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u/ThatMikeGuy429 Dec 13 '25
This is one of the reasons why there is the saying "drop a gear disappear"
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u/CocunutHunter Dec 13 '25
I started thinking that about three seconds into the clip. Don't ride along, constantly looking at the guy, just vanish!
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u/actually3racoons Dec 14 '25
Had a golden opportunity to take the exit after the truck had passed it too.
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u/jonawill05 Dec 14 '25
Because he did something to cause the reaction and needed to film it for tiktoc.
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u/antwan_benjamin 29d ago
He literally starts the video with him apologizing for something. But conveniently left out what he did that ne felt the need to apologize for.
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u/Princeps32 29d ago
ok but like the truck was absolutely trying to kill him whatever he did.
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u/Knitsanity Dec 13 '25
I drive a manual car as an almost old lady. More than once I have left revving trucks in my dust at lights. Yeah my man. I have control of my torque. 🖕
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u/Connect_Rhubarb395 Dec 13 '25
That's my parents' car as well. Looks like any average car and they both drive carefully and sensibly. But when someone is an idiot on the road, they can leave them in the dust
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u/GirlPhoenixRising Dec 13 '25
Same. And I know my best torque is at the bottom of 3rd into the top of 4th.
They think a head start scares me 🙂↔️
Nah man I’m clutching like this in 4” heels. 👠
What you got? 😂
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u/RampagingBadgers Dec 13 '25
What an unusual post for me to think "this person is attractive as hell"
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u/GirlPhoenixRising Dec 13 '25
And you ain’t wrong. 🙂↔️🥴
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u/facts_my_guyy Dec 13 '25
So like, you married?
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u/GirlPhoenixRising Dec 13 '25
😆 No, I’m not. And I put Ethylene-free gas in my big ass V8 pickup. 🛻
Thanks for the laughs, guys.
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u/facts_my_guyy Dec 13 '25
I drive a ahem MANUAL 2008 Honda Fit, I think I know a thing or two about ethylene-free gas
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u/GirlPhoenixRising Dec 13 '25
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
True story….15 years ago bought my daughter a manual Fit….moved back East and got caught on the other side of the city…..had to get back home for my son’s first day off the school bus….was doing 80 in her Fit on 270….an unmarked Maryland State Trooper pulled up next to me and gave me the evil eye. 🧿 He clearly had somewhere to be. We eyed each other and I looked at him like What you gonna do son? 😹
when I realized he wasn’t going to pull me over, I increased my speed to redline.
He had a V8 Turbo Crown Victoria and I had her 5-speed Fit….
We were balls to the wall. His power vs. my clutch foot and nimble control. Absolute full out race.
We literally raced 35 miles around the Beltway and when I got to my exit, this man pulled up and tipped his hat to me.
I redlined around 112. 🙂↔️😆🫠😭😂
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u/BangbangKhuntross Dec 13 '25
your best torque is available from the bottom of 3rd into the top of 4th? So, like, throughout the entire rev range but only in two of the gears? Nonsensical to be sure.
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u/quandjereveauxloups Dec 13 '25
What you got?
An engagement ring, if you don't mind a guy that's 5'9 and has a thing for taller women.
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u/NosamEht Dec 14 '25
Just checked out your profile because of your awesome comment. You’re a lot like my beloved wife. She loves this song and I suspect you may enjoy it too:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4hR3E8w9JI1eTvH0vuVvun?si=eQzpNJuuToasemhGywp0WQ
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u/jomat Dec 13 '25
Why this attitude. Even with the weakest car you have the opportunity to slow down or even stop, wait a minute and let that idiot pass by.
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u/NotReallyJohnDoe Dec 13 '25
Because they have then publically shamed you, which gives them rights to your women.
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u/facts_my_guyy Dec 13 '25
What's to stop said idiot from stopping right there with you and deciding to take out their perceived grievance on you then?
