Check your 6!!

[Girl O' Flight]

Originally Posted by Bibendum

For what? Because a driver made a mistake, recovered in time and missed hitting a rider?

It was a close call, NOTHING happened, except getting the crap scared out of you. That is not a reason to resort to violence. Could the driver have paid more attention, possibly, was there some mechanical or medical reason why there was a close call, possibly. There are tons of reasons why something could have happened, but NO ONE was injured and NO damage was done. Except to the reputation of motorcyclists as a whole through this violent reaction.

Just my $.02

Kharon

Hey Kharon! You are quite right! I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to say...and I probably worded my thoughts poorly! I was not advocating violence as a response to a near accident. What would go through my mind in the same situation and what I'd act upon are 2 different things. Depending on the situation I would either call the cops or just go on my way and try to shake of the fright. (we've all had close calls. I know I've had a few!) There are plenty of inattentive drivers who make mistakes like this and plenty of concientious drivers who screw up too. But if serious enough, I do think that attention should be called to their actions (i.e. calling cops to report them) so that hopefully it will help them prevent it from happening again and to someone else. By doing nothing, it can reinforce the bad behavior (in other words, no unpleasent consequences for their poor judgement or avoidable error) Of course, all this depends on the situation etc. That's more what I wanted to say. Inside my head I may THINK "you so n so...grrrrr" but of course one shouldn't act it out. Hope that clarifies it!

[Old Surf Dog]

Originally Posted by Law Dawg (ret)

It's called a conscience and it tends to flair up when we do something that is wrong. I've heard it said that guilt is the most convenient of emotions...always happens after we have had our fun. In California you'd have been booked by any competent LEO.

You are in a foreign culture with behavior patterns way different than we are used to and this is not your first post talking about rude cager behavior. Maybe time to adapt or come back to the states?

Is it OK to beat him up if he does hit you and you still have the ability?

[Beemer bum]

Well, I certainly do appreciate everyone's honesty.

Sometimes we make decisions in life that aren't the best, I think I have learned from my experience. I WAS able to go home that night, so...