Hey there dudes and ladies

Does anyone out there also have the problem of car drivers (in the USA or the rest of the world) tailing you at about 6ft away from your back wheel on the highway?
The car drivers here in South Africa (not all of them) are such dumbasses that even though I have a CBR900RR underneath me, they feel like they have to prove that their VW Golf or BMW can go just as fast as me and they ride right on my back wheel!! Seriously I'll be travelling down the highway at 75mph and then they would be there, I would speed up to 90mph then they would come right back. Ive even gone as 100mph with the a$$hole still tailing me about 6ft away. Changing lanes doesnt stop anything with the people in those lanes doing the same thing. This only happens on freeways, the other roads are fine.

One day I was riding with my girlfriend on the back and this dude actually tried to run me off the road. He came up next to me, and then slowly started coming across in my lane. I hooted and moved a little to the right to avoid being hit, but he continued to come across slowly, bear in mind that i was right next to his drivers window and there were no blind spot issues. This was al happening with his family in the car as well. I kinda snapped in a sense of rage as I was very angry that he might run my girlfriend off the road and she would get seriously hurt and then I banged the side of his car with my fist (yes he was that close to me). His wife must have said something to him and he backed away to his lane. I then sped off and havent seen the a$$hole again.

The cool thing is that my girlfriend saw the whole thing happen as she was on the back and she understood the situation and wasnt mad at me for what I did. I know I never want to do something like that again as the driver of the car could sideswipe me in his rage and that could end up disasterous.

Why do car drivers do this?? It is outright stupid and freaking dangerous!!

 

Left kick to the door....

 

LOL!! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind

 

I notice that too a lot, if they are behind you, they are on your ***. If they are beside you, they want to race. If they are in front of you, they want to try to take a corner fast in front of you or drive faster than usual. This doesn't include the accidental/on purpose times when they try to run you off the road, which I have had plenty of both as well. A good motto that I have seen on here is "Ride like everyone is trying to kill you." Be safe out there, and good luck with those people on the highway.

 

Upper cut to the side view mirror...

I have earned the nickname " johnny Mirrors" because i have a low tolerance for assh*le drivers, and theres plenty of them in NY

 

What, plenty of cars missing right mirrors? hah

 

I've always wonder how fast you have to be going to hit the mirrors with a force enough to break it, yet not have the force come back at you to knock you off your balance.

 

My defense- a couple throwing objects in my upper most jacket pocket, reinforced knuckles on my gloves(side mirrors) and the ability to disappear when the disgruntled driver tattles because they were a ***** and tried to harm me. Kinda goes along with "you push me, I push back... Harder".
On the other end of it, I really dislike people with road rage. The best thing to do is probably just go on with you ride like it never happened. Giving the cager a reaction might just be what they want. And look at it this way, throwing something through a windshield or busting off a side mirror is going to really **** them off and make it worse for the next guy on a sport bike. You know that feeling you get when you are presented with a situation and you cant think of what to do? Example; after one dude on a sport bike retaliates to some jackass cager--- the cager will think ofwhat he will do to the next guy on a sport bike thathe pisses off "wont be able to knock off my mirror because I'll take his *** out before he can react!" Catch my drift?

 

I totally agree with you motoxxx43!

I am a carefree and timid dude. The only reason why I lost my cool on that day is that my girls (bike and real one) were in harms way by the idiot and I kinda acted quickly on the situation. I too dont try to aggrivate other drivers, especially the taxi drivers here in S.A as they are notorious for their hooligan driving, as they might actually do something or start a chain of violence to other bikers on the road.

 

not extremely hard... i was drivin down the ol interstate in my jeep one day when i saw a friend of mine in his company van. i thought it'd be funny to run up next to him and slap his mirror so i did.... then it fell off and it wasn't a 1974 pos van it was a 2 day old van. oops