Driver runs into motorcyclist, after he yells to stop texting

**Jin** · 3rd June 2015, 08:51

There is a lesson to be learned here for you gopro heros.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/driver...205458513.html

Hope they find this BMW prick and lock him up!

**Mike.Gayner** · 3rd June 2015, 10:14

What is the matter with people, why can't they mind their own shit. Obviously the BMW driver is enemy #1 here, but what was the rider hoping to accomplish by instigating this whole thing? Just mind your own business and get to work safely. A painful lesson for this guy to learn.

**Mike.Gayner** · 3rd June 2015, 10:19

I'm also always suspicious of this kind of thing:

It was a fairly typical commute, full of cagers cutting me off, merging into me and generally just not paying close enough attention.

Some people just seem to attract this kind of thing. Most of us get to work every day without issue, only occasionally encountering these problems. I get the feeling people like this are constantly looking for trouble, which is a bit of a shit way to ride.

**sidecar bob** · 3rd June 2015, 10:20

First they try to kill you by texting & driving, then when that fails, they actively try to kill you by running in to you deliberately.

**Maha** · 3rd June 2015, 10:30

To be fair, the BMW driver was texting and quiet possibly didn't see the bike when it cut in front of him resulting in the bike/rider going to ground..

**Tazz** · 3rd June 2015, 11:28

You'd think they'd find common ground with the fact they're both dickheads and be friends

**_Shrek_** · 3rd June 2015, 11:36

it looks like the rider was looking in the wrong mirror after pissing the BM driver off

**Latte** · 3rd June 2015, 11:38

Looks like he got knocked off his high horse, err motorcycle.

I don't have a problem with people texting at the lights. Better than while moving thats for sure.

**OddDuck** · 3rd June 2015, 12:02

Well... I thought the rules about phones and cars were pretty simple: hands-free is OK, a standard cellphone is not. Doesn't matter whether you're at the lights or moving, a normal cellphone keeps your eyes off the road and your hands off the controls. As soon as "texting at the lights" is OK then that's the gateway to everything else.

Next time you're riding on a straight stretch of 50 kph road, have a look in the oncoming windshields - it is truly jaw-dropping what some Kiwi commuters reckon is OK to do behind the wheel. Eating from a tray with utensils, applying makeup in the rearview mirror, arranging hairstyles (with both hands), and of course yakking on a cellphone or texting. While steering with one hand through a tight intersection. I've seen it all.

Cars just seem to turn some people into morons.

**nzspokes** · 3rd June 2015, 12:02

Originally Posted by Latte

I don't have a problem with people texting at the lights.

Fucks me off when they dont see the green light.

**Katman** · 3rd June 2015, 12:04

Originally Posted by OddDuck

Cars just seem to turn some people into morons.

Yeah, and motorcycles have never done that.

**Latte** · 3rd June 2015, 12:07

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Fucks me off when they dont see the green light.

I'm at the front , no bother me.

**sidecar bob** · 3rd June 2015, 12:15

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Fucks me off when they dont see the green light.

Heres a trick i learned off a fellow KB member, If someone is texting next to you at the lights, they can see you in their periphirel vision. suddenly roll forward while your light is red then stop, they will instinctively take off & either hit the car in front, or enter the intersection under red light. Either way they will learn their lesson about texting & driving without the need for you to become directly involved.
The same chap told me about tooting the horn hard out when you see someone teeing off on a golf course. Its fantastic entertainment if you get the timing spot on (about a third of the way down on the gravy stroke) & im always amazed how many times people are teeing off when I pass a golf course.

**McWild** · 3rd June 2015, 12:31

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

If someone is texting next to you at the lights, they can see you in their periphirel vision. suddenly roll forward while your light is red then stop, they will instinctively take off & either hit the car in front, or enter the intersection under red light. Either way they will learn their lesson about texting & driving without the need for you to become directly involved.

I've read and to be fair, posted some stupid comments on this site, but this has to be up there. Why would you want to cause an accident, to make a point about potentially causing accidents. Come on man.

"Oh look this guy left his bicycle unlocked, I'll steal it and teach him a lesson about how easily he could have it stolen."

As for the video, well isn't it convenient that it starts and finishes exactly with that confrontation. I'm sure that the footage immediately preceding this video is of absolutely no interest nor consequence. And yes swearing at someone and brake checking them while they exit out of an intersection is surely a reasonable reaction to them briefly being on their phone at a stop light.

It might not be reasonable to run someone over over some stupid traffic BS but if you're going to start a confrontation with a car then don't act all surprised when it hits the fan.