Cager tried to kill me on my way to work today

Numb said:
Lol nice!

I love it when people gun it to a red light, I just slowly roll up beside them, and before I even need to stop the light changes and I just blow past them. When will people learn
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Heh, I love doing that as well. Just make sure your checking the intersection well as you roll up, Its a great way to get friendly with a red light runner as well.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
By the way, had a similar thing happen to me this morning, on the 410 southbound. A Lexus (don't know the model) was using the on-ramps to try and get further ahead in traffic, that was already flowing at roughly 120 Kmh, and tried to push me out of the slow lane and into the side of a transport. He ultimately reconsidered that, rode on my butt from the 407 ramp to Derry, then used the Derry ramp to jump ahead of traffic again. This was around 5:30am.
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hmm, so apparently the ********** are now driving lexus. . .duly noted.

sorry to hear that, but unfortunately, anyone who rides in the city has probably had something like this happen to them at least once a season. . .

back when i bicycle-commuted in the city (15km roundtrip, daily), i carried a u-lock just for 'touching up' any drivers that dangerously cut me off. i have kicked my share of cabs, side mirrors, etc. . . i've also had car doors opened on me too many times (and that's with being super vigilant and suspicious of all parked cars).

cabbies are notorious for the aggressive pass/cut off, then slamming on the brakes.

glad to hear no one was hurt.
 
When this happens to me and it's really bad... i usually make a note of the plate # and fill out the online driver complaint for on the Toronto Police site. They claim that they always follow up with the driver, be it through a phone call and a letter.

http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/traffic/tps_358-online_driving_complaint_form.pdf


Many forces have something like this that you can access online. Realistically, there's probably nothing that they can do since there is no evidence to use against them if they were to charge them. But presumably if your average joe has the cops calling them saying people are complaining about their wreckless driving, they might think twice next time. I'm sure if the police receive multiple complaints about the same person, they might pay a visit to them.

I found out about this because the york region cops called me years ago regarding a complaint about me speeding down bathurst in Aurora. :p



jay-d said:
As a rider, you will always lose to a car. You know this.. why endanger yourself like this?
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but if he followed the guy and waited until he was stopped and out of his car....
 
I'm sorry to hear about your encounter, nonetheless very glad you let it go. Last week, I almost got hit head on by a guy on oncoming traffic lane making a Left turn; he just didn't see me. The advice of the losing to a car has set in imensely from my personal encounter and what has happened lately. Ride safe, life is too fragile.
 
OP should've followed him then later go back and ambush him, beat him up so he can't drive no more. one less murderer on the road.
 
I had a guy on the 401 express ramp to the DVP decide to tailgate me, i slowed down to piss him off (still going speed limit) and gave him a nice hand gesture...he pulled back and was scared to go past me...mind you im a pretty big guy so i guess that helped...Some cagers are morons and you just gotta be careful...
 
I'm just wondering how an overzealous cop could use HTA 172 in some of these situations. Outdistancing etc.
 
afong56 said:
hmm, so apparently the ********** are now driving lexus. . .duly noted.
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Black Lexus, with fairly heavily tinted windows.

sorry to hear that, but unfortunately, anyone who rides in the city has probably had something like this happen to them at least once a season. . .
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If you commute to the downtown core on a daily basis, and don't have something like this happen to you every week or two, it just means that you aren't noticing it when it DOES happen.

back when i bicycle-commuted in the city (15km roundtrip, daily), i carried a u-lock just for 'touching up' any drivers that dangerously cut me off. i have kicked my share of cabs, side mirrors, etc. . . i've also had car doors opened on me too many times (and that's with being super vigilant and suspicious of all parked cars).

cabbies are notorious for the aggressive pass/cut off, then slamming on the brakes.

glad to hear no one was hurt.
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Careful with the U-lock. That got a cyclist killed. Well, that and various other issues.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Black Lexus, with fairly heavily tinted windows.



If you commute to the downtown core on a daily basis, and don't have something like this happen to you every week or two, it just means that you aren't noticing it when it DOES happen.
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happens to me at LEAST once a week. Last week i was on my scooter in the right lane and some dude in the left decides he's going to park in a spot on the street last second and slams his breaks and cuts in front of me. no signals.. nothing.. thankfully i wasn't going that fast to begin with.. like 40.. so i had enough time to grab the brakes. i stopped less than an inch from the ****ers car holding my horn the entire time. dickweed keeps on going and his car makes contact with my scooter and scrapes along the front of it. Then he gives me a look like I'm crazy for honking at him. No damage at all though.
 
As newbie rider, I flipped my first bird this past weekend.

