roadglide driver kicks car
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Road Warrior
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From: coastal sc
roadglide driver kicks car
I didn't know how many other riders have had similar situations. Keep the shiny side up how ever you have to.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/ecaa0b6...s-car-and.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/ecaa0b6...s-car-and.html
Cruiser
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From: LI, NY
Yes, he can ride, however the car did sail on over the median into the HOV lane and pissed him off. He should have let it go at that point. He was a hair within losing his life or serious injury once he kicked the car. You just don't challenge a car like that, not knowing who you may be dealing with. Just my $.02.
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Yes, he can ride, however the car did sail on over the median into the HOV lane and pissed him off. He should have let it go at that point. He was a hair within losing his life or serious injury once he kicked the car. You just don't challenge a car like that, not knowing who you may be dealing with. Just my $.02.
Road Warrior
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From: Houston, Texas
He risked his life because he was cut off. I ride on the freeway everyday in my commute. Getting cut off is a fact of life. It's not a matter of if it will happen but when. Honk the horn, flip the guy off, then crank up the tunes, enjoy the rest of the ride and get home in one piece.
Unless I'm passing someone, I never let myself stay in a position where the car next to me would hit me if he changed lanes and I'm always scanning for idiots.
Stay safe people and enjoy the ride.
Having said that, I was impressed that he was actually hit and kept the bike up. Hope I could do the same if ever bumped in traffic.
Unless I'm passing someone, I never let myself stay in a position where the car next to me would hit me if he changed lanes and I'm always scanning for idiots.
Stay safe people and enjoy the ride.
Having said that, I was impressed that he was actually hit and kept the bike up. Hope I could do the same if ever bumped in traffic.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Ft Myers FL
Maybe the car encroached on his lane....crowded him.....i see nothing he did wrong.....IF THAT WAS THE CASE....poor guy in the Escalade though....
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......... Cadillac oughta make a commercial out of that piece of film !
............. 'and the driver walked away from this accident .. it's not just an SUV, it's a Cadillac !'
... that's when having the shoulder belt on really comes in handy !
......... Cadillac oughta make a commercial out of that piece of film !
............. 'and the driver walked away from this accident .. it's not just an SUV, it's a Cadillac !'
... that's when having the shoulder belt on really comes in handy !
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Here is what the guy who videotaped the encounter said:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...623-story.html
I don't condone any of what happened, but when your adrenaline gets pumping, you do stupid things, even if you're on a bike. I've never actually been hit, but I've been in a few close encounters as I'm sure many of you have, too. I knew better than to take on a multi-thousand pound vehicle, so I never escalated the situation. The last time I almost got ran off the road, I caught up with the guy at a stop light. He rolled his passenger window down and before I could open my mouth, he profusely apologized for having nearly killed me. That was the end of that and I lived to ride another day.
It was about 5:45 a.m. Wednesday when Traber was in the passenger seat of his coworkers car as they drove to work at a utility company in Burbank. They were headed southbound on the 14 Freeway, and driving in the No. 1 lane, when the man on a Harley Davidson-type motorcycle passed them on the left, riding close to the double-yellow lines that separate the general traffic lanes from the HOV lanes.
About 150 feet ahead was a Nissan sedan driving in the HOV lane, Traber said. Just as the motorcyclist was passing the sedan on the right-hand side, the sedan tried to exit the carpool lane and enter the No. 1 lane. Thats when the car bumped the bike.
Im sure he didnt see the motorcyclist, Traber said of the driver. He scared the living daylights out of the motorcyclist. He almost went down. That guy can really handle his bike.
Traber said that after the motorcyclist regained control, he pulled up to the cars passenger door and began gesturing at the driver. Traber said he appeared to be saying something too, but Traber couldnt hear him. He said he figured the biker was saying something like, hey, you almost hit me! Watch out!
Traber said it looked as though the driver was yelling something back at the biker, and that it didnt help matters, because thats when the motorcyclist started kicking the passenger door.