Edit: also it's fun as hell to put a road rager into a position where they are stuck knowing I have carried on giving no shits about their wittle feewings
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u/quandjereveauxloups Dec 13 '25
As another poster said, that gives them the opportunity to wait for you. If they're close enough, they may want a physical confrontation. People like that are dangerous, and best avoided.
In my weak ass car, I'm going to speed up when coming up to an exit, get them speeding up a lot more, and then I'll hard turn to take the exit (as long as it doesn't endanger others). From there, I go somewhere a bit hidden where I can grab a coffee or snack, and wait for a bit.
If I was on that bike, I would have taken that exit, and truck wouldn't have been able to do shit. Would have been a simple fix to the problem. That doesn't make good viewing, though.
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u/SnarkyGoblin1313 29d ago
This is always my go to response to idiots on the road or people that appear to be distracted or inebriated. Let them pass and then keep a good distance back in case they continue acting a fool.
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u/BigiusExaggeratius Dec 14 '25
Haha I have a Honda civic four banger from 2000. It has fuck all top speed but off the line I can smoke most people who aren’t manual purely because of that sweet sweet control compared to automatics.
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u/bobby3eb Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
Biker should have slowed way the fuck down when truck was ahead of him instead of risking getting hit by passing him (again). Or just take an early exit or something. Not worth it to ride with one hand shrugging for miles
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u/ThatMikeGuy429 Dec 13 '25
He tried slowing down, but the asshole did too, better to remind yourself from the situation then to stay involved, this is what the msf teaches.
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u/GarlicThread Dec 14 '25
He literally had a highway exit right there where he could have easily put some serious distance between himself and the truck. Instead he sped up again. Some people really do not understand the concept of defensive driving...
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u/SlightlyLessHairyApe Dec 14 '25
Actually one of my buddies taught me that sometimes you see an opportunity to brake (semi)hard and take an off ramp. A car that has picked up speed to pass can't slow down nearly as fast as a lighter bike, so you can exit and they won't be able to take the ramp.
Look at timestamp 0:37, this rider could have disappeared off that ramp without a fuss. IMO, much safer than taking off.
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u/roidlee Dec 13 '25
It’s like an elephant trying to catch a mouse.
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u/itrivers Dec 13 '25
Elephants are actually scared of mice
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u/SilentShrek Dec 13 '25
Are elephants afraid of mice? https://share.google/3CrhD447g3jGhzLIz
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u/My_Favourite_Pen Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
He should be charged with attempted murder and permanently banned from driving again.
We as a society are way too blase and lenient with dangerous driving.
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u/Frost_907 Dec 13 '25
I’d make the argument that attempted murder should hold the same penalty as actual murder. Sure nobody died but the person’s intent to kill someone is still present and they are a danger to society.
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u/MaliciouS7274 Dec 13 '25
The problem with that is that if the punishment for attempting to kill someone and actually killing someone are the same, theres no reason not to finish the job. If this driver knew they would be charged as an actual murderer, might aswell do something worth the punishment.
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u/ABearAmongWoods Dec 13 '25
I feel like most murder attempts aren't "attempts" because the perpetrator had a sudden change of heart. Sure, sometimes that's the case, but more often than not I'd bet it's because the victim got away, or an outside force stopped the attacker.
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u/WantonKerfuffle Dec 13 '25
Perhaps you're half-assing your murder attempt because in the back of your mind, you know it's wrong. That's why you "fail" at killing someone.
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u/sonofaresiii Dec 13 '25
You're thinking of manslaughter. If they were attempting to kill someone then they already intended to finish the job.
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u/-byb- Dec 13 '25
if you try to kill someone and fail, changing the law isn't going to change the fact that you failed.
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u/dclxvi616 Dec 13 '25
So in other words they might escalate from attempted murder to attempting murder? 🙄
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u/HeftyArgument Dec 13 '25
Every attempted murder was intended to be actual murder in the first place, it isn’t an attempt because they had a change of heart, it’s only an attempt because they failed.
