Did this ever happen to you?

[aprilia_RS250]

So I'm riding by my self behind a Isuzu 4x4 on Friday. It's heavy traffic and I'm on SH16 heading north. Legally you can overtake vehicles if you don't cross the double yellows and stay on your side of the road. So... I'm as far right as possible and and the guy driving the 4x4 is bang in the middle of the road, not enough room to pass. He goes a bit left and I see my opportunity and start accelerating. He sees me and swerves right immediately. I see him laughing and shaking his head. We do this a couple of times. We get to white passing lines and I go for it. As I'm passing him I get splashed by orange juice or soda drink!!:angry:

I turn my head and look behind. He's flashing his lights pointing the fingers and laughing:tugger:. I memorize his number plate pull over at the next servo and store the number plate in my phone. My head is about to catch on fire as I'm fuming like never before. Go to the bathrom clean my self up, wipe the bike up. Had enough and decide to go home.

[Goblin]

No, cant say that ever happend to me.

[Jonathan]

Find out where he lives, slash his tyres and smash his windscreen.

[mattian]

Had objects of various variety thrown out of moving vehicles towards me before so, I can quite believe it. Enough to make your blood boil with rage. Got to give you proper respect for not going psycho and remaining calm.

[aprilia_RS250]

I heard sugar in fuel tank is a good subtle way. Leave a note in there for the mechanic to find as well...
Might just file it to the cops

[mattian]

Find out where he lives, slash his tyres and smash his windscreen.

Pour orange juice into his petrol tank. then leave it as it was....... he will be none the wiser.

[Jonathan]

Isn't it difficult to get to the fuel cap though?
Or is it a quick screwdriver job?

[Ixion]

Happens all the time. Never believe them when they pretend to move over. Hang back, and go past fast, and wide.

[westie]

Use carjam or nz post to get his details and return the favour

[jared]

wtf is that even legal

[pritch]

In Hamilton once I had a chick in the back of a car dump a milkshake out the window as I moved up to pass. She did this while miming vomiting. Well I hope it was a mime... All in the car thought this was hilarious.

I was shitty for a while but there's not much sensible that you can do, maybe ring *555 or whatever?

[DMNTD]

So I'm riding by my self behind a Isuzu 4x4 on Friday. It's heavy traffic and I'm on SH16 heading north. Legally you can overtake vehicles if you don't cross the double yellows and stay on your side of the road. So... I'm as far right as possible and and the guy driving the 4x4 is bang in the middle of the road, not enough room to pass. He goes a bit left and I see my opportunity and start accelerating. He sees me and swerves right immediately. I see him laughing and shaking his head. We do this a couple of times. We get to white passing lines and I go for it. As I'm passing him I get splashed by orange juice or soda drink!!:angry:

I turn my head and look behind. He's flashing his lights pointing the fingers and laughing:tugger:. I memorize his number plate pull over at the next servo and store the number plate in my phone. My head is about to catch on fire as I'm fuming like never before. Go to the bathrom clean my self up, wipe the bike up. Had enough and decide to go home.

Had similar happen sure but I guess I'm not as forgiving/tolerant as you.

[{.bLanK}G_o_D]

Had a bottle hit the front of my van from an oncoming vehicle, so my van + bottle = 100 - 120kph collision.
Don't think it was intentional, was dark. More likely some dumb fuck just discarding a bottle out the window. Was the work van so I couldn't chase that fucker down and return the favor.

[{.bLanK}G_o_D]

Had similar happen sure but I guess I'm not as forgiving/tolerant as you.

Ooooo that sounds juicy, Do tell...

[Ender EnZed]

Had similar happen sure but I guess I'm not as forgiving/tolerant as you.

....:corn:

[Thaeos]

Can't say I've experienced it to this extent (yet?). Most that's happened is someone's chucked a ciggarette out the window and hit me.

[DMNTD]

....:corn:


Ooooo that sounds juicy, Do tell...

Heh! No comment...apart from I can get a lil' grumpy sometimes.

