honk if you hate bicyclists!

[SandEagle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnCArMHfMU

 

[Baked]

Not to generalize, but generally the majority of SUVs are driven by assholes and dimwits.

Had this happen to me yesterday on my way to work. This asshole in a small pick-up truck passed real close to me then honk its horn. I immediately scream expletives and flipped the pick-up truck off.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Could have also posted the news story about the incident. Good to see that the 75 year old fart got caught and cited for multiple infractions.

Driver Cited for Harassing Cyclists in Viral Video

A Colorado man received a traffic citation after a viral YouTube video showed him tailing two cyclists in his truck on a country lane for five full minutes, constantly blowing his horn.

Colorado State Patrol issued a citation Thursday to James Ernst, 75, of Erie, Colo., for harassment, impeding the flow of traffic and improper use of a horn or warning device.

The encounter between Ernst and the cyclists was caught on tape. Dirk Friel and his friend were out for a ride Sunday in Boulder County, Colo., when Ernst came up behind them in his Ford Explorer and laid on his horn for five minutes, Friel wrote on YouTube.

In the video, the cyclists are riding outside the white line on a two- lane road. The road did not have a shoulder.

“What’s even worse is we saw him approaching from behind and to be polite we ride single file to give him as much road as possible, as we did with every other car we encountered on this road,” Friel wrote.

“This is getting old,” Friel says in the video. “This is insane.”

Friel and his friend ended up slowing down so that Ernst could pass.

“This guy was so intent of bugging us that he backed up traffic behind him and cars had to pass him on a double yellow line,” Friel wrote.

Friel posted the video Sept. 16 and it has since had more than 182,000 views. Colorado State Patrol tracked Ernst via the license plate shown in the video. Authorities had several other calls about the incident, although no one was able to identify the driver.

“I don’t know what happened,” David Ernst, James’ son, told ABC affiliate KMGH in response to the video. “Maybe there was something that precipitated it. I don’t know, because he’s a gentle old man.”

The Bicycle Safety Act was passed in Colorado in 2009. It states that motor vehicles must give bicyclists three feet of space when passing and vehicles may cross the center yellow line to pass bikes. Bicyclists must ride as far right as they deem safe and they do not have to ride in the gutter. Under this law, bicyclists may ride side-by-side but are required to ride single file when a car approaches.

 

[SandEagle]

Not to generalize, but generally the majority of SUVs are driven by assholes and dimwits.

Had this happen to me yesterday on my way to work. This asshole in a small pick-up truck passed real close to me then honk its horn. I immediately scream expletives and flipped the pick-up truck off.

typical bicyclist mentality.

he's running out of memory on his phone while recording. LOL.
why couldn't they just get off the road and let him pass? both sides are at fault.

 

[edro]

Wow.

Edit: Thank Capt. Caveman. That answered my questions.

If the cyclists were concealed carrying, they could have shot the man for intimidation. (according to some ATOTers)

 

[MrColin]

I used to ride about 20miles/day until I moved down south. Once I get a concealed carry I might start again.

 

[amdhunter]

Too bad he didn't run those two idiots over. Bikers can go to hell. I was just recently hit by one about a month ago, and he left me 2 nice scratches on my door.

Jackass biked away as fast as he could while I was stuck behind other cars at a red light.

Seriously TOO bad he didn't just run over them. Most bikers are disrespectful assholes who think the road (which us drivers pay tons of taxes for) belongs to them.

 

[eldorado99]

I see nothing wrong with what the SUV driver did.

 

[SandEagle]

Too bad he didn't run those two idiots over. Bikers can go to hell. I was just recently hit by one about a month ago, and he left me 2 nice scratches on my door.

Jackass biked away as fast as he could while I was stuck behind other cars at a red light.

Seriously TOO bad he didn't just run over them. Most bikers are disrespectful assholes who think the road (which us drivers pay tons of taxes for) belongs to them.

you should have got out, grunted and flexed like the incredible hulk, and chased his ass on foot. too bad, maybe next time.

 

[BUTCH1]

typical bicyclist mentality.

he's running out of memory on his phone while recording. LOL.
why couldn't they just get off the road and let him pass? both sides are at fault.

