Motorbike Rider Retaliates After Having His Mirror Clipped By A Truck
There’s no getting away from it: as a biker, you’re simply much more vulnerable than other road users. As such, when there’s a close call caused by another vehicle, it can often cause anger.
For the perfect example, we have this clip from Changhua City, Taiwan, filmed last week. A lorry is seen driving so close to a motorbike, that the latter vehicle’s mirror is knocked in. The rider then decided to make his displeasure known by ‘returning the favour’.
They’re seen riding up to the side of the truck, and smashing one of its wing mirrors, much to the apparent shock of the driver.
What do you think, CTzens: an overreaction, or were the biker’s actions justified?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
I would’ve done the same
You should never react back in anger if anything it only causes more problems. On the road you should try to be the bigger man, yes he hit his wing mirror and was not yielding to him but it isn’t a reason to retaliate and cause more problems.
When you forget that you can’t runaway from karma.
Totally justifiable. I know people say be the bigger man etc. You the truck driver could clearly see the biker and the truck was only a few centimetres for clipping the handle bars which would cause the rider to lose control and potentially have a fatal accident
Well I’m not gonna say smashing his mirror was right, he should’ve confronted him. Smashing mirrors seems to be the signature move of hot-headed motorcycle riders.
Matt do you have any CT email of your own which I can contact?
Pretty common for people on bikes to smack mirrors. Don’t really blame them
well the truck driver deserved it
Revenge 😈
This is a super common thing I’m petty sure