Road Zimmerman takes out biker

[Tremor14]

yep. recently converted extremist.

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[GrayStangGT]

White on white crime, this news story will pass in a day and we won't hear anything about it again. Move along.

[mardyn]

[rant on] I agree with arresting/charging the old dude, but that moronic, neck bearded, dumb ass on the bike needs a little "attitude adjustment" as well...

Not only passing on a double yellow, license suspended, no motorcycle rating on the suspended license, but then has the nerve to say "I pass on the double yellow all the time..."

Plus, his actions severely injured the passenger on the bike with him... and she's a dumb ass too for getting on a bike with that idiot.[rant off]

mardyn

and don't get me started on the biker/cameraman... "What are you doooooing?"

[SS Junk]

and don't get me started on the biker/cameraman... "What are you doooooing?"

What you are saying is because the bike passed on a double yellow he and the passenger deserved to be taken out?

[mardyn]

What you are saying is because the bike passed on a double yellow he and the passenger deserved to be taken out?

No way... my point is: all of 'em are dumb asses.

The long arm of the law needs to administer the attitude adjustment...

mardyn

[ceyko]

No way... my point is: all of 'em are dumb asses.

The long arm of the law needs to administer the attitude adjustment...

mardyn

I look at it as one asshole hit another asshole.

The crazy shit I see riders do on the back roads makes all of them look bad.

No, you don't swerve and intentionally hit someone on a bike (the older I get, the more I just try to get out of the way since I can't tell which ones are the idiots and which ones are level headed.) - but the riders are not sweet and innocent either.

[SS Junk]

Yep, including me. I will pass on a double yellow if I know I can do it safely. My bike is by no means something to brag about, but it is quick enough to pass cars in a short time and distance.

[mustang_revival]

Lock the cougar driver up. He's lucky he didn't get beat to a pulp on the spot.

[jluv]

...his actions severely injured the passenger on the bike with him...

How so? Crossing a double yellow injured her?

[Chili]

How so? Crossing a double yellow injured her?

Insomuch as, without his illegal actions, neither would have been in a position to get hit. Kind of like how insurance companies will find a driver at fault if they are doing something illegal when an accident occurred, even though they were not the cause of the accident.

The distinction between 'cause', and 'at fault', should be noted. The biker didn't 'cause' the accident, but could be considered partially 'at fault'.

I have definitely heard of situations where someone that is DUI being found at fault for an accident, even though they did not cause it, because in theory they should not have been on the road.

[CexMashean]

It's the same concept as when someone talking shit gets hit. I'm not talking about someone saying "I'll kill you", i mean someone insulting you, disrespecting you, or something equally stupid.

You have to know there is some dumb mother fucker out there who at some point will turn to physical violence. That does not excuse the act of violence, but you understand that it would not have occurred if someone wouldn't have done something to anger someone else.

In this case, two morons on the road had an encounter. One was breaking the law, and meth vigilante was angered by that and took action. His actions are just as illegal, and not excusable, but you have to admit that taking the passing action (which was illegal), was the catalyst for someone getting angry and acting out. As a bike of that age, and if you assume he's been riding for a long time, he has to be aware of road ragers. He has to be aware that some people on the road have a negative attitude toward them.

Without that biker breaking the law, he'd be fine. No, he (and his passenger mostly) did not deserve what happened. If he had been a legal road law abiding citizen, his trip would have ended as he expected it to.

This takes absolutely no blame at all from Crum. He is an absolute piece of shit.

[snacksnack]

If he had been a legal road law abiding citizen, his trip would have ended as he expected it to.

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people swerve at bikes all the time even when its legal to pass. Seeing as how he made the decision in this case to do it he may have when it was legal as well.

[SS Junk]

people swerve at bikes all the time even when its legal.

When is it ever legal?