Do you retaliate?

[Scuba_Steve]

When another motorist cuts you off, swerves towards or pulls into you etc without knocking you off your bike do you retaliate in anyway? i.e. smash their mirror/window, kick their car, "flip the bird", just move on or force them to pull over & best them to a bloody pulp?

Just wondering what other bikers do when someone endangers their life. Oh and I'm not so much talking about the honest mistake people, I'm more talking the clearly inconsiderate moronic drivers out there.

[steve_t]

Oh and I'm not so much talking about the honest mistake people, I'm more talking the clearly inconsiderate moronic drivers out there.

So do you mean people that intentionally try to hit you or intimidate you with their vehicles? How do you tell the honest mistake people from the just plain idiots?

[Maha]

Anytime it may happen yeah they get the 'not happy' signal from either myself or, both me and pillion.
Would I turn and give chase? na, got better things to do with my time.
In saying that, I wouldn't wanna mess with said pillion if ever there was to be a face off!

I have seen it action form a certain HB chick....

[Scuba_Steve]

So do you mean people that intentionally try to hit you or intimidate you with their vehicles? How do you tell the honest mistake people from the just plain idiots?

I guess if their signalling a "begging" for forgiveness they made an honest mistake "human error" if you will rather than just being a complete Zune, but yea I see your point its hard to tell which is which

[Grumpy]

Some years ago I took exeption to a dickhead cutting me up at an intersection. I saw red and took off after him, pulled along side and gave him some verbal then for some dumb reason launched a kick at his door. This was all while we were travelling down the road. He decided he'd had enough of this crap and swerved toward me just before I connected with his door which doubled the impact.

Sure I put a dent in his door but it just about ejected me off my bike. After I got the bike back under control after the big wobble that followed I was out of there. Got home and could hardly walk. Fuck my foot hurt.

That was the dumbest thing I had ever done and I'm glad to say I've learned my lesson.

[DMNTD:Me]

So do you mean people that intentionally try to hit you or intimidate you with their vehicles? How do you tell the honest mistake people from the just plain idiots?

Generally from their reaction once you make them aware that they nearly topped ya.

[insane1]

can we plse add asian drivers into this mix they cant fucken drive anyway so how in the hell would they know what the road rules are.

[EJK]

One time I couldn't chase the car.

I was on an SJ50.

[imdying]

When another motorist cuts you off, swerves towards or pulls into you etc without knocking you off your bike do you retaliate in anyway? i.e. smash their mirror/window, kick their car, "flip the bird", just move on or force them to pull over & best them to a bloody pulp?

Only if they've obviously done it on purpose... then it's off to get their address, then shit in a bag, and then smear that under their door handles. Real cunts get tergo stripped.

[CookMySock]

So do you mean people that intentionally try to hit you or intimidate you with their vehicles? How do you tell the honest mistake people from the just plain idiots?

You just "know". It's especially obvious if you haven't been laid for a few weeks, then you "know" really clearly.

Mostly I just give them a blap of the loud handle next to their window - generally they will "get" that. In cases of extreme stupidity they will get the bird. In cases of plain road-rage I do the most antagonistic handsigns thinkable until they are utterly beside themselves with rage, then I burn them off - stand up and point middle finger at arse etc. No need to thank me - just doing my part.

Steve

[Milts]

Usually they get the palm up, 'wtf were you thinking?' gesture. I've had a few try to change lanes into me and then immediately realise their mistake, one woman was so shocked she was driving hand on heart mouthing "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry"....lol. They sometimes get the thumbs up because hopefully they won't do it next time.
If they plainly don't care/are doing it on purpose or are just a terrible driver they get an extended 'what were you thinking' or maybe the - never the finger because I don't want to antagonise them into trying to knock me off (it's harder to pull away on a 250...)

There was one guy looked at me and then failed to give way - he was on a stop sign, I was not. He came within half a meter of my rear wheel. I turned, followed him home and explained that he should learn the road rules. Also had one guy cross the centre line and nearly shove me off the road, he had it explained to him that he really should use his fucking mirrors before deciding to cut corners and take out riders passing him. But in general, I try to avoid road rage, I think it's better for your health.

[CookMySock]

Usually they get the palm up, 'wtf were you thinking?' gesture.

Yup, sometimes warranted.

There was one guy looked at me and then failed to give way [....] I turned, followed him home and explained that he should learn the road rules. Also had one guy cross the centre line and nearly shove me off the road, he had it explained to him that he really should use his fucking mirrors before deciding to cut corners and take out riders passing him. But in general, I try to avoid road rage, I think it's better for your health.

If you are really concerned for your health, I'd suggest you didn't follow people around to discuss. Unless of course you have a few Karate belts or similar.

Steve

[AllanB]

When I was younger I used to let them know. I once kicked in someone’s turn signal light while telling them ‘you don’t fucking use them’.
And I have been guilty of kicking in a door when I rounded a blind corner entering Hanmer to find a car stopped in the middle of the road so the driver could take photos – he got my point.

By nowadays with the wisdom of age (I realise they don’t really care and it only makes motorcyclists look worse to Joe Public) I’m just grateful that I survived a close call and I do little more than a blast of the horn and maybe a severe shake of the head.

Having said that, recently I heard of a guy who watched his bike get backed into by a car attempting to park – I’m pretty sure there would be some pushing and shoving if that happened to me!

[onearmedbandit]

can we plse add asian drivers into this mix they cant fucken drive anyway so how in the hell would they know what the road rules are.

And Kiwi's as well, as from my experience they rate right up there.

[Milts]

Yup, sometimes warranted.

If you are really concerned for your health, I'd suggest you didn't follow people around to discuss. Unless of course you have a few Karate belts or similar.

Steve

Haha no and he could have beaten the shit out of me if he'd tried, I'm just a little guy. But you don't need to be too aggressive, just explain that they failed to give way and had I been a little slower they would be facing a ticket and possibly careless driving causing injury, not to mention buying me a new bike.