Tard Spotting

Asspire · June 14th, 2013, 08:58 PM

Starting something new, getting tired of all the ignorant drivers around here, so I'm putting them up on the internet when I get it on camera, gonna try to get their face in the video too, hopefully one day they'll see it and and go: "huh, I'm a douchebag"

first one:

Link to original page on YouTube.

it had to be a beamer for the first one too.

Motofool · June 14th, 2013, 09:24 PM

I would like to trade your polite-directional-indicative driver for any Floridian driver (who still has no idea what a directional light is).

Asspire · June 14th, 2013, 09:35 PM

this is canada, it's the law to be polite, to an extent

Live2ride · June 14th, 2013, 09:52 PM

Obviously this was the drivers fault for not noticing his surroundings but you were in his blind spot on a rather quiet bike and this stuff tends to happen to all of us unfortunately. Just out of curiosity, why do you have a small, stick-on mirror on your left mirror and not your right one?

Asspire · June 14th, 2013, 10:10 PM

i'm mostly in the right lane, and find that i need it more on the left side. I saw him inching over and flashed before hitting the horn. I usually refrain from using the horn and go with it, but from now on I'm letting them know when they're doing something wrong, with hopes they'll pay more attention.

and no, I didn't give him the finger, just pointed to the camera and did the "nuh unh unh" sign

rojoracing53 · June 14th, 2013, 10:23 PM

Hang on you flashed him

In a lot of situations people will use flashing their lights to signal someone to take the right of way.

cuong-nutz · June 14th, 2013, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motofool

I would like to trade your polite-directional-indicative driver for any Floridian driver (who still has no idea what a directional light is).

Same here. Houston full of illegal, inattentive, careless drivers. It's a warzone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rojoracing53

Hang on you flashed him

In a lot of situations people will use flashing their lights to signal someone to take the right of way.

Yup.

I'd play too but I have an outdated cpu that can't handle video editing.

Jiggles · June 14th, 2013, 10:58 PM

Why don't you stop being such a douche and let people merge. It was obvious from 10 seconds before he put his blinker on that he wanted to come into your lane. Show some common courtesy and maybe people will respect you back.

cuong-nutz · June 14th, 2013, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Why don't you stop being such a douche and let people merge. It was obvious from 10 seconds before he put his blinker on that he wanted to come into your lane. Show some common courtesy and maybe people will respect you back.

Hey. we will have none of that here

KawiKid860 · June 15th, 2013, 01:49 AM

Kind of agree with jiggles here, while it did look like he was going to come over regardless of what you did you could have just backed off a bit, let him over and avoided the whole situation. Idiotic drivers do stupider stuff than this... really doesn't seem like that big of a deal and not worth the time and effort to record, edit and upload every time a driver does something that slightly irritates me.

Also getting up alongside a driver may enrage him/her if he/she has road rage. Not a smart thing to do on a motorcycle, you can angrily gesture at him all you want, they still outweigh you by a few thousand pounds at the very least.

dfox · June 15th, 2013, 06:23 AM

I don't think the driver was really too far in the wrong here.

Had signal on, you flashed high beam (which is typically construed as a go-ahead), and he moved over at speed.

The safer riding technique would have been to assert your lane position by putting yourself in his field of vision, in front of his A pillar. Otherwise, give room and expect the worse.

Oh and I don't know if you have, but consider upgrading horns. I switched to hella supertones and scare the crap out of people who do stupid stuff like this. To be honest, it sounds like too much noise to come from a motorcycle. The stock horns are barely audible over 40 or so to cars in front of you, I've found.

CC Cowboy · June 15th, 2013, 07:09 AM

You gave him the room, and he took it.

menikmati · June 15th, 2013, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rojoracing53

Hang on you flashed him

In a lot of situations people will use flashing their lights to signal someone to take the right of way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Why don't you stop being such a douche and let people merge. It was obvious from 10 seconds before he put his blinker on that he wanted to come into your lane. Show some common courtesy and maybe people will respect you back.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

You gave him the room, and he took it.

I would've just rolled off the throttle a bit and let him have his space.

I'm pretty sure you didn't do a head check before going into the left lane to confront him.

By the way, if you're going to do any hand gestures at speed, use your left hand and not your right, unless you want to be engine braking and trust that the person behind you will be ready to react.

Let it gooooooooooo.

Aurodox · June 15th, 2013, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Why don't you stop being such a douche and let people merge. It was obvious from 10 seconds before he put his blinker on that he wanted to come into your lane. Show some common courtesy and maybe people will respect you back.

Basically this. Don't go to LA if that pissed you off.

Red250R · June 15th, 2013, 12:01 PM

people do that kinda stuff everywhere you go. like someone else mentioned. he sped up to the open area in front of you in the left lane and slowed down. I could of paused the video right there and told you he was going to move into your lane. you need to assume that he's going to move over into your lane. part of riding safe. to put it bluntly, you were in the wrong.

lgk · June 15th, 2013, 12:41 PM

i saw that coming when he would not pass the car in front of the bike.

the law of tonnage applies here.
"whomever has the heavier vessel has the right of way when signaled, in such case where its hard to discern weight or size, the vessel with the more maneuverability yields."

fishdip · June 15th, 2013, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Why don't you stop being such a douche and let people merge. It was obvious from 10 seconds before he put his blinker on that he wanted to come into your lane. Show some common courtesy and maybe people will respect you back.

