This one's a friggin doozy!

**mattian** · 10th August 2009, 17:54

Worst road rage incident thats ever happened to me so far!

was feeling a little peckish around 5.00pm today, decided to whip up to foodtown for dinner. got on the bike heading up the road...... traffic backed up at a stop sign. Damn, of course, I forgot, 5pm = rush hour traffic.... managed to split up the right hand side of the queue without crossing the center line and pulled in about 3 or 4 cars from the stop sign as the room ran out. Mr. suit in the BMW wasnt very happy about this despite the huge gap there was from the car in front of him..... plenty of room for me! pull onto the main road and Mr BMW is right next to me on my right hand side beeping his horn and giving me the finger. I gave him the wanking sign (my mistake) This just escalated the situation and he pulls in front of me and stops dead in the middle of the road. I stop behind him and start going around him.... He lurches forward and swerves right at me !! Holy shit..... I'm off like a bat out of hell and put another 3 cars between us and am cursing myself for not having the presence of mind to get his number plate.

Lesson learned..... even if you have done nothing wrong and someone is angry with you. Dont, gesticulate back. Just ignore them and go on your merry way. thats what I should have done and I think it would have been sweet,

**Mom** · 10th August 2009, 18:01

Originally Posted by mattian

Lesson learned..... even if you have done nothing wrong and someone is angry with you. Dont, gesticulate back. Just ignore them and go on your merry way. thats what I should have done and I think it would have been sweet,

Yeah, sounds like you learned a good one. I am something of a pacifist on a bike in a situation like that, though I am known for giving my complete disapproval via hand gestures as a pillion, when someone tries to kill us by crossing the centre line.

**Aaron_newrider** · 10th August 2009, 18:04

What's the guy going to do if he gets out of the car? Punch you in the head with your helmet on? haha

**sil3nt** · 10th August 2009, 18:05

I thought KB'ers resolved this situations with a boot to the mirror?

**mattian** · 10th August 2009, 18:05

yes. Hand gestures get exactly the desired reaction the person intends for it and, it just escalates with neither person wanting to back down .... I remained remarkably calm during the whole event and, shudder to think how it might have ended if I had upped the anti. Its sooooooo not worth it.

**Mom** · 10th August 2009, 18:07

Originally Posted by Aaron_newrider

What's the guy going to do if he gets out of the car? Punch you in the head with your helmet on? haha

No, but he is quite likely to have less than no time for any other biker that he comes across. I would hate to read that you had been knocked off your bike while waiting for a light to change. Think about it here for a bit.

**Aaron_newrider** · 10th August 2009, 18:10

Originally Posted by Mom

No, but he is quite likely to have less than no time for any other biker that he comes across. I would hate to read that you had been knocked off your bike while waiting for a light to change. Think about it here for a bit.

maybe some of the time, yes that's true.

**mattian** · 10th August 2009, 18:11

Originally Posted by Aaron_newrider

What's the guy going to do if he gets out of the car? Punch you in the head with your helmet on? haha

probably.... and then I'm the owner of one useless helmet. It was one of those situations when its fight or flight...... I chose flight. I'm not going to get into an altercation with some deranged lunatic just because I had space to get in front of him while his car was stationary! its just not worth it. Even when he swerved towards me and tried to hit me...... I'm still not stopping.... I'm getting the bleep out of there.

**steve_t** · 10th August 2009, 18:35

Originally Posted by sil3ntwar

I thought KB'ers resolved this situations with a boot to the mirror?

Don't let Katman hear you say that!

**SMOKEU** · 10th August 2009, 18:45

I had a similar thing happen to me when I was in my car. A guy overtook me and blocked the road with his cage, then got out of his car with a baseball bat started running up to my car. I then did a U turn and he started chasing after me, so I was bouncing off the speed limiter and he couldn't keep up.

**sil3nt** · 10th August 2009, 18:45

Originally Posted by steve_t

Don't let Katman hear you say that!

I don't condone booting peoples mirrors! I probably couldn't get my leg up anyway!

**ital916** · 10th August 2009, 18:50

I usually ignore people now, I just have a quiet chuckle in my helmet. Mind you, on my next bike Im going to carry a chain.....to lock it to things when parked of course

**Babelfish** · 10th August 2009, 18:53

Driving a BMW, the wanker gesture probably means you'll wrist him off at the next rest area...hence he was just trying to catch up to get his action

Think about this next time; BMW drivers like getting wristed by another man, it further inflates their missapropriated ego...(in this they are similar to BMW riders)

**mattian** · 10th August 2009, 18:53

Originally Posted by ital916

I usually ignore people now, I just have a quiet chuckle in my helmet. Mind you, on my next bike Im going to carry a chain.....to lock it to things when parked of course

After todays incident, I would agree with that ! just ignore them and they will go away..... just like a bad smell. If I hadn't given him the wank sign, I'm sure he would have just driven off all angry and gone home and taken it out on the missus.
Its just not worth it.