Why do cage drivers get mad because bikers can weave in and out of traffic?
It is the craziest thing. What is wrong with people? I’ve had people swear, honk, curse just because I can maneuver better than they can. It’s not my fault you choose to drive a behemoth and need to take a 2nd mortgage to pay for vehicle fuel. I’ve even had people try to run me down. I pulled a guy out of his truck and beat the living $hit out of him for that. People forget that we motorcyclists wear body armor, helmets, gloves with imbedded steel studs, and steel toed boots. Some of us carry loaded weapons too. We can phuck you and your car up pretty bad if you think you are tough in your oversized pickup or what have you.
To those below. The guy intentionally drove his truck into my bike while I was on it with a smile on his face. He knocked me off the bike. I left the fallen bike in front of his truck in traffic, walked up to his door, kicked a dent in it, and tore off his mirror. He wasn’t smiling after that. Then he got mad and opened his door. Big mistake on his part. I pulled him out and beat his ass right in front of his girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat in astonishment. Witnesses saw the whole thing and sided with me. Cops came, Detained us both. Let us both go, and I got a brand new bike from his insurance company, nicer than the one he hit. The dumba$$. See what happens when you get mixed up on the wrong side with bikers?
Dale P
If I’m weaving in and out of traffic, I am NOT breaking the law.
Just because I have better mobility does not mean I am being dangerous. I may be accelerating OUT of a dangerous situation that you cannot see from your vantage point. You cage drivers will never understand until you ride a bike. We have to constantly and consciously be better drivers because our lives depend on it. I am sick and tired of cagers criticizing motorcyclists. Motorcyclists also drive cars sometimes, and we are better car drivers for it. I have NEVER wrecked a vehicle or harmed another with my vehicle and I have been riding 24 years. I know what I’m doing when I’m weaving in and out of traffic or going a little faster than the flow. I’m putting distance away from you.
You should be happy about this.
Dale P,
In that that incident I mention (11 years ago), I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt sitting in a line of traffic. Since then I have learned to white-line, dress more protectively, and be more aware of animosities from car drivers.
The guy I mention above was in a pickup truck behind me and for whatever reason he chose, used his truck to maliciously hit my bike and knock me off. Some lights before I passed him. Perhaps he was mad about that. But I watched him in my mirror with a smile on his face when he creeped up his truck and smacked my bike. I had nowhere to move being stuck behind another car in traffic. This is WHY I am a strong proponent of white-lining.
If I do carry, I do it legally. And I do not brandish it unless my life or family is seriously threatened. None of what I wrote gives bikers a bad name. It says, “Stand up from abuse by cage drivers!” You should be ashamed having ridden a motorcycle yourself and taking your attitude.
Andrew P: Shut up, dumba$$.
Gregg H:
I wore a helmet.
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