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No passing. Truck tries to kill motorcyclist

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Zebo said:
Yeah these machines would have left that truck in the dust in about 10 seconds if they chose to or were truly driving reckless. Appears they were going just fast enough to keep maniac truck from running up their ass and waiting to get to a populated area to to stop and call cops.
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That is fine and dandy but my definition of reckless while driving a motorcycle is staying near cars/trucks too long, especially ones that have demonstrated that they don't see you and/or may be driving reckless/careless. Nice hillbilly biker bravado to egg on the truck and take what should have been a incident that was over in a few seconds and drag it out to almost 9 minutes. If the bikers would have been injured a good portion of the blame would have rested on them for keeping themselves in a potentially dangerous situation.

If it would have been me on either bike I would have cleared myself as far away from the truck as possible as quickly as possible and as safely as possible even if I simply had to pull over and let the idiot drive off. If they would have done this then it is likely that nothing more then the initial lane block would have taken place. Sure it would have pissed me off but I am not stupid enough to escalate a road rage situation when I am on a bike and the other guy is driving more than two tons of vehicle. Everyone involved is a stupid dumb ass hick in this situation.
 
The follow up posted by the guy following the truck helps him and hurts him. He talks about being a reasonable person - having a family and etc, but then he talks about being able to hand out beat downs and etc. And just the wording he used.

That being said, obviously the trucker was wrong but who knows what these bikers do off camera with the way this guy talks. He should let the lawyer do the talking. As an incident issue, the truck driver loses. As character issues, both seem to have problems.
 
eelw said:
Wonder if the people siding with pickup driver also sided with the mother rushing across traffic?
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QFT plus so many assuming things like speeds over 100mph and the like. It's clear that they were not going that fast otherwise there would be much more leaning by the bikers and the truck would have much more body roll. This all happened on a road posted 50-60mph and speeds may have touched 5-10mph over...hardly any different from what 90% do.

The other interesting concept are those so volatile the bike crossed the double yellows (which was legal there) and seem to miss the truck then pretty much ride them throughout most of the video and even come close to wiping out traffic in the opposite lane.

People want to root for the loser always, they know they will end up in that position sooner or later and hope to get the same.

Fuck you can't even have competitive sports in schools anymore save until high school. Just play basketball and don't keep score. Both teams are the winner. Its creating a nation of people that feel no matter what they do, they should get what they want in the end.
 
Whether the pass the motorcyclists did was legal or not there is no excuse for what the truck driver did. In all likelyhood the truck was going under the speed limit, and the bikes tried to pass when it was safe to do so. They may have been speeding a little, but not close to 100MPH as some are saying. All the sudden this redneck asshole in the truck looses his shit and goes homicidal. People piss me off on the highway everyday. I don't try to kill them because of it. The hear my horn, or worst case they get to see my middle finger. Bubba needs to get come anger management counseling...
 
There was nobody in this video that wasn't a dumbass. Though, the biggest dumbass was the truck driver by far. The motorcyclists drove like idiots, the truck drive drove like he was trying to kill someone.
 
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Cogman said:
There was nobody in this video that wasn't a dumbass. Though, the biggest dumbass was the truck driver by far. The motorcyclists drove like idiots, the truck drive drove like he was trying to kill someone.
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umm "Mr. DNA can't stick to a bullet because they spin too fast", they were not riding out of the ordinary for the speed limit of that road nor conditions. They were allowed to make that pass as well.

This is a rural area. The rules aren't the same like a suburban neighborhood.
 
Whoozyerdaddy said:
Everyone in that video was stupid. The dude in the truck has major anger issues. And really, what is the other guy calling the cops for?

"Yes officer, my friend was trying to pass this guy on a double yellow at 100mph and he tried to run my friend off the road! Victim victim!!!"
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Exactly. Retards on the bikes should expect that driving like an asshole will probably piss people off. I ride, mostly offroad, but i'm still with the truck driver on this one. They were already endangering themselves with that driving, the guy in the truck was just hurrying them along to their inevitable deaths.
 
alkemyst said:
umm "Mr. DNA can't stick to a bullet because they spin too fast", they were not riding out of the ordinary for the speed limit of that road nor conditions. They were allowed to make that pass as well.

This is a rural area. The rules aren't the same like a suburban neighborhood.
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Double yellow lines mean "no passing". The laws of rural roads are the exact same as the laws of suburban neighborhoods.

That does not, in any way, excuse the actions of the truck driver.
 
Cogman said:
Double yellow lines mean "no passing". The laws of rural roads are the exact same as the laws of suburban neighborhoods.

That does not, in any way, excuse the actions of the truck driver.
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Umm we have already been through this and if you read you will see that.

The ignorant think double-lines = no passing always. A double-yellow more or less is "conditions are not safe for passing". In many rural areas especially, you can pass through double-yellows as long as it's safe to do so. Also in this area, lane splitting is allowed and the motorcycle would not have had to cross the double yellows had the truck did what they were supposed to.

The driver went on record stating he was out for these guys regardless.