+10000000000 you now need to post your face for being a D bag since it is your rules.

alex.s · June 15th, 2013, 02:22 PM

only issue i saw in the video was that you didn't take off and split traffic to get away from them and put a safe distance between you and them.

Motofool · June 15th, 2013, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

only issue i saw in the video was that you didn't take off and split traffic to get away from them and put a safe distance between you and them.

Although the BMW driver looks like Jiggles, this didn't happen in California.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asspire

this is canada, it's the law to be polite, to an extent

alex.s · June 15th, 2013, 02:41 PM

i thought lane splitting was legal in can-aey-da?

WesleySnipes · June 15th, 2013, 02:48 PM

Yeah I gotta say looked like he was coming over. I have a rule of thumb for stuff like that. If you have two cars in opposing lanes and they are staggered GTFO by accelerating hard or back off and always stay in the farthest left lane. I have avoided a lot of this by doing mentioned.

Xtina · June 15th, 2013, 03:26 PM

Everyone in Toronto sucks at driving but not as bad as Markham and Brampton. Cover your horn and clench your butthole in these areas.

Xtina · June 15th, 2013, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

i thought lane splitting was legal in can-aey-da?

No lane splitting allowed here.

lgk · June 15th, 2013, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xtina

Everyone in Toronto sucks at driving but not as bad as Markham and Brampton. Cover your horn and clench your butthole in these areas.

Sounds terrible...

LNasty · June 15th, 2013, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aurodox

Basically this. Don't go to LA if that pissed you off.

indeed, try Houston as well. I have been pushed onto the emergency lane numerous time by dumb a$$es. At least she used her blinker, here only about 10% actually use their blinker. I sometimes wish I was surrounded in a bubble, then maybe I can use my sweet new helmet!

antiant · June 15th, 2013, 05:26 PM

This thread reminds me of the "motovlogger" snowcatxx87 - http://www.youtube.com/user/snowcatxx87

lgk · June 15th, 2013, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LNasty

indeed, try Houston as well. I have been pushed onto the emergency lane numerous time by dumb a$$es. At least she used her blinker, here only about 10% actually use their blinker. I sometimes wish I was surrounded in a bubble, then maybe I can use my sweet new helmet!

Nice hater blocker

Xtina · June 15th, 2013, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lgk

Sounds terrible...

My car insurance went up 30% when I move to this area.

choneofakind · June 16th, 2013, 06:42 AM

JBizzle · June 17th, 2013, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motofool

I would like to trade your polite-directional-indicative driver for any Floridian driver (who still has no idea what a directional light is).

250rr · June 17th, 2013, 08:22 PM

On the plus side, good horn.

Ninja Star · November 3rd, 2013, 12:33 PM

Ah! That looks like it's by kipling. Guys in those kind of "sports" coupes (Integras and Civics mostly) usually try to race me =|

June 14th, 2013, 08:58 PM	#1
Asspire Fix It Till Ya Break It Name: Asspyre Location: T.Dot Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 08 250RRrrrr Posts: 623	Tard Spotting Starting something new, getting tired of all the ignorant drivers around here, so I'm putting them up on the internet when I get it on camera, gonna try to get their face in the video too, hopefully one day they'll see it and and go: "huh, I'm a douchebag" first one: Link to original page on YouTube. it had to be a beamer for the first one too.
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June 14th, 2013, 09:24 PM	#2
Motofool Daily Ninjette rider Name: Hernan Location: Florida Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot. MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16	I would like to trade your polite-directional-indicative driver for any Floridian driver (who still has no idea what a directional light is). __________________________________________________ *Motofool* *.................................Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly* "Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world." - José Martí