[nico]

no excuse for shit being throwen at you but, did you do any thing to provoke this???? ie tailgating 1 finger waving just trying to figure out why someone would throw something at a bike what an iodit i woulda followed him for a very long time to have ,, we'll call them words...... mahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha

[avgas]

Had similar happen sure but I guess I'm not as forgiving/tolerant as you.
Seconded. Bloody BOP young dipshit drivers.
Mind due, BOP has its own law doesn't? "Paybacks a bitch"?

[nico]

Seconded. Bloody BOP young dipshit drivers.
Mind due, BOP has its own law doesn't? "Paybacks a bitch"?

it does from memory the cops drive around with phone books looking for young drivers to..... but still rather that than a ticket or other punshment

[aprilia_RS250]

no excuse for shit being throwen at you but, did you do any thing to provoke this???? ie tailgating 1 finger waving just trying to figure out why someone would throw something at a bike what an iodit i woulda followed him for a very long time to have ,, we'll call them words...... mahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha

No tailgating no provocation on my part. He however is a tosser. I thought about following him and doing the mad max big swinging chain slam off the side view mirror. Kept my cool drove to the first servo and was expecting him to follow me in and cause trouble. He just kept driving, think we're both lucky he did that.... I was seriously furious. Will let cops take care of it.

[Okey Dokey]

Sounds like assault or attempted murder to me. I've never had anything remotely like that happen to me, thank goodness. Glad you weren't hurt. I hope the cops deal to the guy.

[Cayman911]

If you dont want to go as far as laying a formal complaint , do what id do and follow him and kick in his door at the first chance.

[marty]

So post the rego .....

[marty]

Isn't it difficult to get to the fuel cap though?
Or is it a quick screwdriver job?

does it matter?

And IMHO, one of those insert puncture repair pins into the lower radiator hose is much more effective

[YellowDog]

I have noticed some really bad anti bike attitudes of late.

Bikes can do things cars can't and visa versa.

Shouldn't be a problem to coexist on the public highway.

[jtzzr]

Been fortunate enough , not to have this done to me , but if it did I would`nt be as nice as you . And getting rego`s don`t mean much now , if you wanted to personally address the problem( I`m pretty sure the post office does`nt give out that info anymore, I could be wrong).

But you can still post it up here.

Hard to believe there are still fuckwits of that caliber on our roads, but as we all know there are.

Hope you get some kind of justice out of it.

[Conquiztador]

Did this ever happen to you?

Nope. I am too fast for them. And if they don't move over I pass them anyhow.

[zealchick]

I've had a similar experience.... riding along very nervously, had only been riding a few weeks. Long story short. I reckon some f**kwits like to take the piss out of L plate riders! Idiots just don't realise how dangerous their behaviour can be.

[breakaway]

No tailgating no provocation on my part. He however is a tosser. I thought about following him and doing the mad max big swinging chain slam off the side view mirror. Kept my cool drove to the first servo and was expecting him to follow me in and cause trouble. He just kept driving, think we're both lucky he did that.... I was seriously furious. Will let cops take care of it.

Lol, cops won't do shit.

I would have almost certainly performed a mirrorectomy on him.

[avgas]

Lol, cops won't do shit.

I would have almost certainly performed a mirrorectomy on him.
Gotta love carbon knuckles - I didn't feel shit

[Coldrider]

Did you report this to the cops or are you letting them get a confidence boost to do it to someone else.

[PirateJafa]

I have noticed some really bad anti bike attitudes of late.

Bikes can do things cars can't and visa versa.

Shouldn't be a problem to coexist on the public highway.

How intriguing. From what I've seen (and I cover a lot of k's) car attitudes to bikers have been at a high lately. Plenty of cars moving over when you're lane-splitting, waving you past to overtake on the open road, a general disinclination to tailgate etc.

[Ratti]

Its all been said.
I admire you for staying calm-ish and doing the right thing for you. On ya mate.

tossers in 4x4's need direct action, its all the dumb buggers understand.

You can get details from the rego. It costs 30 or so bucks and is available over the net. ANyone can get adresses of previous/current owners this way.

