Opinions

[bohman]

I agree, the bike riders were flying down that road, but the guy in the truck totally over reacted, first trying to run him off the road into a tree and then trying to catch up to him, he was driving like an idiot. One person thought the video was a set-up or a fake. I don't think so. I hope the guy in the truck had a real bad day from then on.

I don't think so either. Obviously we don't know what happened before the video starts but it looked genuine to me.

It definitely seemed they were "baiting" the truck driver. Doesn't make what the truck driver did okay though.

IMO, it didn't look like baiting. It looked like they were caught completely unaware by the reaction to their driving style. As the narrator points out in the beginning, bikers love that road. And if you can find a single one of them that is going closer to the speed limit than the cars on the road, I'll give you a dollar. Guy in the truck had reached his breaking point. (And no, his actions weren't justified. It was attempted murder, IMO.)

I hope no one in this forum takes it personally when I point out that there are plenty of bikers who don't think the same rules apply to them as they do to cars & trucks. And I can understand the frustration, because traffic laws exist to govern clueless people in large vehicles that can't stop or turn worth a crap. Riding a fast, agile vehicle and doing it well must be enormously frustrating when you aren't allowed to come even close to your potential.

I think the truck driver should cool off in jail for few days. Or longer, if you're really going to call it attempted homicide. But bike riders shouldn't act so surprised when drivers get pissed at them for going much too fast. People get pissed when they get passed on a double yellow. :shrug:

 

[desertrat]

I don't think so either. Obviously we don't know what happened before the video starts but it looked genuine to me.



IMO, it didn't look like baiting. It looked like they were caught completely unaware by the reaction to their driving style. As the narrator points out in the beginning, bikers love that road. And if you can find a single one of them that is going closer to the speed limit than the cars on the road, I'll give you a dollar. Guy in the truck had reached his breaking point. (And no, his actions weren't justified. It was attempted murder, IMO.)

I hope no one in this forum takes it personally when I point out that there are plenty of bikers who don't think the same rules apply to them as they do to cars & trucks. And I can understand the frustration, because traffic laws exist to govern clueless people in large vehicles that can't stop or turn worth a crap. Riding a fast, agile vehicle and doing it well must be enormously frustrating when you aren't allowed to come even close to your potential.

I think the truck driver should cool off in jail for few days. Or longer, if you're really going to call it attempted homicide. But bike riders shouldn't act so surprised when drivers get pissed at them for going much too fast. People get pissed when they get passed on a double yellow. :shrug:

Doesn't bother me unless I have to slow down or move over when they misjudge. Of course that can happen even in a passing zone.

 

[bohman]

Doesn't bother me unless I have to slow down or move over when they misjudge. Of course that can happen even in a passing zone.

Doesn't bother me much either, unless I see them do something in the process that endangers me or the oncoming drivers.

Of course the appropriate response to that annoyance would be flipping them off, or calling in the plate number. Not running them down.

 

[vraiblonde]

I try to stay away from motorcyclists when I'm driving. Many of them are reckless and aggressive, and all of them are more difficult to see. Yes, I realize that if they decide to take me on, I'll come out on the winning end, but typically I'm busy on my way somewhere and don't care to be delayed because some idiot biker decided to commit suicide using my vehicle.

This is not a reflection on cautious bikers, so don't get defensive - I'm talking about the ones who really have no business on a motorcycle (or any other vehicle) in the first place.