Pickup Truck tries to kill Motorcyclist, then chases him

[anyonebutme]

1. The rider pulled an illegal move.

2. That's why I carry spare sparkplugs in my pocket when I ride.

3. 2 streetbikes couldn't outrun a pickup with a 4 wheeler in the back?

4. Appearenly the police didn't charge the driver with attempted manslaughter and instead probably charged the rider with an illegal pass, otherwise the vid would have said so instead of just "watch this sh*t".

5. Crowbars don't scare me when I'm wearing a helmet and armored jacket....I would have just kicked his ass until he passed out, then left and deleted the tape. Then raped his wife/daughter with a wiffle ball bat, and burned down his house/trailer with his whole family inside...or something like that.

[terrets]

Harsh.

[Alex3000gt]

1. The rider pulled an illegal move.

2. That's why I carry spare sparkplugs in my pocket when I ride.

3. 2 streetbikes couldn't outrun a pickup with a 4 wheeler in the back?

4. Appearenly the police didn't charge the driver with attempted manslaughter and instead probably charged the rider with an illegal pass, otherwise the vid would have said so instead of just "watch this sh*t".

5. Crowbars don't scare me when I'm wearing a helmet and armored jacket....I would have just kicked his ass until he passed out, then left and deleted the tape. Then raped his wife/daughter with a wiffle ball bat, and burned down his house/trailer with his whole family inside...or something like that.

Easy ictponder.

[green-lantern]

I hope he got arrested.

As a former rider I can't even put my words together right now, sorry if I'm not making sense.

This! That guy should be charged with attempted man slaughter.

Some 3s owner basically did the same thing and started a thread about it on the other board a few years back. He just pulled the wheel for a second though. He got reamed pretty hard by everybody.....rightfully so.

[RealMcCoy]

I have no idea what the laws are in that state, but just as a general rule, the cops wouldn't be able to prosecute the case without seeing it themselves... It would be up to the guy on the bike to press it, and he probably didn't know or wasn't told how to do that...

[UTRacerX9]

Easy ictponder.

LOL Have to admit, I was thinking the same thing.

I lived in FL for a few years, TX for a lot more, and ridden in both. FL there are a lot more riders and from my experience, cars there know to just be cool and get out of the way. TX... sigh. Everyone here drives a huge SUV or pickup truck, and we all drive aggressive. I've witnessed the exact same thing several times on roads here in TX, and it's happened to me a few times as well. Drivers here practically pick fights. From the video, it looks like the bike was passing on a double yellow. Well, while technically that's illegal, those rules are written for cars, not bikes. What the truck driver did after that is beyond insane. He could barely keep the truck on the road, using both lanes. One of my personal pet peeves is people who think their car is something other than it actually is. I have no problems seeing a sports car go 80-90mph in a 70mph zone, or a bike for that matter. But when I see SUV's and 4x4 trucks doing it, and trying to bully the road, that just pisses me off. You want to drive like you have a sportscar? Then buy a fucking sportscar!

[aaronatstate]

One simple solution to this. CCW permit and a nice gun. Lets see you come at me with a crowbar after trying to run me off the road then. Fucking redneck assholes.

[beepbeep]

Well, while technically that's illegal, those rules are written for cars, not bikes.

There is so much wrong with this statement.

[stealthee]

There is so much wrong with this statement.

No, not really. A motorcycle has much better vision of the surrounding area and has the power to weight ratio to get past the other vehicle in a hurry. Hell I pass on some double yellows all the time. I know the roads and if I got someone driving 15 mph below the speed limit I am going to pass them when given the chance. My car has the power and I have the know how to do it.

[x2xtreme360]

No, not really. A motorcycle has much better vision of the surrounding area and has the power to weight ratio to get past the other vehicle in a hurry. Hell I pass on some double yellows all the time. I know the roads and if I got someone driving 15 mph below the speed limit I am going to pass them when given the chance. My car has the power and I have the know how to do it.

Yea, and I have a friend who has the know how to roll 10MPH through every stop sign he comes to... completely illegal.

I'm sorry, bike or not, you don't pass over a double yellow. That's just as bad as the cyclists who think it's OK to just bypass a traffic jam by riding the shoulder. They just seem to think they can do anything they want because they're smaller.

The truck driver was obviously an asshole for what he did, and if I was on that bike I would have kicked his ass at the stop sign as well, but regardless, the biker broke the law. I'm not one to usually give two shits about the law, but when it comes to road laws, I take those pretty seriously, due to the consequences of what happens if you don't.