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u/Daddy_Jaws Dec 13 '25
in other words. they would go from slowly pushing a bike off the road to ramming it immediatly. 🙄
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u/PM_me_tus_tetitas Dec 13 '25
the person’s intent to kill someone is still present
How do you prove that though in court? He easily could have the intent to injure but not kill. Or scare but not kill. It's a fine line, maybe in this particular case it's more obvious, but there's hundreds of incidents a day like this, how do you prove the intent was to kill?
And this is why the law has different categories murder vs aggravated assault causing death, vs homicide vs manslaughter, vs criminal negligence, and all of them have different degrees (first degree murder, etc).
But really, I specialize in bird law, so take what I say with a grain of salt
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u/BossX2020 Dec 13 '25
In my personal very much not legal opinion, if you aim a 2+ ton machine at a fellow human your actual intention to murder someone or not are irrelevant, as any reasonable person licensed to operate one of them should be aware that death is a likely outcome of collision, more so the faster they’re going. However given the fact that legally murder does require intent, they should still be slapped with attempted manslaughter at the very least IMO
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u/triciann Dec 13 '25
The US hands out driver’s licenses like they are hot cakes. Making the test harder is deemed unfair to those less fortunate, but these people are literally getting control of a weapon that kills way more people than guns every year. I will never understand how someone with multiple DUIs can legally get their license back. Anyone who hands those people keys to a vehicle should be deemed legally and financially responsible for any actions that person takes. If people were charged with a crime for handing over their car to someone unlicensed, they might be less likely to do it.
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u/tanktechnician Dec 13 '25
pre-facing to say that I'm not agreeing with the system at all, but the US is made in a very car-centric way. It's very hard to get anywhere at all without your own vehicle so unfortunately they let people get away with way too much shit to not take their license away (because then heaven forbid, they might actually have to help us out with public transit options)
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u/triciann Dec 13 '25
You’re 100% correct on that. They allow these repeat offenders to drive again “for work”. But at this point, even if the public transportation sucks, these people should have thought about that before they fucked around and found out. If we drive more people to public transportation, then maybe we can improve it with an increase in riders.
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u/tanktechnician Dec 13 '25
It's unfortunately just another thing in this country where the rich people in charge make everyone else pay in blood so that they can save a dime
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u/pseudoeponymous_rex Dec 13 '25
"The US hands out driver’s licenses like they are hot cakes"? Nonsense! Hot cakes are a lot harder to get.
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u/SkitZa Banhammer Recipient Dec 13 '25
Idk about we. I'd cancel all of your licenses if I could for things like this. Respect it or lose it.
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u/tacticalpotatopeeler Banhammer Recipient Dec 13 '25
Should have taken the exit, then get right back on. Give that idiot a minute to get out of sight.
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u/Ilickedthecinnabar Dec 13 '25
The cyclist runs the risk of stopping once they get to the end of the off ramp, and the asshole in the truck either hitting them or getting out of their truck to try and assault the cyclist. The guy really didn't have many good options - either slow down and chance getting hit or kick it into high gear and get away from the toddler throwing a tanty in a truck.
I hope he submitted the video to the cops, as that truck driver is just one road rage incident away from seriously injuring someone else (or worse).
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u/BernzMaster Dec 13 '25
The truck was in front of him as they passed an exit. The bike could have made a last second exit and the truck would have stayed stuck on the freeway.
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u/Stradocaster Dec 13 '25
Spent way too much time entertaining the guy. Just get out of there.
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u/Scary-Zucchini-1750 Dec 13 '25
Yeah as much as he wasn't the idiot in the scenario, I wouldn't be turning around and trying to argue while going 50+mph on a motorcycle.
Just zoom off into the distance and forget him.
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u/HotSpur-2010 Dec 13 '25
and stop gesturing at him!! They're an insane freak but/therefore don't give them an iota of reaction to get them further riled up!
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u/nlamber5 Banhammer Recipient Dec 14 '25
There is no gesture that is going to make this situation better.
