Biker’s Road Rage Freeway Kick Goes Viral, Divides Enthusiasts
Hot-head biker sparks roadway fiasco that turns out bad for everyone EXCEPT the motorcyclist.
With the popularity of GoPros, YouTube’s motorcycle enthusiast community has found itself filled with what can only be described as the biker version of “revenge porn,” with allegedly unsafe and purported aggressive drivers getting their just desserts at the hands of agitated vigilante motorcyclists.
From fly-bys to snapped antennas and busted side view mirrors to even physical altercations, YouTube is full of these videos. It’s not the ideal or mature way to handle road rage but when you feel your life is in danger, it’s a little easier to understand the aggression of some motorcyclists in these videos.
This biker in particular, on what appears to be an orange Harley-Davidson touring bike, has had enough of one particular driver and kicks his car from close range. The video starts rolling as the kick is launched and thus there is very little information as to what transpired before the biker turned into Dirty Harry on two wheels. Nor do we know what the driver allegedly did to the motorcyclist or if he or she even did anything at all to stir his ire and indirectly precipitate the tragedy that was about to unfold.
So, while it’s not 100% certain what caused the driver to lash out, and it’s hard to tell from the perspective of the video, ubiquitous online commentary seems to imply that the driver was inattentive and failed to notice the motorcycle and cut it off.
The biker’s kick to the rear driver’s side door of the late-model Nissan Sentra causes the surprised driver to swerve left into the jersey barrier. The Nissan then careens across three lanes of freeway traffic to T-bone a Cadillac Escalade EXT.
It’s not the ideal or mature way to handle road rage but when you feel your life is in danger, it’s a little easier to understand the aggression of some motorcyclists.
Shockingly, the Cadillac flips over and the Sentra completes a full rotation before coming to rest, leaking fluids all over the highway. The motorcycle, even more surprisingly, continues to mosey on down the road, apparently unharmed and unfazed as he navigates the debris the Nissan left behind on rides off into the sunset.
The unfortunate bystander in this case — the Escalade — had a passenger sent to the hospital. It’s a real shame that someone unrelated to the mayhem got tangled up in this and suffered tremendously as a result. So, regardless of which side of the debate you are on regarding this road rage clip that has gone viral and is dividing motorcycle enthusiasts as to who was at fault, it is important to keep a cool head out there, even when your own life is threatened by terrible drivers. We hope for a quick recovery for the injured party.
For a motorcycle to successfully deliver a pit maneuver to a car is a shocking feat, although we’re thinking the Nissan driver simply overreacted. Or, it’s possible that the driver swerved into the motorcycle intentionally but the move quickly backfired. If this accident has shown us anything, it’s that anything can and will happen out there. Be safe, and try to handle yourself as best you can.
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