oops, accidental wheelie...

[cummuterguy]

Well, this morning at the ungodly hour of 6:30 I was pulling off the interstate to exit on my road to work, where I came upon an unusual ammount of traffic waiting for the light to turn left. We're talking about a line of cars that backed up all the way down the exit ramp. So once at a full stop, I kicked it into neutral, knowing that traffic would creep so slowly I could let the cars go forward a bit, then move ahead, and wait again, etc... I usually let heavy traffic get a few car lengths up before rolling forward, since creeping ahead at walking speeds is hard on the clutch hand.

apparently, this method of keeping a cushion of space in front of me was not agreeable to the idiot directly behing me, who nosed up on my rear tire (like within 3 inches) and blared his horn when the car in front of me got 6 or 7 feet up. at that point I turned and flipped my lid up to give him 'the look'. basically letting know that his horn and front bumper are annoying and not getting anywhere any faster, so please stop it.

I can usually keep my cool in traffic situations, not a road rage type of guy, but it was early, I get grumpy early, and his horn was really loud, so when he did the same thing again, five feet further up the exit, I pulled forward a few feet, slammed on the brakes to a full stop (like 3mph to dead stop, not really dangerous there) and then just sat there for a minute, letting traffic go ahead in front of me.

My purpose in this was to let this a-hole sit for a minute, then pull away a bit faster to let him know, when I get a chance at the light, he won't need to worry about having to wait for me.

That's when he pissed me off, he launched after me, stopped in time behind me with no problem and then DROVE FORWARD AND DELIBERATELY BUMPED MY REAR TIRE!!!

I had about 6 car lenghts clearance by this time, so in full intention of doing a "smoky tire rubbing on an assholes bumper launch" I revved in up and pulled away... my clutch hand didn't cooperate with me though, I rolled forward a few feet, and then the stiffeded hand let out fully. UP SHE WENT.

Headlight now pointed at the sky, my first time ever really being on one wheel with this bike, several parts of my brain started clamoring all at once
1)the normally responsible part of my brain was saying "that was pretty stupid, youre gonna get yourself hurt"
2)the road rage enhanced part of my brain was saying "that'll show him!"

but I couldn't hear either of those guys very well because...
3)the leftover teenager still lurking around in there started shouting "WOO-HOO, HOW COOL IS THIS!!! DO IT AGAIN, COME'ON PLEASE??)

anyway, I set her back down after a few yards, and still missed the traffic light, but so did the guy in front of me, proving my point, that I could have sat in the same spot for five minutes, without disrupting the idiot behind me's commute

he didn't honk anymore, so hopefully, he either calmed down, or just got distracted by a phone call or something.

[oramac]

:lol:  

[Mat]

DROVE FORWARD AND DELIBERATELY BUMPED MY REAR TIRE!!!

at that point i would have parked my bike or performed the most massive bunout and cover his car in rubber


the other day a couple of guys that jabba and i ride with brought this guy who cut them off to a complete stop on a 45 mph road at like 10 to 11 at night

there were enough of them to completely surround the car at least 10

[TrojanHorse11]

Hi Commuterguy and Mat,
                                     I thought A-hole drivers were bad here in the UK but god this guy sounded like a mentalist. Like you said - if you had sat there for 5 minutes you still would have ended up at the same place so why do these idiots behave the way they do?

There are people like that over here too. The other day I was in my car when the idiot woman came racing round an island (I don't think you have Islands in the US!?), cut in front of me and still had the audacity to blow her horn at me as if I was in the wrong. Once she got in front of me she kept puttting on her brakes to annoy me (even though it was obvious she was trying to "beat" other road users). So eventually after getttting in front of her, I stopped completely (on a 60mph road) and held her up (as well as all the other traffic) - just sat there holding her up!! HA HA HA. That'll teach her!!

[Alias]

Thats a bunch of shaZam!. I wouldn't be able to keep my cool if that hapened. I hate tailgaters. I think I would have bunched him in the mouth. I once made a woman spill her coffee for tailgating me.

[jiggersplat]

i usually do that in my car in traffic around here.  if it's moving slow, i'll leave some room between me and the guy in front of me instead of alternately nailing the gas and brakes like most morons do.  it *really* pisses off some people to see more than 2 feet between you and the car in front of you.  i've had people pass me on the shoulder.  tailgate.  honk.  force their way into the next lane over.  they get in front of me, zoom up to the next car.  and then of course traffic slows down and i creep up right behind them.  for all their stress and retarded behavior, they are exactly one car length closer to home.  congratulations dickhead.  you'll be home 10 seconds sooner now.  people have no patience.

[manofthefield]

I congratulate you for not getting off your bike and kicking his ass and not even giving him the finger, just 'the look'.  Road rage has to stop somewhere and I'm glad someone can show some restraint.  Burning up his bumper after he hit you seems like a perfectly logical thing to do, too bad it didn't work.  As for me, I just try to keep to places where a traffic jam means 3 cars at a four way stop or slowing down for deer crossing the road. :lol:

[Ed_in_Az]

I think I might have dismounted, looked for damages(just for show) and called a cop(if I had my cell phone with me). He struck your vehicle from behind. That is a big nono in the USA. Let him explain himself to the law.

