How to deal with jerkoff bikers on the road

[Cthulhu]

Not an analoguous situation, Pooh.

First of all, I was already exceeding the speed limit by about 30%--going right with the flow, as was the rest of the column. Second, I never swerved to stay in his way. My biggest transgression was no yielding in time. I have no issue with speeders. I have an issue with tailgaters, and yeilding to them, while probably most reasonable in the interest of safety, is nevertheless occasionally made difficult by their rudeness. I admit that it simply was not my place to try to teach them a lesson.

But regardless... Really really impressive job with that van.

In all fairless, I think we've all found ourselves in this situation before. Being overtaken by faster traffic with no real place to go. If my speed is limited by the guy in front of me, what am I supposed to do? Teleport through the guy in front of me? And if traffic is also backed up in adjacent lanes, then the bikers need to get a clue. They're now stuck behind the same log jam as me and nobody is going anywhere.
Sure you can change lanes, but if you're being overtaken quickly that can be disastrous. If you're being overtaken quickly, don't overtax the brain of the guy whose closing. He knows where you are, don't suddenly be somewhere else when he actually passes you.

[slipknot]

Welp, see that slipknot? You posted here for opinions and you also got ridiculed, insulted and analyzed. All for free.

I'd be dissappointed with anything less, Carrel.

[Cthulhu]

I'd be dissappointed with anything less, Carrel.

Oh yeah, and you suck. 

[whiteman]

See Rule #7

[lazs2]

Ok.. here is how I do it..  if I am going 90mph and someone wants to pass.. I will move over.   If there is a line of cars in front of me I will still pull over and then back in.

If there is only two lanes and the slower lane is going 20 mph slower than me I will still pull over but at my leisure..    I mostly just pull over and then accelerate right back on over to the fast lane.

I don't care what all the other cars ahead of me are doing.. they can move over or not.

Now.. if the traffic is just jammed up and there is a long line of cars all going under the speed limit in front of me...  I ain't gonna pull into the slow lane if someone behind me wants by...  mostly not anyway.  still.. If he is a tailgater and it is easy to whip over and then back in.. I will do so, just so that he will be rear ending the guy in front of me instead of my cherry new bumper and filled in tailgate.

lazs

[Cthulhu]

See Rule #7

No argument here. Dallas sucks, and Houston is basically a sweaty Beirut.

[Cthulhu]

still.. If he is a tailgater and it is easy to whip over and then back in.. I will do so, just so that he will be rear ending the guy in front of me instead of my cherry new bumper and filled in tailgate.

That's why I've always had an evil desire for an old Volvo with angle iron welded at lots of nasty angles around the back. Gotta paint the angle iron though, otherwise the inevitable radiator fluid will make it rust.

[ROX]

Hi Clthu

One of the major problems is that these drivers are clueless that they are clueless.

Here in Arkansas--assume that every driver will do whatever the most rude, asanine, brainless move possible and 90% of the time you will be right.

Truckers from other states feel Arkansas is the state where you can be a totally rude jerk and get away with it.  I have no respect whatsoever for American truckers. I-40 & I-30 in Arkansas is the wild west for truckers.  Courtesy?  Forget it (except for Canadian truckers).

If I had any aspirations, I'd run for governor and change all this...but if they had an incling that I would jack the standards for getting a licence up I'd never get elected.  Way too many people get injured & killed every year, and every instance is totally preventable!

And we are all paying higher insurance rates because of them.

Aw well...let Darwin's Rule apply here.

Also, tailgaiting is HORRIBLE here and the major reason for all the morning commute accidents.  It's like NASCAR, and the closer they can get to your bumper the better.  I do the brake light thing and it works sometimes, but the majority don't get it.








ROX

[Cthulhu]

Hi Clthu

One of the major problems is that these drivers are clueless that they are clueless.

Here in Arkansas--assume that every driver will do whatever the most rude, asanine, brainless move possible and 90% of the time you will be right.

Truckers from other states feel Arkansas is the state where you can be a totally rude jerk and get away with it.  I have no respect whatsoever for American truckers. I-40 & I-30 in Arkansas is the wild west for truckers.  Courtesy?  Forget it (except for Canadian truckers).

If I had any aspirations, I'd run for governor and change all this...but if they had an incling that I would jack the standards for getting a licence up I'd never get elected.  Way too many people get injured & killed every year, and every instance is totally preventable!

And we are all paying higher insurance rates because of them.

Aw well...let Darwin's Rule apply here.






ROX

I've heard of this place. Some famous guy was from there. Who was it now... W C Fields, ummm  Flavor Flav, no... it was Bill something.

[Cthulhu]

Hey ROX,
I saw a Ferrari Dino running from a trooper in Arkansas one time. What a Ferrari was doing in Arkansas I'll never know.

[Fulmar]

Aw well...let Darwin's Rule apply here.

As much as I love Darwin as it applies to human stupidity and mortality (it really doesn't happen enough!)...I don't care for the higher car and health insurance premiums due* to it.

*no pun intended

[john9001]

i always let a faster driver pass me, i call them my rabbit, i let them trip the speed traps. 

[moot]

The least good the guy at the wheel/handlebars, the quicker you ought to let him by.  If you don't like him near your car/bike, the quickest solution is to let him by.  Just like in martial arts.. Don't fight with their momentum, use it against them.  It's more efficient.

Spit will wash off the car with the wipers and some wiper fluid.  If your self esteem has spit on it, that's another matter

[Cthulhu]

Just like in martial arts.. Don't fight with their momentum, use it against them.  It's more efficient.

Ever run head first into a well-timed jump back kick?

[DiabloTX]

It's pretty damn easy to lose your cool on the road nowadays.  I subscribe to the same philosophy lasz stated.  It's easy to be impatient with all of the idiots on the road, you know how I'm talking about; the person that has to do 80 mph when it's near bumper to bumper traffic and everyone else is doing 45, the person that HAS to get around you in the left lane only to get in front of you and immediately turn right, the idiot that thinks entering the freeway means YOU have to yield to their entry speed not the other way around, etc, etc, etc.

Spit washes off and your pride really never does get bruised.  Just remember that idiots on bikes are more than likely going to get a Darwin award faster than they think they are.