I said, Wow, man, somethings going to happen. I gotta get this, Traber said. So I grab my phone and started recording.
The motorcyclist then swooped behind the sedan, pulled up along the driver side and kicked the car again, Traber said. In a flash, the driver of the sedan swerved hard left and sideswiped the motorcyclist, almost sending him barreling into a concrete freeway divider, he said.
As you can see, he lost control after doing that, Traber said of the driver.
The video captured the chaos that ensued. After bumping the motorcyclist, the car swerved right, and then left, and collided with the concrete divider in a shower of sparks and flame. The car then ricocheted off the divider, veered across the freeway and slammed into a Cadillac truck, flipping it over onto its roof.
The motorcyclist, meanwhile, had slowed down and managed to avoid the bumper, glass and debris from the sedans crash and rode off. Traber said he and his coworker, along with a handful of other drivers, stopped to help.
About 150 feet ahead was a Nissan sedan driving in the HOV lane, Traber said. Just as the motorcyclist was passing the sedan on the right-hand side, the sedan tried to exit the carpool lane and enter the No. 1 lane. Thats when the car bumped the bike.
Im sure he didnt see the motorcyclist, Traber said of the driver. He scared the living daylights out of the motorcyclist. He almost went down. That guy can really handle his bike.
Traber said that after the motorcyclist regained control, he pulled up to the cars passenger door and began gesturing at the driver. Traber said he appeared to be saying something too, but Traber couldnt hear him. He said he figured the biker was saying something like, hey, you almost hit me! Watch out!
Traber said it looked as though the driver was yelling something back at the biker, and that it didnt help matters, because thats when the motorcyclist started kicking the passenger door.
I said, Wow, man, somethings going to happen. I gotta get this, Traber said. So I grab my phone and started recording.
The motorcyclist then swooped behind the sedan, pulled up along the driver side and kicked the car again, Traber said. In a flash, the driver of the sedan swerved hard left and sideswiped the motorcyclist, almost sending him barreling into a concrete freeway divider, he said.
As you can see, he lost control after doing that, Traber said of the driver.
The video captured the chaos that ensued. After bumping the motorcyclist, the car swerved right, and then left, and collided with the concrete divider in a shower of sparks and flame. The car then ricocheted off the divider, veered across the freeway and slammed into a Cadillac truck, flipping it over onto its roof.
The motorcyclist, meanwhile, had slowed down and managed to avoid the bumper, glass and debris from the sedans crash and rode off. Traber said he and his coworker, along with a handful of other drivers, stopped to help.
I don't condone any of what happened, but when your adrenaline gets pumping, you do stupid things, even if you're on a bike. I've never actually been hit, but I've been in a few close encounters as I'm sure many of you have, too. I knew better than to take on a multi-thousand pound vehicle, so I never escalated the situation. The last time I almost got ran off the road, I caught up with the guy at a stop light. He rolled his passenger window down and before I could open my mouth, he profusely apologized for having nearly killed me. That was the end of that and I lived to ride another day.
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When you view the video, you don't see all that led up to the incident. Now that I have more complete information, looks to me like the clown car driver made a deliberate move to smush the Road Glide rider which went bad when he went into the K-rail. Yet another example of the local media not telling the whole story, and we viewers make an erroneous opinion.
There is a great deal of stupidity happening on that freeway at that time of day...or any time of day for that matter. This is yet another example of that. Which is why I almost always take the Sierra Highway when I ride from the AV to SCV...This could have happened to any one of us, and that IS an amazing example of fine riding...although I might Monday morning quarterback the dealio and question his judgment...
There is a great deal of stupidity happening on that freeway at that time of day...or any time of day for that matter. This is yet another example of that. Which is why I almost always take the Sierra Highway when I ride from the AV to SCV...This could have happened to any one of us, and that IS an amazing example of fine riding...although I might Monday morning quarterback the dealio and question his judgment...