blood boiling

[MrFryMoto]

normally, i'm a pretty non-confrontational guy... until it comes to my safety

i was sitting at a red-light behind traffic - so i split lanes and gingerly roll up to the light (not even in gear, just using the incline).
then the light turns green the guy to the left of me make the beast with two backsing launches his 4 runner -  so i speed ahead, get in front of him and look back rasing my hands in a "WTF" motion.

he proceeds to ride my ass and speeds bye me, tapping his head and mouthing "use your head" - then i see he is from oregon
so i shake my fist while screaming "IT'S make the beast with two backsING LEGAL DIPSHIT"
then he gets stopped at the light where i am turning left - but i am a few cars back
and as i pass him to make the turn (i got the green arrow) he does it again
so i shake my fist and tap the back of my helmet where my "GO HOME!" sticker is

make the beast with two backsing dipshit man
there was nothing dangerous about it until he tried to run me over

[amcloud]

normally, i'm a pretty non-confrontational guy... until it comes to my safety

i was sitting at a red-light behind traffic - so i split lanes and gingerly roll up to the light (not even in gear, just using the incline).
then the light turns green the guy to the left of me make the beast with two backsing launches his 4 runner -  so i speed ahead, get in front of him and look back rasing my hands in a "WTF" motion.

he proceeds to ride my ass and speeds bye me, tapping his head and mouthing "use your head" - then i see he is from oregon
so i shake my fist while screaming "IT'S make the beast with two backsING LEGAL DIPSHIT"
then he gets stopped at the light where i am turning left - but i am a few cars back
and as i pass him to make the turn (i got the green arrow) he does it again
so i shake my fist and tap the back of my helmet where my "GO HOME!" sticker is

make the beast with two backsing dipshit man
there was nothing dangerous about it until he tried to run me over

people are dicks to motorcycles...I still haven't figured out why two wheels seem to anger people so much.  My favorite is when they shake their head at you and try to pull in front of you so you can't split...give them the one finger wave ride away.

[Holden]

Is that actually legal here? I know I always do it, but...

(still no justification for him to bother you)

[R2]

Years ago when I first got my drivers license, it used to bug me when motorcycles would lane split past me at a stop light. I thought of it as someone cutting in the front of the line. Then one day I was the first car at the stop light, a motorcycle splits up next to me. When the light turned green they were gone so fast it changed my mind. I seemed more like they were passing the line rather than cutting in. Made me a little envious actually.

[DirtyDuc]

Before I got a motorcycle, I used to always be jelious that motorcycles could cut to the front, or land split as it were.  But, I wasn't mad, just wished I were on a bike so I could be doing that too 

[DarkStaR]

It never bothered me before I started riding.  I always thought is was cool, and wished I could do it too.  Haha, i still think that when I'm trapped in the cage in traffic.

You must have a very good temper.  I would have handed him his own side mirror. 

[ROBsS4R]

Today was a really strange day for lane splitting for me.

I think I had the most hostility in all my lane splitting days combined today.

I had 2 people block my way intentionally and 1 person squeeze me almost into another vehicle. It was really close call.
I turned around and threw my hands in the air saying WTF.

I also had another person scream at me as I lane split by him.

This other dude in a car was getting pissed that me and this 1098 were lane splitting so he decided to make his own lane on the side of the road drove like that for about a mile.

hell I lane split pass a cop and he didn't care

crazy crazy crazy day 

[ArguZ]

Dicks on motorcycles get what they deserve too..
Legal or not, if its not socially accepted you lose against a Fiat panda...be careful 

[xcaptainxbloodx]

normally, i'm a pretty non-confrontational guy... until it comes to my safety

i was sitting at a red-light behind traffic - so i split lanes and gingerly roll up to the light (not even in gear, just using the incline).
then the light turns green the guy to the left of me make the beast with two backsing launches his 4 runner -  so i speed ahead, get in front of him and look back rasing my hands in a "WTF" motion.

so you were at the light between two lanes, he launched it, you sped up and got in front of him? am I reading that right?

why not just take the gap behind him and then get around later?

[Norm]

I like the boot to the door method of conveying my thoughts. My son likes to knock off mirrors. Sometimes 4 wheelers need to understand that fking with motorcyclist can be a little dangerous.

[Greg]

so you were at the light between two lanes, he launched it, you sped up and got in front of him? am I reading that right?

why not just take the gap behind him and then get around later?

Yeah I read that the same way.

[z0mb1e_DUC]

kinda gotta agree, at that point let him go.  Space is the only way to deal with M'F'ers like that.  I've had A*holes like that do it to me in a full size 4x4.  Gotta say I'd rather have them where I can see them, to a certain extent.

[pitbull]

I like the boot to the door method of conveying my thoughts. My son likes to knock off mirrors. Sometimes 4 wheelers need to understand that fking with motorcyclist can be a little dangerous.

an old-school biker friend of mine rides with a couple large ball-bearings in his pocket to put through the windshield of aggressive cagers. A little extreme for me, but it seems to get the message across for him.

When I ride long trips I carry a small T-ball bat, strapped down across the top of my saddle bag, in easy reach. I've never had a need to pull it out, but it's comforting to know it's there.

[ghostface]

Carry some AAA batteries, ball bearings, and stalk drivers. Slashed tires aren't coverd under insurance. 

[MsTek]

In Illinois, lane splitting isn't legal. I have done it a few times when I saw a dangerous situation and it was the best for me.

However (and this is ONLY when I am wearing a helmet-  Illinois is non- helmet mandatory too), I have had people try to hurt me just because I was on a motorcycle.

The first wheelie I did in my life was by accident because I had a cabbie on Lake Shore Drive try to run me into the center columns.   I looked cool passing him but I nearly pissed myself when that front wheel came up.

Conversely, when I've ridding with NO helmet on, people want to be extra special nice to me.  Too bad riding without a helmet is stupid.

Me vs. Car?

Gonna let the car have it.