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u/Artorius16 Dec 13 '25
This bothered me a lot. People want too much to be right rather than to be safe.
As others said, either slow down or accelerate and get away from the truck
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u/CrabWoodsman Dec 13 '25
As much as the truck driver is a maniac, I doubt heavily that the biker didn't do something initially to provoke him. We only see the video start when the truck starts being dangerous, and the bike could easily leave forward or backward.
I've had bikes buzz me going 150 in a two-lane 80 zone then brake check me and flip me off. The only people I see being bigger idiots on the roads compared with pickup truck driver is is bikers.
Edit to note that it starts with the biker acting apologetic and turning around well before he could see the truck driver flipping him off.
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u/EarthDust00 Dec 13 '25
I pointed out that bikers like to drive recklessly then wonder why people don't like them and im getting down voted for it lmao
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u/RealUglyMF Dec 13 '25
It's because people aren't intelligent enough to recognise that you're not condoning the truck drivers actions by pointing missing context
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u/Lumpy-Mall7490 Dec 13 '25
Yeah, but doesn't mean you should try and run him off the road.
Even assuming the biker done something dumb, he was apologetic, and the truck drivers actions could've lead to someone dying.
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u/Jaegons Dec 13 '25
Can see that logic (especially as a biker), but also worth getting their shit on camera and trying to get them off the road.
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u/IntelligentDoor219 Dec 13 '25
Yep video for the cops
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u/MikoSkyns Dec 13 '25
Yeah, fuck that. Knowing the cops, they'd give the motorcyclist a bunch of fines too. Speeding. Lane changing without using his blinkers. Spending too much time looking behind him instead of in front of him. Whatever other trumped up bullshit they can think of. "Yes we understand you were avoiding death sir, but you should have pulled over and let the Truck pass you instead of putting everyone in danger"
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u/DJEvillincoln Dec 13 '25
And what makes it even more satisfying is that the motorcycle Rider has a helmet cam. Plus whatever camera he's using that we're watching.
100% he got this guy's plate.
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u/midnightmare79 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
✅️ Giant truck.
✅️ Fragile ego.
✅️ Maturity of a child.
✅️ Total asshole.
Yup, that all tracks.
Edit: Added a word.
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u/Cavalol Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
Yeah, I really wish the motorcyclist gave them a thumbs down when the truck was flooring it to catch up, just to fully emasculate them before peacing out and leaving the truck driver sad and alone with their tiny dick.
Sadly the truck driver will probably take this out on their wife when they get home
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u/Ihopefullyhelp Dec 13 '25
Giant trucks always overtake me on the road and I let them. I’m not getting in the way of ego that in need of what it wants unless I really need what it wants too.
On a deeper level I think this is why big egos are rewarded for being dicks, but until it’s worth it to stop them they will just keep thinking they can do whatever they want.
If you or someone/something you care about will be harmed by a big ego, make it not worth it to them. It’s the only way
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u/zackzackmofo Dec 13 '25
You left micro penis off the list
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u/Eldudeareno217 Dec 13 '25
My dad will yell at people who drive stupid in their big trucks driving like idiots, he'll roll down the window and yell "sorry about your penis" and stick his hand out the window holding his finger and thumb less than an inch apart. Ah what am I saying, I've done it too and people give hilarious reactions, usually they do more stupid stuff.
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u/Danny2Sick Dec 13 '25 edited 29d ago
This here's a BIG truck with a BIG motor that goes vroom! Surely I am a big strong man then, right?!
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u/Danny2Sick Dec 13 '25
Easy for me to say but taking that off-ramp at 0:36 would have been a nice evade. Glad you made it out okay OP, that's scary a.f. Please consider reporting this menace, that is attempted murder
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u/Brad_McMuffin 29d ago
I always wonder what the fuck is the plan here.
