Driver Swerves To Intentionally Hit Motorcyclist, Doesn't Care

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Edited Date/Time 10/23/2015 9:29am
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What do you guys think? An attempted murder charge would be okay with me.

However, they were passing in a no passing zone, so that changes things.
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Hut 10/19/2015 9:22am
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a lot of stupidity in that whole deal.
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Firefly47 10/19/2015 9:34am
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TDeath21 wrote:
[url=http://fox4kc.com/2015/10/19/driver-who-swerved-and-hit-a-motorcycle-i-dont-care/]LINK[/url] What do you guys think? An attempted murder charge would be okay with me. However, they were passing in a no passing zone, so that...
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What do you guys think? An attempted murder charge would be okay with me.

However, they were passing in a no passing zone, so that changes things.
No, that doesn't change things. That (passing in a no passing zone) is a misdemeanor traffic citation at most.
That old fuck took the law into his own hands and handed out justice as he saw fit. He deliberately swerved and hit them and could very well have killed them both.
Someone should have shot the motherfucker on the spot. That is Texas, right? Doesn't everyone carry there? Empty a magazine into him and call it a day.
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huck 10/19/2015 9:36am
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The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there".

And while I think he is guilty and deserves to be punished, I'm so sick of those fucking idiot sport bike riders that think they can pass anywhere they want...regardless of other people's safety...
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Firefly47 10/19/2015 9:43am
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huck wrote:
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there". And while I think he is guilty...
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there".

And while I think he is guilty and deserves to be punished, I'm so sick of those fucking idiot sport bike riders that think they can pass anywhere they want...regardless of other people's safety...
To be fair it isn't just sport bike riders. The Harley crowd is just as bad.

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JW381 10/19/2015 10:07am
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huck wrote:
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there". And while I think he is guilty...
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there".

And while I think he is guilty and deserves to be punished, I'm so sick of those fucking idiot sport bike riders that think they can pass anywhere they want...regardless of other people's safety...
Firefly47 wrote:
To be fair it isn't just sport bike riders. The Harley crowd is just as bad.
While I agree with you both about bikers riding like dumb asses on the road, that old guy was a fucking moron. Let em pass, have a fit in the car, and go about your day. Call the cops, I don't care. He's one of those grumpy old fucks that wants to enforce every letter of the law.
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huck 10/19/2015 10:40am
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huck wrote:
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there". And while I think he is guilty...
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there".

And while I think he is guilty and deserves to be punished, I'm so sick of those fucking idiot sport bike riders that think they can pass anywhere they want...regardless of other people's safety...
Firefly47 wrote:
To be fair it isn't just sport bike riders. The Harley crowd is just as bad.
JW381 wrote:
While I agree with you both about bikers riding like dumb asses on the road, that old guy was a fucking moron. Let em pass, have...
While I agree with you both about bikers riding like dumb asses on the road, that old guy was a fucking moron. Let em pass, have a fit in the car, and go about your day. Call the cops, I don't care. He's one of those grumpy old fucks that wants to enforce every letter of the law.
To be devils advocate here...

They broke the law and endangered others.
He broke the law and endangered others.


Had they first not broken the law...the chances of him breaking the law would not have been an issue.....
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huck wrote:
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there". And while I think he is guilty...
The old guy can always say "it's a no passing zone, I didn't expect a motorcycle to be there".

And while I think he is guilty and deserves to be punished, I'm so sick of those fucking idiot sport bike riders that think they can pass anywhere they want...regardless of other people's safety...
Has anyone ever told you that you don't have to play devil's advocate in every thread?
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Bob693 10/19/2015 10:52am
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Do you think the old guy only did that because it was a double line? Otherwise he would have been perfectly fine with the bike passing him? Dude should rot in jail for that shit. That would be like you running over someone in your car because they were jaywalking.
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Firefly47 10/19/2015 10:57am
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Firefly47 wrote:
To be fair it isn't just sport bike riders. The Harley crowd is just as bad.
JW381 wrote:
While I agree with you both about bikers riding like dumb asses on the road, that old guy was a fucking moron. Let em pass, have...
While I agree with you both about bikers riding like dumb asses on the road, that old guy was a fucking moron. Let em pass, have a fit in the car, and go about your day. Call the cops, I don't care. He's one of those grumpy old fucks that wants to enforce every letter of the law.
huck wrote:
To be devils advocate here... They broke the law and endangered others. He broke the law and endangered others. Had they first not broken the law...the...
To be devils advocate here...