June 14th, 2013, 09:35 PM	#3
Asspire Fix It Till Ya Break It Name: Asspyre Location: T.Dot Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 08 250RRrrrr Posts: 623	this is canada, it's the law to be polite, to an extent
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June 14th, 2013, 09:52 PM	#4
Live2ride ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Cody Location: NoVa Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 06 yzf r6r previously: 09 ninja 250r, black 07 zx6r Posts: A lot.	Obviously this was the drivers fault for not noticing his surroundings but you were in his blind spot on a rather quiet bike and this stuff tends to happen to all of us unfortunately. Just out of curiosity, why do you have a small, stick-on mirror on your left mirror and not your right one? __________________________________________________
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June 14th, 2013, 10:10 PM	#5
Asspire Fix It Till Ya Break It Name: Asspyre Location: T.Dot Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 08 250RRrrrr Posts: 623	i'm mostly in the right lane, and find that i need it more on the left side. I saw him inching over and flashed before hitting the horn. I usually refrain from using the horn and go with it, but from now on I'm letting them know when they're doing something wrong, with hopes they'll pay more attention. and no, I didn't give him the finger, just pointed to the camera and did the "nuh unh unh" sign
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June 14th, 2013, 10:23 PM	#6
rojoracing53 Fast-Guy wannabe Name: Jason Location: Brentwood, Ca Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja250, 2011 RM-Z250, 2004 NSR50, Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jan '13	Hang on you flashed him In a lot of situations people will use flashing their lights to signal someone to take the right of way.
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June 14th, 2013, 10:58 PM	#8
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Why don't you stop being such a douche and let people merge. It was obvious from 10 seconds before he put his blinker on that he wanted to come into your lane. Show some common courtesy and maybe people will respect you back. __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs
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June 15th, 2013, 01:49 AM	#10
KawiKid860 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Murphey Location: Eastern Washington Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2002 Honda 919, 2004 Ninja 500R NAKED Posts: A lot.	Kind of agree with jiggles here, while it did look like he was going to come over regardless of what you did you could have just backed off a bit, let him over and avoided the whole situation. Idiotic drivers do stupider stuff than this... really doesn't seem like that big of a deal and not worth the time and effort to record, edit and upload every time a driver does something that slightly irritates me. Also getting up alongside a driver may enrage him/her if he/she has road rage. Not a smart thing to do on a motorcycle, you can angrily gesture at him all you want, they still outweigh you by a few thousand pounds at the very least.
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June 15th, 2013, 06:23 AM	#11
dfox ninjette.org sage Name: Fox Location: Boston Join Date: May 2012 Motorcycle(s): 08 250R Posts: 881	I don't think the driver was really too far in the wrong here. Had signal on, you flashed high beam (which is typically construed as a go-ahead), and he moved over at speed. The safer riding technique would have been to assert your lane position by putting yourself in his field of vision, in front of his A pillar. Otherwise, give room and expect the worse. Oh and I don't know if you have, but consider upgrading horns. I switched to hella supertones and scare the crap out of people who do stupid stuff like this. To be honest, it sounds like too much noise to come from a motorcycle. The stock horns are barely audible over 40 or so to cars in front of you, I've found.

June 15th, 2013, 07:09 AM	#12
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	You gave him the room, and he took it. __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!
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June 15th, 2013, 12:01 PM	#15
Red250R ninjette.org guru Name: Scott Location: Buffalo, NY Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: 257	people do that kinda stuff everywhere you go. like someone else mentioned. he sped up to the open area in front of you in the left lane and slowed down. I could of paused the video right there and told you he was going to move into your lane. you need to assume that he's going to move over into your lane. part of riding safe. to put it bluntly, you were in the wrong.

June 15th, 2013, 12:41 PM	#16
lgk ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jason Location: Norfolk, VA Join Date: Dec 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2012 EX250, 2014 EX300 Posts: A lot.	i saw that coming when he would not pass the car in front of the bike. the law of tonnage applies here. "whomever has the heavier vessel has the right of way when signaled, in such case where its hard to discern weight or size, the vessel with the more maneuverability yields." __________________________________________________ Ethioknight Memorial Fund- Sticker sale http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111700
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June 15th, 2013, 02:22 PM	#18
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	only issue i saw in the video was that you didn't take off and split traffic to get away from them and put a safe distance between you and them. __________________________________________________

June 15th, 2013, 02:41 PM	#20
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	i thought lane splitting was legal in can-aey-da? __________________________________________________

June 15th, 2013, 02:48 PM	#21
WesleySnipes ninjette.org member Name: Wesley Location: San Luis Obispo Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): 1999 Ninja 250ex 1989 Ninja 250ex 2005 Ninja 250ex 2007 Ninja 250ex 2011 Ninja 250r 1993 CBR600 Posts: 199	Yeah I gotta say looked like he was coming over. I have a rule of thumb for stuff like that. If you have two cars in opposing lanes and they are staggered GTFO by accelerating hard or back off and always stay in the farthest left lane. I have avoided a lot of this by doing mentioned. __________________________________________________ "I had so much fun crashing my Ninja" - Said by No One Ever
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June 15th, 2013, 03:26 PM	#22
Xtina ninjette.org guru Name: Christina Location: Toronto Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300, 2007 Gsxr 600, R6-sold :( Posts: 270	Everyone in Toronto sucks at driving but not as bad as Markham and Brampton. Cover your horn and clench your butthole in these areas.

June 15th, 2013, 05:26 PM	#26
antiant antiant Name: antiant Location: Cali Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): None Posts: A lot. MOTM - Oct '14	This thread reminds me of the "motovlogger" snowcatxx87 - http://www.youtube.com/user/snowcatxx87

June 16th, 2013, 06:42 AM	#29
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14

June 17th, 2013, 08:22 PM	#31
250rr ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Mark Location: Portland Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): Cheap Italian Suit. Otherwise known as Dew Kitty Posts: A lot.	On the plus side, good horn.
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November 3rd, 2013, 12:33 PM	#32
Ninja Star teh n00b Name: Ralf Location: Ontario, Canada Join Date: Jun 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Posts: 53	Ah! That looks like it's by kipling. Guys in those kind of "sports" coupes (Integras and Civics mostly) usually try to race me =\|

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