Pick up truck tries to kill biker

[Veloce-Fino]

I maintain

everyone there was an asshole

I like your conclusions.

[duccarlos]

and I believe every justification from rider #2 


I maintain

everyone there was an asshole

I'm back from my self imposed ban. You can't call them assholes, because from the replies in here most of the people that have posted would have reacted in the same way and they are not assholes, are they?

[zooom]

somebody with better unfiltered access to the intarwebs than me please post of the youtubes of Denis Leary singing "I'm an Asshole"

[duccarlos]

Denis Leary - Asshole (Uncensored Version)

[zooom]

thank you!

[duccarlos]

You are very welcomed.

[NorDog]

and I believe every justification from rider #2 


I maintain

everyone there was an asshole

So, you would have made a U Turn and gone the other way?

[Privateer]

if ensuring my buddy doesn't catch a beat down from some road-raging hillbilly makes me an asshole, I'll take that label.

If I was the one in front and my friend left me alone to get beat down (or worse) by some hillbilly, he wouldn't be my friend for much longer.

[fastwin]

For the record, I don't see how the riders were total assholes. Truck driver? Of course. Bike riders? Not so much. The first rider didn't do anything I haven't done in oh, maybe four decades of street riding. And I really don't consider myself an asshole. OK, sure my ex-wife thinks so but make the beast with two backs her! And if I was the second rider I would have done the same thing. Hang back and let the camera record. Who knows, hillbilly asshole might have wrecked out an oncoming bike or car and I am sure the local DA's office would have loved to have that vid. Can you say incriminating evidence? I knew you could! Just another crazy mother make the beast with two backser behind the wheel of a potentially deadly weapon with their brain stem unattached. Thankfully no one was hurt by said hillbilly asshole.

[swampduc]

if ensuring my buddy doesn't catch a beat down from some road-raging hillbilly makes me an asshole, I'll take that label.

If I was the one in front and my friend left me alone to get beat down (or worse) by some hillbilly, he wouldn't be my friend for much longer.

don't need friends who bail when there's trouble.

[KRJ]

   That's why I ride with a shoulder holster,cuz You never know what Critter You are gonna run in to....

[Outlaw1100]

the pass:  stupid (although we've all done it)
the truck swerve:  murderous (deserves jail time that involves more than just cuddling)
recording it:  brilliant (I love those little cameras)
staying close behind the truck until the stop sign:  may have given the impression of a 'chase', but I would have done the same thing...especially since it also recorded the truck commit multiple moving violations crossing the double yellow...alot.
leaving the camera running so we can hear the hillbilly rant and stomp around:  priceless

[fastwin]

I can't believe there wasn't some kind of altercation at the stop sign. If hillbilly was that pissed off to make him drive like that then I figured he would come out of the truck cab swinging the tire iron at everything. He had no idea he was being video'd until he was told and even then he had no real reason to believe it. Again, just glad no one got hurt on the road. And yes... that even includes asshole hillbilly truck driver.

When I lived in Austin in the 70s I'd go on bicycle training rides out in the country. For some reason the old two lane (now giant highway ) Hwy 620 around Lake Travis was crawling with assholes like the driver in the video. Can't tell you how many times redneck pick up drivers coming at us would drive into our lane and try to hit us or make a way too close pass traveling in our direction and I could fill up countless trashcans with empty Lone Star beer long neck bottles that were thrown at us by passing assholes. Fun times...

[Mother]

I'm back from my self imposed ban. You can't call them assholes, because from the replies in here most of the people that have posted would have reacted in the same way and they are not assholes, are they?

Hell

When I ride like that I think I'm an asshole

Ive just learned to embrace the fact

When the helmet goes every action is in self defense

[NorDog]

FTR, as far as I'm concerned, anyone who thinks that the riders did anything wrong are, well, bent.