a guy hit his brakes and made me lay down the motercycle and drove off what should i do besides beat the crap out of his (he's bigger than me)
2007-04-27 17:15:30 · 13 answers · asked by Aaron C 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
the next time u tailgate and have to 'lay it down'....a cage could be behind u.....and this 1 will turn u into a hood ornament. if u cant be responsible enough to maintain assured clear distance, u have no business being on any bike. consider urself lucky the road gods spared u this time. they dont always forgive a mistake like that. its actually a miracle that u didnt wind up being a bumper tester the hard way. that might happen the next time, and by the way, the cops would cite u for failure to control, and failure to maintain assured clear distance.
2007-04-28 08:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to hear that you crashed your bike, and I hope you are OK and doing well.
With that said, here comes the bad part.
If you had been scanning ahead, you may have seen what the drive of the car braked for and increased your following distance avoiding the crash.
It is not the driver of the cars fault that you laid down the bike, it is yours. Therefore, putting blame on the driver will get you nowhere.
In the future, try to scan ahead 12 seconds and keep a 4 second of space between you and anyone ahead of you.
Just slowing down would help.
If at all possible, take a MSF class.
Ride Safe
2007-04-28 08:31:29 · answer #2 · answered by csburridge 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*sigh*
In California, the guy ahead of you can hit his brakes, and if you hit him, then it's your fault -- even if the joker did it deliberately to make you crash. Sucks, doesn't it? That's why "swoop and squat" insurance fraud is so common in California. Google "swoop and squat."
But you didn't hit him, so he can say that he wasn't involved in your accident (and his lawyer will say it too). If you were walking and talking, and not bleeding to death, then he can leave the scene, and it's not a hit-and-run.
2007-04-28 13:36:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pleasantly surprised to see so many people answering this question properly. Since they've done such a good job, I won't elaborate but will just toss in one more vote towards it being your fault, and learning to ride more responsibly.
2007-04-27 20:43:11 · answer #4 · answered by joe_rocket_81 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want to beat up who is responsible give yourself a couple of whacks with a bat. Maybe you should get a lawyer and sue yourself. Learn too back off and learn to accept responsibility for your actions.
2007-04-27 17:56:26 · answer #5 · answered by Molliemae 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sad to hear about it. However I don't see how someone else could cause you to crash by hitting their brakes. You were too close, or going too fast, or something else poorly. Remember that if you are in an accident that you could have avoided, it is your fault.
2007-04-27 17:33:35 · answer #6 · answered by Glen G 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Learn to properly use your brakes so you don't lay it down next time you have to do an emergency stop. Also take a large potato and shove it up the tail pipe on his car. Shove it in real deep and try to keep it solid so it will block the exhaust real good.
2007-04-27 21:19:05 · answer #7 · answered by austin j 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Increase your distance between vehicles. slow down. Call the police even if it was your fault. which I believe it was. He should have not Driven off. HE was involved in a accident.
2007-04-29 11:21:05 · answer #8 · answered by bikerrob23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You were following too close and it was your fault.You should learn how to ride and quit blaming other people for you stupidity.
2007-04-27 18:39:04 · answer #9 · answered by bill b 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
What should you do?
You should learn from it.
Fix your bike and be a better rider. Or quit riding.
You can kill yourself that way.
2007-04-27 20:20:29 · answer #10 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