Filtering rage!

[Furyos J]

He he, i was out on the CBR yesterday, in the pouring rain, very windy, riding in the CBD. Filtered past a line of cars and sat at the front.BMW 7 series at front of the que toots his horn a couple of times, but i ignored it. Took off when it went green, not overly fast, and definatly not slow. Look in the mirror and the bimmer is tailgateing very close, so i gave him the one finger salute and kept riding. Next set of lights and he is revving his engine and inching up right behind my wheel, so gave him the finger again, and he gives me two fingers back and can see him mouthing off. Take off at the green at regular pace, bimmer starts backing off then flooring it and jambing on his brakes right behind me, so stopped bike in middle of road and got off bike to "have a word" with the bimmer driver, he swerves around me and takes off, i catch up at the next lights and park bike next to him, get off bike, bimmers doors lock and his window comes down 5cm as he starts to proclaim "whats your problem a$%wipe" i asked what his problew is and he says "you pushed in in front of me at the lights" , "so you endanger my LIFE because i got 1 car ahead of you at the lights" i said (well yelled, with much more colourfull language) . He didnt have a comeback to that and looked away (the old if i cant see you you aint here) and kept looking away while i told him what i thought of him,(again very loudly with colourfull language) he really did not look very comfortable, looked like he was just wanting to sink into his seat. I kept it together and left it at that and rode away. Funny enuf, he waited to let a couple of cars get between me and him and kept his distance.

Im not really into violence, but sometimes people just need to be told when they are being a dick.

How does everyone else react to bike haters? or being threatend by a car?
I keep thinking i maybe over reacted, but my mates rekon i should have done more.

Sorry for the rant,

[oneofsix]

you were lucky he backed down once you pointed out he was acting like a dick in reaction to a minor ego dent (what real harm does filtering do to the cager?). He must have been a basically reasonable person having a bad reaction and only brave whilst he had a tonne or so of metal to protect him.
You could have *555'd him or an online report of him for dangerous driving so guess he was lucky you only argued with him and seems you got him to see sense Anymore would have been too much.

[Berg]

Yea some Wellington drivers can be like that. Not just young ones either, had an old fella try to take Mrs Berg and me off our bikes in Otaki just because we filtered past (legally I might add) much to his unhappiness. Funny thing was, most of the traffic eased the way for us but this guy was watching his mirror and decided, if he had to sit in the traffic, we should have to sit as well.

[Indiana_Jones]

Have had some people get a bit shitty at myself for filtering to the front, but most of the time I just write it off due to being tired and wanting to get home etc. Guess it's kinda annoying having sat through 4 phases of lights and some cunt on a bike gets to go ahead of you lol.

But actions as decribed in the OP are just disgusting and not on. Was all the agro worth it because of the fact a biker moved to the front....

-Indy

[kiwifruit]

Tag: smash him bro

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7 series eh? Sounds like some rich snob cunt who thinks the sun shines out their arse.

[Eyegasm]

Not as bad as the pooftah that pushed me of my bike at a petrol station.

After getting the bike off me I went up to him in his car (Locked doors and windows up) and in a fit of anger put my glove through his drivers side window.

Finally calmed down (Thought it best to stop as it would be on camera) and wait for the popo.

As it turned out the driver had been cut off in Upper Hutt by a red bike and took his anger out on me. I had come from the other direction so it couldn't have been me.

Cop asked if I wanted to press charges, I said "as long as I do not get a bill for his broken window I'm fine."

Your action of having a "Word" to the guy is fully justified.

[Indiana_Jones]

Not as bad as the pooftah that pushed me of my bike at a petrol station.

After getting the bike off me I went up to him in his car (Locked doors and windows up) and in a fit of anger put my glove through his drivers side window.

Finally calmed down (Thought it best to stop as it would be on camera) and wait for the popo.

As it turned out the driver had been cut off in Upper Hutt by a red bike and took his anger out on me. I had come from the other direction so it couldn't have been me.

