Experienced road rage this morning.

[08FJR4ME]

Just go back, find the car and put a note on the windshield. "I know where you live and we will get even, *******. This was a nice car." Then forget about it, he won't.

I didn't know there were so many ways to screw with someone. A lot of good ideas if i was in my younger days. I have been in some serious **** in

my younger days traveling the roads. Dated my wife for 2 years 102 miles one way thru boston traffic. I have had guns pulled out on me while driving and been pushed within fractions of an inch to guard rails. Someone has been looking out for me. A lot of pony's under the hood didn't hurt either. I think back of

all the stupid **** i did and i am still alive. If someone screwed with me while driving the match was on. Its probably been 15 or 20 years since i stopped all

that ****. It just got to crazy. When woman flip you off at the drop of hat pull in front of you and slam on the brakes its a whole different world out there now.

So now i ignore all that ****. Keep a watch out for the crazy's and let them go. There is no respect for life anymore in this country. That guy's comments

said it all. That's GenXer's for ya. Sooner or later they will get thier's.

"Vengence is the lords"

 

[El Toro]

Just go back, find the car and put a note on the windshield. "I know where you live and we will get even, *******. This was a nice car." Then forget about it, he won't.

You know, CRMH got his license number... but unless he's an *****, he got CRMH's too. CRMH may think he's a gay-*** VW screwin', fender bumpin' bozo, but he's not thinking much of CRMH either.

Just let it go.

I'm convinced that emotional stress like this will kill you even faster than physical stress. Life's too short to waste time on stuff like this.

This could be a watershed moment. Take advantage of it....

Luke... use the Force....

 

[Silver Penguin]

There is a very simple way to look at this. Before, during and after the incident, you were riding an FJR and he was driving a pansy-*** Volkswagon. He just couldn't handle the jealously. Can you imagine how you would feel if the roles were reversed? The poor man has been totally emasculated, in public. No wonder he lost it. You rubbed salt in his wound, by riding the coolest bike around, while he looks like a poor excuse for a college girl.

Maybe you should affix a vase and a pretty flower to the dash of your FJR, to show some empathy for the terrible situation that this wimp finds himself in.

 

[dbvolfan]

I dunno what it is...sometimes something like this will set me off and I'll try to rip someones head off...other times, I just let it roll off my back. I know it isnt safe to get into someones face when stuff like this happens but dammit sometimes people just dont realize it was a LIFE they were messing with.

I was watching some news show the other night on MSNBC and this 50 yr old pshchologist is sitting there lecturing on how this clerk who refused to lie face down on the floor after being robbed was wrong...that he should not have resisted. I am thining to my self, what does this rich, white mom from suburbia know about getting robbed and being told to lie face down on the floor wondering when he is going to pull the trigger. You just cant say how you'll act until faced by it I guess. I chose to resist a guy with a knife and it worked...dont know what I would do next time but I knew I wasnt going to be a victim.....

anyhow, glad you are OK. Every person reacts differently...it's one thing to get flipped off or honked at...it's another thing to have a guy swerve at you.

 

[Bungie]

A good pair of wire cutters does a great job on valve stems. No gun required.

Ever notice us no gun totin' Canadians know some really evil tricks

 

[cardingtr]

Go get yourself a paint stripper spray at Walmart. You know what to do next.

 

[Kevin Daly]

Stop at a hardware store and pick up one of those 2 part epoxies in a syringe. Go for a late night ride and squeeze into his locks.
At least I 'heard' that works

A good pair of wire cutters does a great job on valve stems. No gun required.

Go get yourself a paint stripper spray at Walmart. You know what to do next.

Now I know who all the pansy-*** passive aggressive ppl are on the forum

 

[JRO]

Riding a bike makes you a second-class citizen, every day you're out there. Unless you want to wreck your blood pressure, you soon find out there's little point to blowing your top over the woman in the SUV who pulls out in front of you from a side road, the guy towing the horse trailer who's cut you off changing lanes, the cell-phone yapping daddy's girl who doesn't realize she's not alone on the 4-lane, ect., ect., ect., ad infinum... You're faced with these dilemas, constantly. Some are honest mistakes; some seem like deliberate attempts on your life. If you gave in to anger, even half the time, you'd have a stroke within a week.

Then there's the oddball crazy, who actually harasses you. You get his tag number, call it in to the law, and learn there's nothing they can do about it, unless you were run over and you're bleeding to death in a ditch. Or maybe you follow him home, dismount, and get into an argument with the kook in his front yard.

There's no correct answer, here. The streets/highways are like the Wild West. Without the Sheriff around, or a posse of honest citizens, there's no law, and certainly no protection. Your word (alone), against another's, is worthless. You're on your own. What to do?

Follow the Rules of Engagement. The ROE is everything. You violate the ROE's, and you could end up with charges filed against you.

1. Drive Defensively - something automobilists know little about. To survive on a motorcycle, however, you're going to know all about it.