I was riding in the fast lane on a normal suburban street, as it was relatively clear and I needed to do a left turn 2 lights away. I was doing speed limit, and no more than 5km above. A SUV decided it'd be smart to ride in the lane right of me in a fashion where I'd be in his blind spot. This goes on for a good 5-10 seconds. Instead of speeding up or slowing down to pull into the left lane (my lane) for a left turn, the SUV decides to cut me off a couple of metres in front of me. Luckily I was prepared and he did not slam the breaks or slow down. I honked his ***, flipped him the bird and continued on my way.
 
Cha0s00100 said:
Cager tried to kill me on my way to work today on Steeles going eastbound to Leslie. Some D-Bag in a Black Lexus RX330 @ 6am was in the center lane as I was in the far right next to him with someone in front of me. He wanted to get ahead of traffic since it was doing the correct speed (There is always a speed trap here).

He tried to speed up and slow down showing that he wanted someone to move so he could get ahead and nobody made room. If you know the street another lane opens up to the right prior to getting under the bridge. At this point I am lined up with his side view mirror and I go the center part of the lane and prepare to get in to the right hand lane.

No signals or anything he aggressively starts to push is way in to the lane forcing me to the right lane while breaking hard. I followed him on to Leslie while giving him the finger ( he know I was there and still did what he did ) He started changing lanes aggressively cutting people off with out signaling trying to loose me since he knows what he did was wrong. He pulled off to a side street and I took a breath and let him go.

I was tempted to follow him in to work. I wish I had my camera on . . . Okay that's my rant of the morning. The Contour mount is going on on my Arai helmet tonight !
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Next time follow him to work or whatever, then head but him with your helmet. then take your helmet of and start beating him over the head with it. Then park your bike somewhere safe, put him back into the drivers seat, put it in drive and let him coast.
 
turbodish, is that you? damn, never made the connection...as for the op, just get license plate and look them up later...or if you are lucky enough to see where they park...valve stem remover...otherwise, get used to people driving int he gta, they're out to kill you everyday...it only takes one, no point losing your cool...i just twist the throttle and take off, no need to be around this clown...as for tailgaters, well, that is what the throttle is for, i've been run over by a car before, i don't need to find out again...
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Funny story, from years back before the 427 became DVP #2.

I used to work at the bottom of 427, off Brown's Line. It was a straight drive up Brown's Line, onto the collectors, then a quick merge onto the express. One day I noticed that an old blue Corolla was tailgating me, coming onto the highway. I was in the slow lane so I slowed down even more, to convince him to go around me. It took a bit, but ultimately he did pass me.

When I got onto 427 I could see that the express were backed up a bit, so I stayed in the collectors until past Dundas. When I made my swap into the express, I noticed an old blue Corolla a couple of cars behind me. I guess that he took the express, as soon as he could, and got caught up in the gawkers who were rubber-necking the collision, that was off to the side of the road. I see him glance over at me as he weaves his way by, fighting through traffic.

The next time, that I saw him, was the arc on 427, next to the airport. He was in the fast lane, which (as usual) was bogged down. I rolled by, at maybe 50 Kmh, in the slow lane. He came up behind me again, as he was using the slow lane and exit ramps to pass traffic, just before Derry/Rexdale. He went around me, by cutting across the breakdown lane triangle at that exit, then disappeared into traffic.

There he was, again. He was in the left turn lane, to get off at Finch, as I came up alongside him in the centre left/right turn lane. Actually I was two cars ahead of him because my lane was clear, as I arrived, while he had a couple of people in front of him.

A similar thing happened at Finch and Steeles; he took the left lane while I cruised past him, and maybe ten more cars in front of him, to be the second vehicle to make a (legal) left turn from the right lane. He caught up with, and passed me, on Steeles at Airport. I saw him swerving through traffic, headed towards Bramalea Rd., when I turned off at Torbram.

The icing on the cake was seeing him pound his steering wheel as I cruised past him where he was stopped at a red light on Bramalea Rd., as I sedately cruised by doing 50 on Balmoral. I remember all the details of this because the look of pure fury on his face, upon recognizing that same motorcycle he'd passed a half dozen times, getting ahead of him once again, was pure comedy gold.
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LOL that's golden.
 
I take the Danforth to and from work daily. I probably have a story like this everyday. Welcome to my daily commute.
 
Just today, a red sports car pulled a U-turn from his parking spot right in front of me, eastbound on Gerrard near Logan. Ya, it happens all the time...
 
This is why I always have a pocket half full of pennies......
 
I think Toyota has finally arrived. It used to be that imbeciles favoured BMWs. Now, 9 times out of 10 it's a Lexus with tinted windows.

Bring on the tolls Mayor Ford (motorcycles and scooters excepted, of course).
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