Cop asked if I wanted to press charges, I said "as long as I do not get a bill for his broken window I'm fine."

Your action of having a "Word" to the guy is fully justified.

Wait so some cunt just came up to you and pushed you over?

Mate I'm impressed you held back that much!

-Indy

[Eyegasm]

Wait so some cunt just came up to you and pushed you over?

Mate I'm impressed you held back that much!

-Indy

So was I.

But being in full gear I could have done some serious damage to him.

[imdying]

How does everyone else react to bike haters? or being threatend by a car?

Lean on his drivers door with your bar end and wiggle the bars whilst you eyeball them.

- It fucks the paint good and proper down to the metal, and it's only a bar end for you to replace
- They can't open the door with a combined 250kg+ jamming it closed
- Let them take off before you, then they can't plate you

I'm against destroying other peoples stuff on the whole, so only do it if they've earnt it.

[bogan]

First thing is tell him it's perfectly legal to filter. Most? car drivers don't seem to know that, and that is where a lot of the agro stems from.

[chasio]

If you're going to filter, it's going to happen. I understand your anger at being endangered and I've been there, done that and in hindsight believe I have got away with some unconscious adrenaline reactions that could have ended badly.

These days I just use the capabilities of the bike to put some distance between me and whatever bell-end is having an ego meltdown. I'm not saying I use excess speed to do it, just keep manoeuvring til I'm in safe road space. That has included pulling over and letting them go.

In the past, my adrenaline and ego was reacting to their adrenaline and ego. If the driver was on P or in some steroid rage, I could have ended up in hospital (or the mortuary) after taking them on.

Yes, they are being an absolute cock. But at least one of us needs to be the grown-up and since I cannot make it them, I have to try to make it me. YMMV.

[The Everlasting]

I have encountered a few cases of cager road rage,but I usually just get the hell out of there, or if there is lot's of traffic I just stop and pull over,as it's not worth the potential of getting knocked of your bike. The same goes for tailgaters as well,it makes me really nervous when a cager follows me to closely.

[Furyos J]

Thanks for the replys everyone,
sometimes i think im a magnet for this type of behavior, and the adrenilan rush of the confrontation gets to me and sometimes make poor decisions. A month or so ago i got cut off while lane splitting then got given a finger, so i punched his side mirror as i came thru, in hindsight, and as pointed out by the mrs (who was pillion at the time) he only had to jerk his wheel to the side and hit the gas "by accident" to cause both us a good deal of injury, but i didnt think of that at the time
Plus im probably helping the stereotype of the angry street bike rider with loud exhaust and bad attitude

Lean on his drivers door with your bar end and wiggle the bars whilst you eyeball them.

- It fucks the paint good and proper down to the metal, and it's only a bar end for you to replace
- They can't open the door with a combined 250kg+ jamming it closed
- Let them take off before you, then they can't plate you

yea, thats something i would have done aroud 10years or so ago, ive mellowed quite a bit in my mid 30's

First thing is tell him it's perfectly legal to filter. Most? car drivers don't seem to know that, and that is where a lot of the agro stems from.

yes, that is what i should have told him, a bit of education would have been the one, instead of my going nuts with profanity and yelling that probably didnt cover my point too well.

Tag: smash him bro

He he, yea, thats what my mate said last nite over a whiskey when i told him, but hes a genuine tuff c$nt, i sometimes think about what world of hurt id be in if i went off at someone as bad ass as my mate one day

[tigertim20]

you have three options, kick in a headlight/taillight/head and have himhate bikers, and take it out onthe next one he sees.
or
Try and reason and explain to him that you're entitled to do what you did by law and suggest he go and research it
or
accept that some people are just assholes, ignore it, and get on with your life. Have a guy like that behind you in a car on the road, and wind him up by flipping him off and you wont win the fight, youll get sqaushed. Its really not worth the aggro most of the time.