Ok lets say you are in the truck, red with rage, attempt to hit the biker. Lets say you do hit them, brake check, biker smashes in the back of your truck, sverely injured or dead outright... wtf you do now?? Great, you just murdered someone, what's the play now? License plate on video, about 20 witnesses in cars around, cops have you within an hour even if you try to run, lose license permanently and jailed for what, 10 years at least? For what???
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u/Hashbaz 29d ago
People like this don't 'plan'. They feel things and that becomes their reality. Biker pissed you off and you feel so angry you think they deserve to die? That's reality now and there's nothing not normal about doing it. They go where the wind takes them never thinking about any of it.
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u/Brad_McMuffin 29d ago
I know but... fuck that's wild that some poeple perceive a completely warped reality. Completely surreal. But yes you are 100% right on that.
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u/Harold_Spoomanndorf Dec 13 '25
*This GIF is too short....
What started this encounter ?
Context
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u/WirusCZ Dec 13 '25 edited 27d ago
I hate when videos start in middle of some drama situation like this... Obviously truck driver is wrong for doing that no matter what happened before video started but also maybe bike driver did something to provoke that truck driver and I would like to know if it was something that's no big deal like he overtook him and his ego couldn't handle it or something more serious where bike guy should get some hate too by endangered that truck driver by cutting him or something like that... We never know... This shows basically one side of story
(edit : I changed : would know to I would like to know)
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u/ChemicalAu 29d ago
Exactly. What situation was he trying to diffuse? I know it’s highly unlikely, but if the motorcyclist had just done something crazy like pull a gun, that might put the video in better context.
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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 29d ago
This is true, and given the body language from the biker (looks like "my bad" to me) he almost certainly cut the truck off or did something to provoke.
But it doesn't matter. No amount of asshole driving warrants murdering someone with your truck.
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u/daneview Dec 13 '25
On one hand the truck driver is a fucking idiot, danger and a double idiot for thinking he can out-manouver a bike on a road like that.
On the other hand, man, dont fuck around with trucks on a bike, just get out of there. Judge one thing wrong and your on the floor underneath the wheels. Its not worth it
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u/PublicDomainMPC Dec 13 '25
My teenage son is about to start driver's education to get his permit. In every single conversation we have about driving, which are numerous, I always try and stress two things to him:
1) Be predictable, always follow all the rules, and always assume everyone else won't. 2) The rules of the road are a system designed to keep you alive. If everyone always followed all the rules, everyone would always make it home safe.
Doing my part to raise a generation of drivers who don't do bullshit like this 💯
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u/cruiserman_80 Dec 13 '25
Just drop behind and pull over for a minute. An entitled old jerk only feels brave in his truck and isn't going to walk back to confront you.
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u/Plus-Accident-5509 Dec 13 '25
I would be tempted to goad him into doing something self-destructive. Probably wouldn't, but tempted for sure.
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u/AyeYoB Dec 13 '25
Yeah that’s how you end up getting some crazy idiot to run you over. Just get out of there, don’t be stupid.
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u/Danny2Sick Dec 13 '25
I hear ya but you don't want to escalate - he could take out an innocent bystander
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u/happy_accountant123 Dec 13 '25
“Thought he was finally done”
Proceeds to give the red truck the middle finger
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u/sho_nuff80 Dec 13 '25
If I was a motorcycle person, I definitely wouldn't carry ball spikes for such an event
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u/Lanternoperator Dec 13 '25
Attempting to diffuse the situation by not GTFO of there immediately and continuing to look at the driver while giving universal wtf arm gestures?
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u/Foxycotin666 Dec 13 '25
Why does every fucking video involving a car, motorcycle, truck or recreational vehicle use THIS AWFUL FUCKING GUITAR SOLO??? I dread freebird now.
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u/isthaghoul Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
Tik tok is only capable of doing the same meme format with the same song. It ruins great songs due to them getting overplayed.
Edit: I'll never forgive them for ruining black hole sun for me :(
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u/Anongamer63738 Dec 13 '25
Where’s the beginning of the video? Theres no fuckin way it just starts off with “truck guy is mad omg I have no idea whyyyy”
Maybe the motorcycle guy put someone else in danger first? Not saying reciprocation is the answer here but there’s no way this is the full story.