At any rate, congratulations on coming out of it OK and doing a fine wheelie.

[TrojanHorse11]

Jiggersplat
               Your description of dickhead drivers wanting no space between any cars sounds just like most of the rush hour drivers over here. Leave a gap and they'll be an inch from your bumper/wheel. Whether you creep forward or charge forward they won't move further than an inch from you rear at any moment! (pisses me off too)

[Rema1000]

I think I might have dismounted, looked for damages(just for show) and called a cop

Get off the bike and grab your neck, as if in pain .  Seriously, though, police here will not respond to an accident unless there are injuries, so if you want the assistance of the law, you need to specify at-least that you are feeling some pain (e.g. thumb, ankle, whatever).  I learned this the hard way, when a left-turner (turned left across oncoming on a red-arrow!) totalled my car (well, $14k in damage), leaving it sitting up on top of a curbed island in the intersection.  I called 911; they asked whether anyone was hurt (no).  They said they'd send somebody, but nobody came.  45 minutes later, a towtruck that saw my car straddling the center island stopped out of pity and pulled me out of the intersection.  Without a police report, it took about 14 months for me the arbitration to settle in my favor.

I congratulate you for not getting off your bike and kicking his ass and not even giving him the finger, just 'the look'.

What I have done when someone is honking at me from behind, is to put the bike in neutral, turn around, smile and wave, as if to say "Oh, hi!  You must be honking because you remember me from the softball league, right? ".  Then put the bike in gear again.  If they think you're a completely clueless airhead, and that honking only makes you stop, smile and wave, then they'll quit honking.

[ollie357]

I congratulate you on keeping your cool. Honestly, I don't know what I would have done. Probably something to damage his car I guess.
Hah, I got it! If you don't mind looking like a deranged cowboy, you could wear a sharp spur on your right boot and use it to kick a hole in his tire. :mrgreen:
Man, I am sssssooooo smart. This could start a badassed trend among bikers.  :lol:

[Susuki_Jah]

seriously man i would have parked the bike and punched the hood of his car. then flicked him off. and split traffic and left him in the dust.
I had a guy one time run me off the road when i was in my old volvo and he had a new BMW it blew out my front right tire. but since the volvo is RWD i still could chase after him. so with a rim throwing sparks I cut him off pulled the car sideways and got out of the car. he tried to get around me but I had already jumped on the hood of his car and was pissed.
i put two nice dents in the hood from my feet. then i called the cops. and he got charged with a failure to stop at an accedent.

anyways I want to do a wheelie!!!!!
good job man
btw is it really safe to do a burn out on our bikes?
im always sacred its gonna jump forward and im gonna die lol

[sprint_9]

I would have done a burn out on his front bumper.  Thats complete BS that he was in a hurry, where was he gonna go, forward 5 feet.  It wasnt even me and Im about ready to freak out on something.  :guns:

[Roadstergal]

I think I might have dismounted, looked for damages(just for show) and called a cop(if I had my cell phone with me). He struck your vehicle from behind. That is a big nono in the USA. Let him explain himself to the law.

At any rate, congratulations on coming out of it OK and doing a fine wheelie.

I have to agree with the whole post - including the last sentence.  

A cop will come to do an accident report if it occurs on public roads, but he'll take a while.  Let the bastard sit there and stew for being in such a hurry to go 2 f-ing feet.

[cummuterguy]

i suppose in hindsight, I could have called the cops, but with all the hurricane stuff here lately, most cops are still having to direct traffic at all the lights that don't work, so it would have taken forever to get one there.

In responce to those who advised me to pull a burnout on his bumper.. essentially that was what i was trying to do, but it didn't occur, hence the oops..

anyway, that silver cloud here is now I know what it takes to pull up the front of my little gs. I may even suit up one night and find a vacant parking lot and try it again, but I'll wait til I have another form of transportation, just in case I mess it up.

[frankieG]

i don't bother with traffic, that yellow line, thats the motorcycle lane  

[dwburman]

A cop will come to do an accident report if it occurs on public roads, but he'll take a while.  Let the bastard sit there and stew for being in such a hurry to go 2 f-ing feet.

Is there something like vehicular assault? Can an 'accident' be intentional? Can a report be filed with no damage?

[BustemUpBob]

Congrats on staying cool. See me being 6,1 265Pds. Would of got off my bike ripped my helmet off held it in my hand, walked up to his window and shout " Do You Have A Fuc%$*& Problem" If he did and stepped out of the car well then I guess I could of avoided a fight by playing it like you did. Or he could of just quivered into his cage. But either way my temper will not allow me to get tapped intentionally and put up with it. I do like the Smokey on the front bumper idea though. LOL

[beaterman]

Good job handling that incident. I have been in similiar. I just sit there and wait longer, like i'm deaf and can't hear the a-hole. If he gets so pissed he rams me, well, after he gets out of the hospital, i get lots of money!
People can be so impatient. Move to bumf&*^ Iowa if you can't handle traffic.

[Jabba]

hehehe *evil thoughts* you couldve just raced forward letting him race with you then pull a stoppie and drop your rear tire on his hood fall over and he hit you so hard from behind you landed on the hood and thats why there is hte dent