Homicidal Cagers. Why do they get away with it?

vrus said:
Well you know where she lives now . You gotta do what you gotta do....

Ring her doorbell
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Genius.

Several times a day. Randomly. Preferably at night, or early morning.
 
TekNinja81 said:
So over the last year and a half of riding, I've gotten used to the typical idiot cagers, tailgaters, aggressive drivers etc. But what I refuse to accept, is the ones who have a near-homicidal attitude toward us on the road.

A few times I've nearly been run off the road by a cager, and I've let it slide. But tonight I was riding with some good friends of mine, and some stupid ***** in her Civic purposely followed me within less than half a foot, in traffic, and repeatedly floored it toward my back-end when I had nowhere else to go. (2-lane road, traffic to my side and my friends in front of me with traffic ahead of them.)

Most of the time I just let it go as being an aggressive/stupid driver, but when she floored it toward me, she came within what felt like less than an inch of ramming me off the road. I had nowhere to go, unless I lane-split, which would have left my less-experienced friend behind to deal with her instead. The whole time, I could see her laughing in my rear-view mirror (she was THAT close.) Once the traffic to our right moved up a little, she floored it again, nearly clipped my right side, and swerved over to the right lane and started to take off. Next light was red, she turned right through the intersection, U-turned to turn back up the street, and floored it again. The light changed a few seconds later, and I chased her. The whole time she didn't use her signals, made abrupt lane changes/turns, obviously trying to evade me. She actually drove home, and I followed her. I will admit, I did not intend to -- I planned only to get her plate# -- but where she lived was much closer than I'd anticipated.

To put it lightly, I had choice words for her, and I probably woke up the entire neighbourhood. I would have let it go if she hadn't sat there staring at me, with a huge grin on her face. But this piece of **** clearly had no regard for me, my friends, or any other human being on the road around her.

I am tired of our fellow riders -- friends, family -- being hurt or killed because of wastes of existence such as her. Yes, I can and will call the police, but when that most likely leads to nothing being done ("THIS time"), what good does it do when she does it again and actually kills someone?

Cool story bro, I know, but there has to be something better than this. There has to be some way to wake these people up and make them realize we're human beings too. We have families and loved ones too, just like them, so why do we not seem to matter?
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Honestly, that's what I call a cool story bro. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I'm showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, "kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like...not like the stories your generation tells.
 
If you read my post (post #2), I worded it carefully for new riders. And put a disclaimer of sorts at the bottom. Cops respond to key words over the radio, "gun", "impaired", "fight" etc. You could most definitely say impaired as in all likelyhood, she was. She was still smiling as the OP was in her face! A lot of these drivers could very well be part of the oxyconton world. Stoned out of their minds.

I know what I would do in this situation, and it requires speed. That's why I'm not a fan of these little bikes. A rider needs speed to get him/herself out of problematic situations. I would recommend something like a GS 500 to a newb, or the other big fours equivalent.

Q. What do you do in these situations?

A. You jet. As fast as you can handle your bike, even 200 + on your SS. You pull over. You watch said cager go by. You now follow. You have turned the predator into prey, and now you have any number of things you can do within the realm of, or outside the law.

CanadianBiker said:
National stereotypes aside, you don't see how any of your suggested actions have a high likelihood of going badly in a hurry for the motorcyclist?
  • Ride a 600+ SS. Any bike is still at a huge disadvantage to any car. The only thing a fast SS can do is get out of the way, if possible, and there are many variables; traffic, curbs, etc. that can prevent that. Add the relative inexperience of a new rider in a tense and scary situation and it's a recipe for disaster. Having a bigger gun does not make one bullet proof.
  • Throw something at the car. So there's an already reckless and dangerous driver playing games and then s/he is further antagonised by having their vehicle damaged. All they have to claim is that the broken windshield (broken by the "crazy" guy on the bike) prevented them from seeing and that's why they slammed into the bike.
  • Make a false statement to the police. This may not have any physical repercussions but cops don't take gun calls lightly. Worst case; the driver gets shot by a nervous cop who mistakes their cell phone for the gun you claimed. Best case, you get charged with making false statements and whatever else they can think of. Either way, you get to spend a lot of time in court and face possible civil action.
By all means, do what you think is best for you, but if you're going to advise others, especially newer riders, do make them aware of all the possible repercussions.
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Go to 7 eleven buy a temp mastercard....go to the ministry and get the UVIP (assuming you have her license) you now have her address. BTW this is second hand info..I heard that it works...the mastercard is so it can't be traced back to you...
 
lil sushi said:
I pay the ded. first..the ins. company sues him..then somewhere down the road I get my ded. back. YAY...FML
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I got nailed by an unlicensed and uninsured driver, back in '98. Still waiting for my deductible. The insurance company will only sue if they'll get more money than they'll spend, by suing.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
I got nailed by an unlicensed and uninsured driver, back in '98. Still waiting for my deductible. The insurance company will only sue if they'll get more money than they'll spend, by suing.
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I know...LOL...i work for one...I've got a plan...*does mister Burns' creepy hand gesture* exxccceeellleeennnttt....
 
lil sushi said:
I know...LOL...i work for one...I've got a plan...*does mister Burns' creepy hand gesture* exxccceeellleeennnttt....
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Wait for driver to be found guilty, small claims court, defendant doesn't show, so you get a default judgment?
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