road rage chain reaction video

[improvius]

http://nypost.com/2017/06/23/road-ra...highway-crash/

Both parties at fault, but way too much overreaction by the car driver. Looks like he was trying to kill that guy.

[weederr33]

You don't cut off a motorcyclist in my books!

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by weederr33

You don't cut off a motorcyclist in my books!

I can agree with you...most of the time. I've seen a ton of entitled pricks on bikes.

This can be said for people in cars to though so yea...

[jubella2]

I'm sure it is different being in the driver seat, but I really think that truck should have been on the brakes a lot sooner.

[shiumai]

Couldn't tell whether the car entered the HOV lane legally at a break in the yellow lines, but if it didn't, and cut off the motorcyclist in the process, I'd say that most of the fault lies with them.

The chances of a a person suffering serious injury or death in a collision are much greater if they're a biker, so I can understand why the biker got so pissed.

[Clipdat]

How did the sedan still have so much forward momentum to cut back across and hit the truck like that? It doesn't appear that they were attempting to apply the brakes AT ALL.

[Celica00]

Just a couple weeks ago I was on my bike going about 30mph when someone in the lane next to me changed lanes and ran into me. I laid the bike down and I fortunately just rolled instead of slid and I was wearing plenty of protection so no road rash. The idiot stopped for about 5 seconds and then took off. A freakin' hit-and-run!


So I'm a little biased, but that car is definitely at fault.

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by Celica00

Just a couple weeks ago I was on my bike going about 30mph when someone in the lane next to me changed lanes and ran into me. I laid the bike down and I fortunately just rolled instead of slid and I was wearing plenty of protection so no road rash. The idiot stopped for about 5 seconds and then took off. A freakin' hit-and-run!


So I'm a little biased, but that car is definitely at fault.

People are shitty. Seems as though decency and integrity have gone out the window in recent years. It's sad to think that it's almost not even surprising anymore when people don't do the right thing.

Either way, glad to hear you're ok and didn't suffer any injuries. I'm sure the gear really helped.

[NeverInTime]

The guy on the bike just drove off without stopping, so the CHP is looking for him. Possible hit-and-run charges as well. This is a case of one idiot meeting another with a innocent guy being caught in the middle.

Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...430061183.html

Regardless of who 'started' it first, the guy on the bike is lucky not to have been hurt. Your ego being hurt costs a lot less than being hurt in the hospital.

[funwheeldrive]

I really need to buy a dash cam..

[Tcoat]

"on their way to work when they noticed a sedan cut off a motorcycle to get into the HOV lane. Traber took out his phone and started recording."


We have no clue how it started and who did what since it wasn't shown.
Even if the car did cut the bike off his action only escalated the situation. A simple finger and some choice words would have been enough the whole kick was not reasonable.
The car drivers actions were so grossly inappropriate even for the kick that he should be charged with attempted homicide. The bike rider could have caused a dent and a scratch the car driver could have killed him! I would say serves him right if it wasn't for the poor SOB in the truck that got creamed.

[bfrank1972]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

How did the sedan still have so much forward momentum to cut back across and hit the truck like that? It doesn't appear that they were attempting to apply the brakes AT ALL.

They struck that divider pretty hard, chances are they were stunned. Did not see their airbag go off tho!

[bfrank1972]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

"on their way to work when they noticed a sedan cut off a motorcycle to get into the HOV lane. Traber took out his phone and started recording."


We have no clue how it started and who did what since it wasn't shown.
Even if the car did cut the bike off his action only escalated the situation. A simple finger and some choice words would have been enough the whole kick was not reasonable.
The car drivers actions were so grossly inappropriate even for the kick that he should be charged with attempted homicide. The bike rider could have caused a dent and a scratch the car driver could have killed him! I would say serves him right if it wasn't for the poor SOB in the truck that got creamed.

Agree, biker = darwin level stupid, car driver = homicidal maniac

[mav1178]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...623-story.html

In an interview with The Times on Friday, Chris Traber, 47, of Santa Clarita, said both men appeared to play a role in the harrowing incident.

It was about 5:45 a.m. Wednesday when Traber was in the passenger seat of his coworker’s car as they drove to work at a utility company in Burbank. They were headed southbound on the 14 Freeway, and driving in the No. 1 lane, when the man on a Harley Davidson-type motorcycle passed them on the left, riding close to the double-yellow lines that separate the general traffic lanes from the HOV lanes.

About 150 feet ahead was a Nissan sedan driving in the HOV lane, Traber said. Just as the motorcyclist was passing the sedan on the right-hand side, the sedan tried to exit the carpool lane and enter the No. 1 lane. That’s when the car bumped the bike.

“I’m sure he didn’t see the motorcyclist,” Traber said of the driver. “He scared the living daylights out of the motorcyclist. He almost went down. That guy can really handle his bike.”

Traber said that after the motorcyclist regained control, he pulled up to the car’s passenger door and began gesturing at the driver. Traber said he appeared to be saying something too, but Traber couldn’t hear him. He said he figured the biker was “saying something like, hey, you almost hit me! Watch out!”

Traber said it looked as though the driver was yelling something back at the biker, and that it didn’t help matters, because that’s when the motorcyclist started kicking the passenger door.

“I said, ‘Wow, man, something’s going to happen. I gotta get this,’” Traber said. “So I grab my phone and started recording.”

The motorcyclist then swooped behind the sedan, pulled up along the driver side and kicked the car again, Traber said. In a flash, the driver of the sedan swerved hard left and sideswiped the motorcyclist, almost sending him barreling into a concrete freeway divider, he said.

“As you can see, he lost control after doing that,” Traber said of the driver.

The video captured the chaos that ensued. After bumping the motorcyclist, the car swerved right, and then left, and collided with the concrete divider in a shower of sparks and flame. The car then ricocheted off the divider, veered across the freeway and slammed into a Cadillac truck, flipping it over onto its roof.

The motorcyclist, meanwhile, had slowed down and managed to avoid the bumper, glass and debris from the sedan’s crash and rode off. Traber said he and his coworker, along with a handful of other drivers, stopped to help.

Bystanders pulled the truck’s driver, an elderly man, out of the truck and helped him to the side of the freeway, Traber said. The driver of the sedan was apologizing to the man profusely, he said. The driver of the truck was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, the CHP said.

The CHP is handling the investigation and did not cite the driver of the sedan. Investigators need to interview the motorcyclist to get the whole story before any decisions are made, officials said. The case is now considered a hit-and-run.

Traber said he does not know how the video ended up online. He said he sent it to his family and a few coworkers, and that it served as a lesson.

“I think the fault was just both parties letting their emotions get the best of them,” Traber said. “This is what happens when you lose control.”