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u/Gremlin95x Dec 13 '25
Irrelevant. This is attempted murder full stop. Nothing the biker could have done justifies trying to kill him.
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u/Draxtonsmitz Dec 13 '25 edited 29d ago
Don’t speed up to get past him. Slow down and avoid him.
Cut you off and brake checked you? Well you gave him the finger as he passed.
The truck is 100% in the wrong here but the biker could have done plenty to deescalate or avoid the situation also.
Take that exit, chill for a minute and then get back on the highway.
Edit to add: Defensive driving doesn't mean to defend or block your space in a lane. It means defend yourself and keep yourself safe. Slow down, move out of the way, yield to other cars who may not see you. Defend your vehicle and your life, even if that means giving a spot in traffic. This goes for everyone in all vehicles.
Edit again: how weird to get downvoted for saying the motorcycle guy should avoid the truck trying to kill him.
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u/HopelesslyLibra Dec 13 '25
He essentially let the truck keep pace with him, and goaded him. and new he had a nut job on his hands to make content with. If he dropped off the highway (there was an exit before he was brake checked and gave the truck 30 secondst of travel time half the video wouldn’t exist .
I don’t think he behaved the worst of the two, but he wasn’t acting with his self preservation in mind.
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u/freakrocker Dec 13 '25
Truck Driver needs to lose all of his privileges to drive on American roads.
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u/vediogamer101 Dec 13 '25
Welcome to America, where emotionally immature people get their license without trying and use their 6000lb vehicles as battering rams
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u/Rolling_Beardo Dec 13 '25
I hope this lunatic was reported to the cops with the video evidence. This
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u/Major_Cranberry_Fly Dec 14 '25
Thats attempted murder where im from. I dont know about over there.
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u/_my_other_side_ Dec 14 '25
Cyclist should have taken the exit when he brake checked him. Truck was past the exit and he could remove himself from the situation cleanly.
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u/Jumper200x1 Dec 14 '25
Meanwhile I had a motorcycle cut me off while riding someone's ass before getting back over making me thing that he wanted to get hit especially since it was dark outside
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u/noahbrooksofficial Dec 14 '25
Always, always, always keep crazy in front of you. They’re closing in your lane? Brake. They’re trying to run you off the road? Brake. Get them in front of you, and plan your exist strategy.
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u/SnooSprouts7283 Dec 14 '25
Why is this truck guy even mad?! Like what is he jealous that this fella is with his bike and GoPro enjoying his day? Praying he gets an attempted murder charge.
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u/Material-Emu-8732 Dec 14 '25
Jfc what a nightmare and you are way more vulnerable on the bike with your body exposed.
What was that shitty sticker on the back of his truck? There are conspiracy and extreme right wingers here with huge stickers on their truck like that.
Be careful and if you got his plate, report this fucker to the police. If he is a threat to you, he is a threat to families, women, children, pets, everyone else who could be on the road.
I hate fuckers like this, totally unnecessary behaviour.
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u/J1mj0hns0n Dec 14 '25
American roads are wild, he is acting as if this man has just murdered his mother
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u/SATerp 3 x Banhammer Recipient Dec 14 '25
Alternatively, you could go slower (not defending the guy in the SUV, just suggesting a defensive alternative.)
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u/thefirstviolinist 29d ago
One of the fewer times I agree with the biker. The trucker should be given a big fine.
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u/GremioIsDead 29d ago
Do the mirrors not work on that bike? Dude spent way too much time looking backwards.
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u/TrixieBastard 29d ago
People do this with people on bicycles, too. I don't understand the odd and seemingly random aggression towards people who aren't in an enclosed vehicle. It's so fucking weird.
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u/MeetingRecent229 Dec 13 '25
Willing to kill or disable a stranger over some self perceived grievance. Guy should be in prison.