You'd think you'd learn to read up first prior to making ignorant statements like in the Kennedy thread.

They were also going no where near 100mph. That truck with a quad in the bed would not have handled those turns. The speed limits are pretty high for a 2 lane road, but that's the way it is out there.
 
alkemyst said:
Umm we have already been through this and if you read you will see that.

The ignorant think double-lines = no passing always. A double-yellow more or less is "conditions are not safe for passing". In many rural areas especially, you can pass through double-yellows as long as it's safe to do so. Also in this area, lane splitting is allowed and the motorcycle would not have had to cross the double yellows had the truck did what they were supposed to.
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In most states, it is. Since we don't know which state this is shot in, it is a safe assumption that this is illegal. Nobody in this thread has posted which state this is shot in or the associated law that makes this ok.


The driver went on record stating he was out for these guys regardless.
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I never disputed that, nor did I ever say "The truck driver was A-OK". In fact, I stated that his was, by far, the biggest display of assholery.

You'd think you'd learn to read up first prior to making ignorant statements like in the Kennedy thread.
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1. It was a 9/11 truther thread
2. Take your own advice and actually read what I posted.

They were also going no where near 100mph. That truck with a quad in the bed would not have handled those turns. The speed limits are pretty high for a 2 lane road, but that's the way it is out there.
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And when did I ever say that people were driving 100mph? Again, take your own advice and read what I posted.
 
so if they were obeying the laws then how are the motorcyclist's at fault.

Now you are back pedaling or have your own vendetta against riders.
 
Cogman said:
In most states, it is. Since we don't know which state this is shot in, ....
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One thing that would make this a better country is if people that didn't know what they were talking about would just STFU.

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oldsmoboat said:
One thing that would make this a better country is if people that didn't know what they were talking about would just STFU.

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My mistake. And great, the motorcyclist was CERTAINLY breaking the law.

http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/pdf/2006_ky_drivers_manual.pdf
Page 43. you may not pass when you have a solid yellow line on your side of the road.

http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/pdf/motorcycle_manual.pdf
And page 14. Motorcyclists MUST follow road markings.
 
Cogman said:
My mistake. And great, the motorcyclist was CERTAINLY breaking the law.

http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/pdf/2006_ky_drivers_manual.pdf
Page 43. you may not pass when you have a solid yellow line on your side of the road.

http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/pdf/motorcycle_manual.pdf
And page 14. Motorcyclists MUST follow road markings.
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What the motorcyclists did is irrelevant.

The pickup driver has no right to run the passing rider off the road, let alone the 2 riders he tried to kill coming the other way.

Also from the KY book:

When a driver behind you wants to pass, ease up on the accelerator
to assist him in passing. Also, you may have to slow down to
allow the driver to move in front of you. Although the other driver may fail to pass safely, help him out when he makes a mistake.
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You are to assist a driver when he wants to pass you. That is the same rule we have in NC. Not only can you not make it difficult, you are required to help make the pass safe. Even if the other driver is an idiot. The idea is not to have a wreck, even if it would be the other guy's fault.
 
LTC8K6 said:
What the motorcyclists did is irrelevant.

The pickup driver has no right to run the passing rider off the road, let alone the 2 riders he tried to kill coming the other way.

Also from the KY book:



You are to assist a driver when he wants to pass you. That is the same rule we have in NC. Not only can you not make it difficult, you are required to help make the pass safe. Even if the other driver is an idiot. The idea is not to have a wreck, even if it would be the other guy's fault.
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My point, and I stand by it, is that everyone in this video was an asshole. I am NOT saying that the truck driver is awesome or that what he did is was the right thing to do.

The fact that the truck driver tried to kill the motorcyclist is horrendous and the worst thing that could have been done. The fact that the motorcyclist illegally pass is what I hate about motorcyclist in general. I don't hate every motorcyclist, but I do hate the fact that many of them think that the rules of the road do not apply to them.
 
Cogman said:
My point, and I stand by it, is that everyone in this video was an asshole. I am NOT saying that the truck driver is awesome or that what he did is was the right thing to do.

The fact that the truck driver tried to kill the motorcyclist is horrendous and the worst thing that could have been done. The fact that the motorcyclist illegally pass is what I hate about motorcyclist in general. I don't hate every motorcyclist, but I do hate the fact that many of them think that the rules of the road do not apply to them.
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There was only one asshole in the video, imo.

It's the guy who tries to run someone off the road simply because they passed him. It's the guy who is often nearly completely in the oncoming lane. It's the guy who swerves into the oncoming lane in an attempt to run 2 more riders off the road. This guy is not on a motorcycle. He's in a pickup truck.
 
OH NOES< DEM MOTORCYCLES WERE GOIN FAST!

come on guys, who where they putting in danger? they should have taken that crowbar from the guy and beaten him with it.

interesting, if not trolling, that people have brought guns into the convo. if I was one of the riders, and was someone who carried a gun, I wouldn't have hesitated to shoot the truck driver in his dick or leg, he deserved nothing less
 
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