Memorial Day Road Rage; Be careful out there.

This happened yesterday about an hour away from us. Veterans / bikers returning from participating in a veterans day ride. Guy in the car cut off a couple of the bikers and this ensued.

wfla.com/2016/05/31/habitual-traffic-off...ing-over-motorcycle/

Best to keep your cool out there and just report them instead.

It says "habitual traffic offender" but that guy is a habitual offender, period. Lock him up.

It's a damned good thing I wasn't riding with that group or I would be in jail now. I am too old to trifle with and care less about criminals every day I get even older.

Don't know what it is about Florida. But I had a situation where I decided to overtake a pickup (Texas plates actually) in a 30 mph zone. This is a country road leading to my house that I travel everyday which we call the canopy of trees. The trees narrow closer to the road and on either side you have about 2 to 3 feet of clearance between the road and tree trunks. Sometimes you hit new growth that wanders into the lanes after a storm with the car. Its that close. As I went to pass the pickup inside the canopy on his left, he deliberately drifts into the passing lane leaving me inches of road as I crack the throttle to get buy. At this point I could have waited and confronted him. But figured this is too close to home anyway and didn't want trouble with someone in my home range. So I kept my cool. To be completely transparent, I admit that I passed him in a no passing zone. Not defending that part. So I suppose that irritated him. He could have flicked me the bird or honked his horn at me and got his point across. But I never expected that he would try to kill me for it. Oh, I had a GIXER pass me a couple times in the same spot. Didn't even see it coming until it already passed me and I heard the Vrooom! And I thought ... Coool! :laugh:

Lots of desert out here to get lost in. :evil:
Steve

Yeah, best to follow your example. Just let him go and call it in. Better him get into trouble than me. This kinda crap just PISSES ME OFF.
Steve

That should be construed as attempted murder.

Agreed.
Steve

Robert Paul Vance has been charged with 2 counts of attempted murder, leaving the scene of an accident, and of being a habitual traffic offender.

The motorcycle rider (Calderazzo) & his passenger weren't wearing helmets, and the passenger was only wearing a tank top & shorts & no gloves. Calderazzo was quoted as saying this wasn't his first road rage incident --- yet he still doesn't wear a helmet & doesn't require his passenger to wear full protective gear. ???

He should be cited too.
Steve

Let it be decreed that his mc privileges are hereby revoked. :laugh:

and vance shall be committed to a mental institution. something is not right with that guy. :blink:

Here, here. :woohoo:
Steve