[avgas]

Its all been said.
I admire you for staying calm-ish and doing the right thing for you. On ya mate.
tossers in 4x4's need direct action, its all the dumb buggers understand.
You can get details from the rego. It costs 30 or so bucks and is available over the net. ANyone can get adresses of previous/current owners this way.
www.carfax.co.nz - $10

[Ratti]

Jeepers really? Cripes we've been ripped off mightily then.

[avgas]

Jeepers really? Cripes we've been ripped off mightily then.
If you sign up with account - those guys will also do it cheaper. I think you can get the whole thing checked for like $5 or something.
But yes LTSA/Post Office rips you off good. I had to find an alternative as I was checking 5+ bikes a year.

[aprilia_RS250]

Filed a roadwatch report, also had the option of asking the cops to investigate with maybe taking him to court. Thought that was a waste of time so just decided to file the report.

Guy at station said I could be charged if I do/attempt any personal retribution, also if something did happen to him I'd be the first one they'd see. I asked what they will do and he said they write him a letter with my description of events. I said that wasn't good enough, he said that's the best they could do. So there you go. Will take SH16 today again, same time of day just after work. I hope I don't see him today, I can only remain calm for so long...

[Herman Jelmet]

What's his rego number? Piece of shit like that could cause a riders death quite easily. That really pisses me off. It's never happened to me and if it did I would follow them home( if I had the fuel) and have a word, or maybe a dust up, whichever came first. Doing nothing is giving the scum f#$##T^ piece of $%$%%$#!! a good laugh at your expense and he will be likely to try it again. Bloody 4x4's I am wary of those bastards. He is a legend in his own eyes and all his mates( if he has any) probably all got to smoke his bat when he relayed the story to them. Asshole.

[R-Soul]

Filed a roadwatch report, also had the option of asking the cops to investigate with maybe taking him to court. Thought that was a waste of time so just decided to file the report.

Guy at station said I could be charged if I do/attempt any personal retribution, also if something did happen to him I'd be the first one they'd see. I asked what they will do and he said they write him a letter with my description of events. I said that wasn't good enough, he said that's the best they could do. So there you go. Will take SH16 today again, same time of day just after work. I hope I don't see him today, I can only remain calm for so long...

While throwing a drink at someone would not normally be regarded as asssault, in the context that it was done(i.e. while passing, at speed and without warning), it could have been really dangerous.
I reckon you lay a charge of assault, and let the cops follow it through. He might get community service or something. Even if he is acquitted for lack of evidence, it will be there on his record. So if sometone else lays a similar complaint, he is less likely to walk away unscathed. The important bit is that he does not walk away from it thinking that there are no consequences.

[mynameis]

Sounds like assault or attempted murder to me. I've never had anything remotely like that happen to me, thank goodness. Glad you weren't hurt. I hope the cops deal to the guy.

LOl... :lol:

Yeap happend to me, minding my own business doing 100k's flat on the motorway in the MIDDLE lane. Sports car comes right up my ass and tailgates. Not my fault people in the fast lane are holding up traffic.

I flashed my brake lights to warn them they were too close, they overtook and threw a coke bottle at me. Pissed me off so I followed them, got off at a traffic light to tell them to pull over and explain. They got scared and put their windows up and locked their doors.

Still kept following them :lol: And they drove off to the Police Station, by that time I was cooled off and laughed didn't bother complaining. Next thing I get a letter from Police with all sorts of bullshit in that to which I simply replied "Get your facts right".

That was the end of it :D

All up fun experience but I wish I could slap them around their ears and stick their faces in my ass and made them smell it.

[oldrider]

I have had all sorts of things chucked at me out of other vehicles over the years, also from bridges and from the side of the road too!

Most of the arseholes of the motoring world hug the centre line and try to stop us getting any little "advantage" over them and they take it all "so personally" too but they are the minority IMHO!

The majority of other motorists though are so obliging that it gets embarrassing and you feel you have to pass them or they might run off the road.

I have often thought if by writing letters to the editor etc thanking the good motorists who do care about motorcyclists.

I have never written a letter to the editor, wouldn't know where to begin!

By doing so, we may be able to subtly get our own messages about our rights across to people who read them without pissing them off!

We also need to keep repeating the message, that motorcycles are a legitimate mode of transport and should be seen as such by all other motorists!