These Bikers Punch A BMW Driver In The Face Then Stare Down The Barrel Of A Gun

The BMW cut off a biker - it's unclear if deliberately or accidentally - causing an angry confrontation. It all escalates at the next red light, and the bikers punch the BMW driver to the ground. At this point, his passenger pulls out a gun...

Darren Cassey

13 Apr 2016

Road rage is one of those incredibly infuriating things to watch. 99.99 per cent of the time it’s completely pointless and wholly avoidable. That’s the case here, though it’s hard to pinpoint who’s really to blame, so let’s just blame both parties.

It all starts when the BMW either deliberately attempts to block the speeding bikers, or accidentally does so while attempting to get out of their way. When the biker he cuts off lashes out at the car, its driver gives chase, leading to a confrontation at the next red light.

The BMW driver appears to want to resolve things peacefully, telling the bikers to stay where they are, presumably so he can call the police. He attempts to block the biker that swung for his car by standing in front of his bike, when another biker walks over and pushes him away. At this point the driver appears to try to walk away, when he’s sucker punched by one of the gang. The other bikers join in, and that’s when the female passenger climbs out of the BMW, screaming and waving a gun about.

The bikers are complete and utter morons, and were clearly itching for a fight. They’re wholly at fault for allowing things to end up where they did, but if the BMW driver had just let the incident go, none of this would have happened. People do idiotic things on the road all the time, so just let it go. Sure, the guy cut you off, but you were easily able to avoid it - you even had time to throw a punch. And yeah, the guy swung for your car, but he’s clearly an idiot so just leave him to be an idiot. If you really feel the need to get the cops involved, either tail them while you phone it in, or just take a photo of a licence plate and report it later. When you rage on the roads, nobody wins.

Source: Jalopnik

Comments

I love reading the comments. Oh good God. Yes, both parties are to blame. If they both had followed the rules of the road, none of this would have happened. Repaying one bad decision with another doesn’t make anyone right. It makes you both assholes. I ride bikes, and I have rode like this before, I’ll admit. At the same time while riding in a civilized manner, others have not taken the proper precautions and noticed me, which could very well have costed me my life. If someone had damaged my vehicle, I would have followed them as safely as possible, and asked for the info. Failing that, I would have gotten a plate number and contacted the authorities. Their was so many better ways to handle this. So yes, both parties are in the wrong. On another note, waving the gun around like that not only endangered the bikers and her husband, but if the gun had gone off and not hit the bikers or her husband, could very well have hurt someone else. So again, I will reiterate, BOTH PARTIES ARE TO BLAME.

The post mentions “BMW driver” so much that its almost like its trying to tell us that all BMW drivers are assholes.

20 seconds in you can see the BMW driver swerve first into the right lane when the biker was coming up behind him. Biker slowed down. Left lane biker is coming up on the BMW left and the driver then swerves left lane , biker slowed down. At this point right lane biker decides he wants to pass the BMW and the BMW driver was having none of it so he swerved back , this time almost running the biker off the road. Then he stops the biker in a red light while physically imposing himself and impeding their movement. All while the BMW passenger is sitting in the car with a gun in hand.

This BWM driver WANTED the escalation , otherwise why swerve into them 3 times in less then 30 seconds.