a Canadian license plate having a weapon is pretty slim.

.

 

That goes to show how little you know about Canadians. There are more of them packing weapons than anyone realizes and I would be especially wary of Asians ... sorry, not meaning to single them out but it's the truth!

[friesman]

That goes to show how little you know about Canadians. There are more of them packing weapons than anyone realizes and I would be especially wary of Asians ... sorry, not meaning to single them out but it's the truth!

Really?I knew things were getting a bit rougher around Vancouver but I didnt realize handguns were getting to be such a big concern there. I think Ive only ever seen 2 handguns up here in person up close, and they were both friends that were LEO that were showing off a new piece.

 

Brian

[SilvrT]

Really?I knew things were getting a bit rougher around Vancouver but I didnt realize handguns were getting to be such a big concern there. I think Ive only ever seen 2 handguns up here in person up close, and they were both friends that were LEO that were showing off a new piece.

 

Brian

 

It's not uncommon to hear about somebody getting shot around here. As I mentioned above is but one incident of probably a once a week shooting occurrence somewhere in the lower mainland area. Drive-by shootings, Gang war shooting, you name it, we got it ... teenage kids packing loaded guns into school even!