They broke the law and endangered others.
He broke the law and endangered others.


Had they first not broken the law...the chances of him breaking the law would not have been an issue.....
Using that line of thinking, if you're speeding on a highway, you'll agree its ok if someone shoots your tires out?
Especially if your kids are in the car with you?
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yzthumpa 10/19/2015 10:59am
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Hut wrote:
a lot of stupidity in that whole deal.
Yup. The old dude is an asshole (even if he was stung by a wasp), but bikers are just asking for it when they ride in that manner.
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71Fish 10/19/2015 11:00am
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A minor traffic violation doesn't give someone the right to attempted vehicular manslaughter. If he was so concerned about it, the old man should have taken down their plates and reported it to the police.

Also not pointed out here or on a facebook thread on the same video, the old man also crossed the double yellow line to run into the motorcycle.

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peelout 10/19/2015 11:06am
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damn... that's pretty gnarly

you guys should see how we pass through traffic on the highway on our Baja rides down in Mexico... actually i thank God every time i pass a string of cars that they didn't swerve out and nail us. super sketchy, and while i fucking hate when sport bikes pass me like that in a tight spot, i've done far far worse down in MX...
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DPR250R 10/19/2015 11:18am
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Old man should be punished. He clearly was trying to prove a point.

Guys on the bikes should get standard traffic tickets... Etc .. Etc...
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Shiftfaced 10/19/2015 11:25am
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peelout wrote:
damn... that's pretty gnarly you guys should see how we pass through traffic on the highway on our Baja rides down in Mexico... actually i thank...
damn... that's pretty gnarly

you guys should see how we pass through traffic on the highway on our Baja rides down in Mexico... actually i thank God every time i pass a string of cars that they didn't swerve out and nail us. super sketchy, and while i fucking hate when sport bikes pass me like that in a tight spot, i've done far far worse down in MX...
I say that you are 100% OK about what happened down in the Baja, because they don't take it as a personal affront when you try to make a pass.

Took me a while to figure it out, but I noticed that when I came up on a car, and was getting ready to pass, the car in front would throw on the left-hand turn signal.

WHAT?

Are they fixing to make a left-hand turn?

NO! They were trying to tell me that it is OK to pass!

Thanks, amigo!


As for the old man, he needs his head examined. Those bikers were being stupid, but his actions directly put someone on the ground. He had ZERO regard for them.

If he really had been stung by a wasp, he would have climbed out of the car with concern for the motorcyclists, but telling why he swerved. He did not give a rip about them.

The motorcyclist with the helmet cam was FAR MORE rational that I would have been. Maybe because he had the camera on?
lostboy819 10/19/2015 11:27am
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GuyB wrote:
Has anyone ever told you that you don't have to play devil's advocate in every thread?
Has anyone ever told you that you are turning into a real downer,next thing you know you will be this guy.


lostboy819 10/19/2015 11:29am
10/19/2015 11:29am
This works for both the driver of the car and motorcycle. "play stupid games,win stupid prizes"
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motoman617 10/19/2015 11:35am
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As they say two wrongs don't make a right but that old guy needs his license taken away if he thinks that is justified.
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lostboy819 wrote:
Has anyone ever told you that you are turning into a real downer,next thing you know you will be this guy. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/10/19/108484/s1200_33616841.jpg[/img]
Has anyone ever told you that you are turning into a real downer,next thing you know you will be this guy.


Has anyone ever told you that you could take the rest of the day off? Maybe you can hang out with Huck.

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Cashmore 10/19/2015 11:58am
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This was right down the road from my house (3miles) on tintop highway. That old man is a prick
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It's not the drivers responsibility to enforce traffic laws. He should go straight to jail.

If you later found out that the motorcycle rider was racing down to a hospital to see his sister who had been in a life threatening auto accident then I suspect you all would be fine with motorcycle making some risky passes.

Point being, we don't always know the reasons someone drives the way they do. So don't worry much about it. Just go about your day and mind your own business.

Something I have learned over the years is that no good comes from trying to "teach someone a lesson" about how to drive properly. I use to drive with a bit of road rage and I'm quite thankful I have let most of it go.