Get off the road? HE HAS EVERY LEGAL RIGHT TO RIDE HIS BIKE ON SAID ROAD! they both were as close as possible to the edge, there was ample room to pass, SUV driver=total asshole plain and simple..

 

[amdhunter]

you should have got out, grunted and flexed like the incredible hulk, and chased his ass on foot. too bad, maybe next time.

He might have been a badass with a concealed carry.

Also, why didn't those 2 jackasses call the Police? I am 100% SURE they did something to piss that guy off, where is the footage that started this whole mess?

They conveniently left that part off.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I see nothing wrong with what the SUV driver did.

Then please contact the Colorado Police and let them know.

 

[amdhunter]

Get off the road? HE HAS EVERY LEGAL RIGHT TO RIDE HIS BIKE ON SAID ROAD! they both were as close as possible to the edge, there was ample room to pass, SUV driver=total asshole plain and simple..

You think a random driver on the road has nothing better to do unprovoked? Or do you think those idiots did something to deserve the attention they got?

 

[Capt Caveman]

You think a random driver on the road has nothing better to do unprovoked? Or do you think those idiots did something to deserve the attention they got?

What could they have done? They had the right to the road.

In regards to your incident, karma.

 

[BUTCH1]

Too bad he didn't run those two idiots over. Bikers can go to hell. I was just recently hit by one about a month ago, and he left me 2 nice scratches on my door.

Jackass biked away as fast as he could while I was stuck behind other cars at a red light.

Seriously TOO bad he didn't just run over them. Most bikers are disrespectful assholes who think the road (which us drivers pay tons of taxes for) belongs to them.

Legendary stupid, gee, those two guys on the bikes own cars AND ALSO PAY TAXES, so one idiot scratched your car, let's "run them all over", brilliant Einstein..

 

[amdhunter]

What could they have done? They had the right to the road.

In regards to your incident, karma.

Karma for what? Posts I make on ATOT? Do you really think ANYONE here is what they act like in this place?

Something pissed that guy off. We have bike lanes ALL over the place here in NYC, and especially in The Bronx where I am. You know how many bikers actually stay in those lanes? Probably less than half.

The others are all zigzagging through traffic like they are bulletproof. The guy that hit my car had to stop because he misjudged the distance between my car and another. When he stopped the handlebar went down, jumped and went down again.

Then the idiot up and biked off as fast as he could before I could confront him.

 

[BUTCH1]

You think a random driver on the road has nothing better to do unprovoked? Or do you think those idiots did something to deserve the attention they got?

Like what? several minutes of video showing them giving as much room as possible, riding single file, ample opportunity for SUV to go around them in 3 seconds, no, it was "HOW GODDAM DARE YOU RIDE A BIKE ON MY ROAD", glad he got caught and fined for his asshole behavior.

 

[kyrax12]

Dude could not simply have pass on the other lane to maneuver around the bikers?

There were barely any cars on the other lane...

 

[JulesMaximus]

That guy needs the shit beat out of him.

What an asshole.

 

[olds]

From what the video showed, the driver was an idiot. What we didn't see was what lead up (if anything) to him doing what he did.

Bicyclists annoy me in general. I don't think I've ever seen one obey the rules of the road. They really annoy me when they ride 2 abreast on a narrow 2 lane road with no passing areas. They do this all the time on the California coast.

 

[SandEagle]

Get off the road? HE HAS EVERY LEGAL RIGHT TO RIDE HIS BIKE ON SAID ROAD! they both were as close as possible to the edge, there was ample room to pass, SUV driver=total asshole plain and simple..

it would have been safer for them to get off the road. instead they made the situation more dangerous by filming on their phone while riding and provoking the old driver further. i guess the good thing is no one got hurt over this.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

*honk*

 

[MrColin]

It was a Sunday, the guy was old. He had no place to go, and nothing to do when he got there. Road raging on some bikers gave him a little empty sense of meaning for five minutes. Go back to your bleak and empty life old man!

 

[PottedMeat]

It was a Sunday, the guy was old. He had no place to go, and nothing to do when he got there. Road raging on some bikers gave him a little empty sense of meaning for five minutes. Go back to your bleak and empty life old man!

he could have been free to do that ~5+ years ago and not worry about being caught

 

[God Mode]

Bypass all the bullshit and record everything. The camera doesn't lie and is the bane of all the lying sacks of shit on the road.