2. Don't give in to anger - that way leads to the Dark Side, Luke.

3. Never be the aggressor.

4. Don't get into arguments with people who outweigh you by 1,000+lbs.

5. You're not allowed to shoot first.

6. Always wear a condom.

6. Be gentle as a dove, and wise as a serpent.

7. Check your tire pressure, regularly.

ect., ect., ect..

Glad you lived.

 

[twistedcricket]

"I was in fear of my life" -

I doubt the vw driver had the wherewithall to remember a motorcycle license plate. In most states the lettering is rather small.

If it doesn't care about being hurt, hurting someone else, or the possibility of being pulled over then you're more at risk.

Get a comm system and make the call. Even with a weapon, you'll probably lose unless you're a damn good shot in motion. Showing a weapon, and not firing, generally constitutes a "terroristic threat" and that'll get you in jail quicker than a cager's attempt to run you off the road.

 

[Randy]

whoa whoa whoa, i said whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He then speeds up and comes right up on my rear... there's little traffic on 3 lanes of highway so this is intentional. I look in my mirror and he is about 2 feet from my tires. I touch the brakes to back him off and he then comes besides me and tries to knock me off the road!!!!

ok...let's think about this...

the fuckstain is in a VW beetle that makes 12.7 horsepower and you're on an FJR that does 160. You're on a 3 lane road with little traffic (your words, not mine) and you're letting this needledick be 2 feet from your tires?!?!?!?!? He comes up beside you and tries to knock you off the road??? It's a VW beetle, not a Bugatti Veyron - get away from him!!!!

Ferchristsakes, grab the throttle, not the brake!!!!! Twist it for 5 seconds and it would take him a week and a half to catch up to you.

 

[Checkswrecks]

whoa whoa whoa, i said whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He then speeds up and comes right up on my rear... there's little traffic on 3 lanes of highway so this is intentional. I look in my mirror and he is about 2 feet from my tires. I touch the brakes to back him off and he then comes besides me and tries to knock me off the road!!!!

ok...let's think about this...

the fuckstain is in a VW beetle that makes 12.7 horsepower and you're on an FJR that does 160. You're on a 3 lane road with little traffic (your words, not mine) and you're letting this needledick be 2 feet from your tires?!?!?!?!? He comes up beside you and tries to knock you off the road??? It's a VW beetle, not a Bugatti Veyron - get away from him!!!!

Ferchristsakes, grab the throttle, not the brake!!!!! Twist it for 5 seconds and it would take him a week and a half to catch up to you.

Right after you flip a quarter over your shoulder and it hits his windshield.

 

[wheatonFJR]

A good pair of wire cutters does a great job on valve stems. No gun required.

Ever notice us no gun totin' Canadians know some really evil tricks

Neccesity is the mother of invention...

 

[RAVENRIDER]

Every time I'm tempted to confront a cager, I remember the old adage of "Win the battle, lose the war."

Even if you had beat the tar out of this jerk, you run the risk of him running you over next time you meet on the road.

 

[GunMD]

I think my ***** detector started beeping here.

 

[Bungie]

Ever notice us no gun totin' Canadians know some really evil tricks

Neccesity is the mother of invention...

Passive-Aggressive by law. Go figger. Pushed to far and most Canadians won't hesitate to knock somebody on their ***. Then apologise immediately after doing it. At which point, if in the States. We get shot.

 

[mfletch69]

you know where he lives...right? Give it a little time and then let it be a hobby to make this *******'s life miserable. Flat tires some mornings, sugar in the gas tank, dog **** on the door handle, etc. Over an extended period of time....maybe 3 or 4 years.

Lower yourself to his level - because revenge is sweet.

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

you know where he lives...right? Give it a little time and then let it be a hobby to make this *******'s life miserable. Flat tires some mornings, sugar in the gas tank, dog **** on the door handle, etc. Over an extended period of time....maybe 3 or 4 years.
Lower yourself to his level - because revenge is sweet.

Based on your post, I am ready to guess your occupation.

You are a marriage counselor. Right?

 

[Spook]

I think my ***** detector started beeping here.

I think you may be right.

 

[Grumpy]

Every time I'm tempted to confront a cager, I remember the old adage of "Win the battle, lose the war."
Even if you had beat the tar out of this jerk, you run the risk of him running you over next time you meet on the road.

Or you could have followed him home and he could have pulled a gun and shot you......you were the aggressor, but a dead one!

 

[mfletch69]

LOL. No...just being facetious. Actually, he should find out if the jerks mother is still living and have her killed.

you know where he lives...right? Give it a little time and then let it be a hobby to make this *******'s life miserable. Flat tires some mornings, sugar in the gas tank, dog **** on the door handle, etc. Over an extended period of time....maybe 3 or 4 years.
Lower yourself to his level - because revenge is sweet.

Based on your post, I am ready to guess your occupation.

You are a marriage counselor. Right?