Extreme road rage - Car tries to take out bikers!
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Umm..if the bikers didn't want the psycho in the car to keep swerving into them, maybe they should have left him alone instead of continuously taunting him?
I'm not saying they deserve to be hit. Of course, they do not. But it was obvious from the video that the bikers were escalating the situation by continually coming after him.
I'm not saying they deserve to be hit. Of course, they do not. But it was obvious from the video that the bikers were escalating the situation by continually coming after him.
Guy could have had a weapon in the car and we would have had video of a shooting...how great would THAT have been?
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I agreed, guy was probably scared.
My policy is to always always try and let things go. If someone does something stupid I try not to take it personally. I will do my best to get out of the way. I realize now that people do foolish things and they do so because they are wrapped up in their own little worlds and probably did not mean to cut me off etc. You can even give me the bird, and I will try and just wave back at you. I admit that I was not always this way, but 50 years on the planet has lead me to this insight.
As I said, one possible explanation is that the car driver probably felt that his life was in danger and that explains (but of course does not excuse) his behavior.
I had a similar experience in which a driver of a very jacked up pick up truck took offense at me trying to get to a left hand turn before him. He started revving his motor and riding up right onto the back of my car...he came inches from going over the top of my car and decapitating me. There was a car on my right, and oncoming traffic and I was trapped. I honestly felt that my life was in danger. I am not going to state on a public forum that I took out a weapon and racked the slide but I will say that such a desperate (and I repeat, hypothetical) action probably saved my life. After that I decided that maybe it is better to let someone else get to the turn first.
My policy is to always always try and let things go. If someone does something stupid I try not to take it personally. I will do my best to get out of the way. I realize now that people do foolish things and they do so because they are wrapped up in their own little worlds and probably did not mean to cut me off etc. You can even give me the bird, and I will try and just wave back at you. I admit that I was not always this way, but 50 years on the planet has lead me to this insight.
As I said, one possible explanation is that the car driver probably felt that his life was in danger and that explains (but of course does not excuse) his behavior.
I had a similar experience in which a driver of a very jacked up pick up truck took offense at me trying to get to a left hand turn before him. He started revving his motor and riding up right onto the back of my car...he came inches from going over the top of my car and decapitating me. There was a car on my right, and oncoming traffic and I was trapped. I honestly felt that my life was in danger. I am not going to state on a public forum that I took out a weapon and racked the slide but I will say that such a desperate (and I repeat, hypothetical) action probably saved my life. After that I decided that maybe it is better to let someone else get to the turn first.
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I agree with those who have blamed the bikers as much as the driver of the car. Anyone can be a tough guy -- it takes real brains to know when it's just not worth it and back off (even if it bruises their ego).
As for the redneck video -- I'm thinking that it could be staged. If it's not staged, the guys in the truck got what they deserved
-- but again, I'd submit that the BMW driver was just as idiotic. Who in their right mind would lead some crazy guys following you down a deserted road to a dead end street, with your girl along for the ride?
Maybe he felt confident since he was armed. At worst, if the rednecks were armed too there would be a gun battle in the middle of nowhere. As it turned out, the BMW driver probably committed armed robbery or grand theft and posted the video.
As for the redneck video -- I'm thinking that it could be staged. If it's not staged, the guys in the truck got what they deserved
-- but again, I'd submit that the BMW driver was just as idiotic. Who in their right mind would lead some crazy guys following you down a deserted road to a dead end street, with your girl along for the ride? Maybe he felt confident since he was armed. At worst, if the rednecks were armed too there would be a gun battle in the middle of nowhere. As it turned out, the BMW driver probably committed armed robbery or grand theft and posted the video.
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As for the redneck video -- I'm thinking that it could be staged. If it's not staged, the guys in the truck got what they deserved
-- but again, I'd submit that the BMW driver was just as idiotic. Who in their right mind would lead some crazy guys following you down a deserted road to a dead end street, with your girl along for the ride?
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