The Biker Who Rode For His Life Has Just Uploaded This Shocking 'How It Started' Video
Yesterday, we showed you shocking footage of a biker who had to ride for his life after a bald-headed car driver was quite clearly intent on running him off the road and doing him some damage. This being the internet, people assumed that the biker must have done something to provoke the man (just take a look at the YouTube comments), but it turns out that the car driver was simply a short-tempered douchebag who was having a seriously bad day.
As you can see in the video, the biker pulls in front of the car at a set of traffic lights (this is legal in many areas, but not all). Clearly not happy with the biker’s decision to do so, the driver pulls away from the lights hard, giving little room to the man on two wheels. The biker then races off down the road (at well over 100mph), and when the pair meet again at the next intersection, that’s where the aggression really kicks off. The man on the bike gives the driver the finger, the driver vomits some bad words and then, which is the real turning point, the biker smacks the guy’s mirror. That’s where things turn nasty and is the result of the shocking footage you watched last night:
So in conclusion: The driver is the main party at fault, but the biker did himself no favours in hitting the man’s car. Sometimes (actually always), it’s better to avoid confrontation and simply ride to the nearest cop shop. After all, this biker had all the footage he needed to ensure that the driver got what he deserved. What do you guys make of these events in light of this newly-released footage?
Thanks to CTzen Lucas Thezolin for the info and video footage (the biker is his mechanic).
Comments
of course this happened in Florida…. geezus…
How is he not able to outrun that car?!
I think this incident happened because 2 idiots couldn’t keep their temper. It always takes 2 to start a fight. The bald headed moron should’ve let the biker go at the light and the biker should’ve let the car go after it took over him.
As a Biker and a car driver, the Biker is mostly at fault here.
First mistake: pulling in between cars at a traffic light. While maybe legal it is the one thing, I as a biker would not do even if I had the right to do so everywhere in the world.
Second mistake: When pulling away from the lights the biker accelerates really fast. If the speedometer is in miles, he goes to 50mph in a few seconds. To be exact, in 6 seconds he is at exactly 57mph. That is speeding. He could have let the car accelerate how it wanted and just accelerate slowly himself, like he did at the first intersection. But he rather provoked the cars driver.
Third mistake: speeding all the time and not simply stick in the relative safety of a crowd of a few cars, of which he passed several.
Fourth mistake: giving the driver the finger, hitting his car and stuff like that and then going in front of him instead of simply doing a U-turn.
I had something similar to this in a car. I was accelerating after a roundabout. In front of me was a very slow Opel Corsa B in black packed with four people (I’ll never forget this damn car). I overtook them because they were really creeping up to speed. But as I was next to them, suddenly they tried to accelerate hard, making my overtaking take longer and thus getting me to have to cut them because of oncoming traffic. After that, after a short part of road with greatly limited speed they overtook me as soon as that ended. The tried to get me to stop by slowing down in front of me. As they came to a standstill I simply went right over the grass and accelerated away. If they had had a more powerful car, I’d simply have obliged by halting, because I trust my fellow people enough, that in case of an assault they would go inbetween. And even if not, I would have used the safety of a nearby gas station.
I’m not sure about the U.S road traffic act, but i think both of them misunderstand them. :D But i can feel with the Car driver, not every biker is an ass, but most of them by breaking simple rules and starting to beef. Would overreact too 11/10.
Well luckily the guy came out unscathed. Had a guy run me off the road once. (Luckily I was on my KLR 650 and these things are tanks) and managed to ride the ditch out. But I followed the guy, phone the cops on my helmet headset while recording and kept following him. He blew 2 red lights and a stop sign to get away, but failed. Once the local PD caught him he lost his license on the spot. And with my video it’s likely he won’t drive again for the next 5-6 years (hopefully ever) once a judge see’s him. That’s my way of how to deal with people like that. Thanks for the read, here’s a pic some of the damage my bike received.
good job! must’ve been tough to juggle all of that
just one of the many pros to owning a dual sport, they’re pretty much indestructible :)
where is this place and why the f*ck are the roads so empty….. i wanna be there and go on a speeding spree
I believe this is actually really close to the Homestead-Miami Speedway
Looking at this comment section I’ve come to a simple conclusion, if you don’t ride motorcycles do everyone a favor and shut the hell up.
Always give bikers enough space. Had it several times that a biker tried drag racing from traffic lights. And their visors are now gritted from my 285x19 tires.