Nothing good ever comes of it.
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Cashmore 10/19/2015 12:03pm
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I live outside of the city on some land and these guys like to make passes all day long down the road. I'm honestly surprised it took someone this long to get tired of it. I mean everyday 3-5 times a day wide open. I'm guilty of doing wheelies and blowing the tires off on my vette but that shit caught up to them finally. I'm praying for the only
victim in this situation (the girl)
The guy that got hit is one of 3 people that use this road as a drag strip passing like a complete idiot every chance he gets
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motoman617 10/19/2015 12:05pm
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TXDirt wrote:
It's not the drivers responsibility to enforce traffic laws. He should go straight to jail. If you later found out that the motorcycle rider was racing...
It's not the drivers responsibility to enforce traffic laws. He should go straight to jail.

If you later found out that the motorcycle rider was racing down to a hospital to see his sister who had been in a life threatening auto accident then I suspect you all would be fine with motorcycle making some risky passes.

Point being, we don't always know the reasons someone drives the way they do. So don't worry much about it. Just go about your day and mind your own business.

Something I have learned over the years is that no good comes from trying to "teach someone a lesson" about how to drive properly. I use to drive with a bit of road rage and I'm quite thankful I have let most of it go.

Nothing good ever comes of it.
Very true. We had a guy that worked out of our Houston branch a few years back. He got into it with a guy on his way home from work and was beaten to death with a baseball bat. You do not know what kind of crazy is in that car that just cut you off.
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Cashmore wrote:
I live outside of the city on some land and these guys like to make passes all day long down the road. I'm honestly surprised it...
I live outside of the city on some land and these guys like to make passes all day long down the road. I'm honestly surprised it took someone this long to get tired of it. I mean everyday 3-5 times a day wide open. I'm guilty of doing wheelies and blowing the tires off on my vette but that shit caught up to them finally. I'm praying for the only
victim in this situation (the girl)
The guy that got hit is one of 3 people that use this road as a drag strip passing like a complete idiot every chance he gets
So he wasn't speeding to perform an emergency life saving surgery on his sister? Huh
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FLmxer 10/19/2015 12:09pm
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TXDirt wrote:
It's not the drivers responsibility to enforce traffic laws. He should go straight to jail. If you later found out that the motorcycle rider was racing...
It's not the drivers responsibility to enforce traffic laws. He should go straight to jail.

If you later found out that the motorcycle rider was racing down to a hospital to see his sister who had been in a life threatening auto accident then I suspect you all would be fine with motorcycle making some risky passes.

Point being, we don't always know the reasons someone drives the way they do. So don't worry much about it. Just go about your day and mind your own business.

Something I have learned over the years is that no good comes from trying to "teach someone a lesson" about how to drive properly. I use to drive with a bit of road rage and I'm quite thankful I have let most of it go.

Nothing good ever comes of it.
I agree, I don't even honk at people. They are already screwing up and it will just get worse when you startle them with a horn and compound their stupidity as they rubber neck looking around for who honked.
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Cashmore 10/19/2015 12:13pm
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So he wasn't speeding to perform an emergency life saving surgery on his sister? Huh
lol more like to get back to his meth trailer. This guy came around a corner in front of my house the other day side by side with a truck racing it.

The car driver should be charged with AGG Assualt with a deadly weapon. But a first time offender will only get probation and community service. He should NOT be eligible to drive ever again.
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Cashmore 10/19/2015 12:26pm
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Just got word the DA has took case. Judge walton will take care of the driver.
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TDeath21 10/19/2015 1:14pm
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From the legal side of things, this might be a tough conviction in trial. The driver of the car can always claim he didn't expect anyone passing him there because it was double yellow and that he swerved for some other reason. The video does show the bikers breaking the law too, and even with video evidence, it might be tough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the old man intentionally saw the motorcycle coming and rammed him.
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brlatm 10/19/2015 1:43pm
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Cashmore wrote:
This was right down the road from my house (3miles) on tintop highway. That old man is a prick
He was probably from Lipan, and yes that old dude needs a good old fashioned ass whooping for going full blown idiot.
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mxman 10/19/2015 2:12pm
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Some of the stupidity in this thread is amazing. While there are plenty of dumb ass street riders this isn't one of them. The guy filming caught up to them hence the guy and the car probably weren't hauling ass. The road wasn't exactly full of other cars nor did it appear to be a dangerous time to pass.

The guy in the car was an ass.
Dirty Britches 10/19/2015 2:26pm
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That's a messed up deal. Bikers, especially sport bikers, scare me when they zip in and out of cars.
I swerved to hit a squirrel last week. Missed him by an inch. But that's another story.

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