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4.4K views 16 replies 14 participants last post by  Dano  
#1 ·
Well i was not going to post this but it just keeps getting better. This happened at about 5:55 am
Last week i was on my way to work and had a person start to change into my lane. i was in right lane and my front was at about their back wheel. I was going slightly faster. When this started i hit the brakes and hit my high beams. They got to where their right side wheels were in my lane left wheel track and then they went back into their lane. After a about a half a minute i accelerated and went down the road by that time my lane was clear for about 1-200 yards. Once i was passed this person they changed into my lane got right up behind me and were on their horn and high beams flashing. I got to a red light where i was turning right and once traffic went thru so did i. Then after turn they were right on my tail doing the same. I only go about 1-200 yards on this road and then turn left into the plant i work at. This does not deter the driver and they continue to sit right on my ass. I really have few options as to where to go at this point due to all the other traffic coming into work at this time. I finally get to where i can turn off and do. I let the car pass and then pull in behind them and follow them to where they parked. They went so slow to bother me that i had to have my feet out since we were just above a stop. They finally park and this blonde girl about 30 gets out and starts to say i cut her off and accelerated the second i saw her signal come on. I told her i braked and did not accelerate till she was back in her lane and i felt it was safe to move on again. I dropped about 2-300 f bombs on her and told her to please not try and kill me like that ever again. I asked if she could extend the same courtesy to other bikes since they do not want to die either. I left and parked my bike and then went to enter the plant. When going thru security i saw her ahead pointing fingers at me and talking to security. I just continued on my way. Once at my desk. i filled out what we call a station condition record. You fill them out if anything happens so they can track stuff. By 7:30 pretty much all the management were working on this and trying to find out what had gone on. When i got back from doing a job at about 8:30 i was told to get dressed in my civies and go back out and get the license number of the vehicle. I had thought it was a Rav 4. When i get to where she had parked there were to Honda CRv's and in exact spot was a Hyundi santa fe. I went back in to tell my supervisor and when walking down the hall i passed by a guy i knew and he said "did you get harrassed by a car this morning on the bike". Most people there know i ride any day possible. I went and asked how he knew and he said he was driving behind the one harrasing me. I said great do you remember what it was and did you get the license. He said a Rav 4 and he did not get the plate #. So off to my supervisor and fill him in with all the info and that is that. I come into work yesterday and have a notice to attend a disciplinary meeting about what happened. I go and talk to the union and they said don't worry it's a he said she said. I told him about my witness and then they got interested. That was then. Today my section manager comes down and says i need to have a talk. We pop into an office and he tell me that his girl said i called her "a F$%@ing C@!t. ( i know none of you know me but this i would never do) I told him i called her lots but never that. Will see how my meeting goes on Thursday morning i am sure it will be fun to see what sort of lies this girl has come up with to try and cover her tracks. Will let you know how it goes. I may have lots of time if they somehow believe her rather than me and my witness and i end up on the street. Well sorry for being long winded but had to get it all out. I feel much better aaahhhhh. Maybe i should have pulled a "Toby" on her bumper?
 
#2 ·
Sounds to me like you behaved in exemplary fashion (except perhaps for the f bombs!).

Sadly people have selective memory in these events and see things in a way that puts themselves in a better light. She might even have convinced herself her side of the story is correct.

I hope your employer sees sense and takes no action against you.
 
#4 ·
People driving cages often forget that their actions can cause serious injury/loss of limb/death... in the UK their actions threatening your safety would override any expletives that may have followed your shock/stress/anger over this experience regardless of any minor incident that may have incited it... if you've a witness I'd say it's game over.
 
#5 ·
jeebus, you WORK at the same place!! Definitely do not pull a "Toby" in that case!

I think you more or less did the right thing. In retrospect, with a car behind me flashing their beams and honking...I would have slowed down. Real slow. And then just kept on going. The brilliant part of this is that if they try to pass you, you just blip the throttle - there isn't a car on earth, at least for under a million dollars, that can pass an F800 at the drop of a hat. The only risk is if the driver turns murderous and decides to ram you from behind. But since you're both going about 10mph, and the distance between you two is minimal, it could very well be survivable.
 
#8 ·
ok, I realize that's like saying "the only risk to russian roulette is getting shot in the head" :p
 
#9 ·
I don't see what any of this has to do with your employer. Go see a lawyer you are being harassed. Neither of you knew, you worked at the same place (well you didn't, she may have known). It was an incident out of work time. If she did not work where you do the incident would be forgotten. This is a clear case of harassment pure and simply. Tell your boss you will bring in a legal representative at the next meeting. Watch them drop the whole thing like a hot brick.
 
#11 ·
Well as for turning murderous the incident happen at about 60-70kmph and varied from there down to very slow. as for employer i work at a secure nuclear site and anything like this is not tollerated. I did find out her license number this morning and will be filing a police report. as for meeting will let you know and have had many supervisors that have known me for years come up and say they would be a character witness if need be. at no point did i ever even think of hitting my brakes to get her to back off. I don't heal like i use to. As for getting it dropped that is not even close to where i am going with this. I will get her parking privilege revoked and she will get to walk in from a kilometer away in January. Should give her some time to think about what she did.
 
#13 ·
My advice is, at all times, remain calm from this point forward, no matter what. Set the example of cool confidence. If the cager refers to, or insinuates anything more than the truth about the incident, deny it calmly and state the facts. Think of yourself as the parent/manager and handle this as if you were threatened by an irrational and dangerous driver - you were.
In comparative terms, because of the obvious detriment with regard to the size of the vehicles, you were no threat whatsoever on the road. The truth is that she caused the altercation and you can continue defending your case from a position of strength because that is what actually happened.
Good luck Dano.
 
#14 ·
A number of states down here in the gun toten', NRA ruled U S of A have pretty strong road rage laws now. Not sure what you have there in the provincial laws, and maybe too late now, but could you have filed a criminal complaint? Especially with the benefit of having a witness.
BTW, f&*%ing c#nt!
 
#16 ·
Apart from the physical harm that could have been inflicted by a driver running up behind you there's the whole loss of faith in humanity you feel when something like this happens. It's so depressing when people illustrate how much of an ass hole they can be.

Seems to take forever before you witness a random act of kindness to redress the imbalance.

+1 for f&*%ing c#nt!
 
#17 ·
Well will not hear for 7 days then i will get a copy of the minutes and outcome from union. Nothing will happen and that is that. She had supposedly said she was afraid i would stalk her. I said in my meeting i was afraid she would kill me which is worse?