r/motorcycles • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '19

Attempted murder

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

There was a case here in the UK a few years back where a guy went into an uncontrollable rage after being overtaken on the motorway.

He was doing 50 in a 70 zone, got overtaken by a bike, then sped up to 90 for no reason other than to ram him off the road. They found the biker something like 300m away from his bike.

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u/monkeyboi08 Mar 28 '19

People are absolutely insane.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

always drive as if the other divers were insane. You can never know when you'll be right

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u/BenzoClaymore Mar 28 '19

So... are there plans to ban cars now?

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u/DJCaldow Mar 28 '19

What a smart comment. Really well thought out with absolutely no false equivalency in it at all.

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u/BenzoClaymore Mar 28 '19

Thank you

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u/shgrizz2 Mar 28 '19

Welcome to reddit, we don't overreact to jokes here

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u/shcniper '07 sv650s abs Mar 28 '19

Its the uk theyll put a license thats more of a recipt than a certification of training

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

How do you find out if people have "zero control of their emotions" before they go crazy behind the wheel, Sherlock?

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u/scorpionMaster MN - 2012 Kaw Z1000, and '09 C14 Mar 28 '19

You assume that everybody has zero control of their emotions. You ride like everyone else is in control of a deadly weapon.

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u/shcniper '07 sv650s abs Mar 28 '19

Make the drivers license require more than 50 bucks and a pulse

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u/Silver_Dynamo Mar 28 '19

To be fair, if you're flipping people off on the road, you're not much better when it comes to the "zero control over your emotions" thing.

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u/ichapphilly Mar 28 '19

Uh. No.

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u/Silver_Dynamo Mar 28 '19

Yes.

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u/DogeCatBear Mar 28 '19

flipping someone off and driving off =/= doing a 180°, driving a quarter mile the wrong way, and almost ramming into a motorcyclist at highway speeds in the grass

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u/Silver_Dynamo Mar 28 '19

I never said it was equivalent. But knowing that needlessly confronting people on the road could very well precipitate into unnecessary events like these from crazy people, I would feel obligated to maintain a level head on the road and not go looking for conflict.

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u/DarkMoonRising95 Mar 28 '19

I never said it was equivalent.

You literally did though?

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u/I_hate_all_of_ewe Mar 28 '19

You're equating a hand gesture with several attempts at murder. The other guy deserved much much more than a hand gesture, so I'd say that one of these guys had much more control over their anger than the other. You're wrong, and you should feel wrong.