Hello my fellow Monster owners, and to those of you I have had the pleasure of meeting and riding with.
Wanted to share a life lesson. I'm sure all of us are tired of people driving like idiots when were on our bikes or not. How many times have you said thank God I wasn't on my bike. Tonight my frustration nearly cost me more than I was willing to pay
I took my wife out to dinner tonight and our order got lost for some reason. Two other tables that were seated after us were eating before I got up and went to the manager. He went into this excuse that the computer screwed up and it was being prepared. My question to him was, WHY did I have to get up and find you to find that out. So I left with my wife for good old reliable In-N-Out.
I was heading down the road when someone pulled out from a side street cutting me and the car next to me off. I flashed my brights at him to let him know I was there and then he slams on his brakes. I had to swerve to go around him. Then he dives towards my car and forces me to swerve again.
By this time my Testosterone has kicked in and I'm not going to take this anymore so I swerve back at him. Then I pull over as he cuts me off again. By this time my wife is scared and telling me to leave it alone drive on. But NO Testosterone has taken over and I get out of the car, I end up running after this guy trying to get his license # and restrain myself from pummeling him in the process.
So this is where the lesson starts.........
The guy stops, opens up the rear hatch on his car and pulls out a gun and starts coming after me...... I, adrenalin and all manage to turn and run back towards the main street. And what do I see sitting at the light. A Glendale police officer with his window down.
I yell at him that the guy behind me has a gun and is about to hop into his car and bolt.
He blocks the guys car and calls for back-up, 2 more police cars show up and begin to search the car. The gun turns out to be one of those BB guns that looks like a 9mm semi auto.
End result:they arrested him and took him to jail, attempted assault with a deadly weapon (his car) and brandishing a firearm.
This is what I take from this:
This has less to do with drivers and more to my reactions.
I have to take a closer look at how I react in these situations, my wife was terrified that she was going to be a widow and possibly some harm could come to her.
All of us that ride and I believe I speak for most out there are tired of all drivers that don't pay attention, won't hang up their phone, or just plain think they can do what they want and screw anyone else who's in the way.
We'll tonight I ran into a 20 something who thought he could do whatever he wanted, lost my cool, found out that people who don't care carry guns in their cars and are not afraid enough to pull them.
BB gun tonight in the dark, I couldn't tell........... Blessed.
But any other time I could have wound up dead.
Thanks, and be safe,
Rob
Wanted to share a life lesson. I'm sure all of us are tired of people driving like idiots when were on our bikes or not. How many times have you said thank God I wasn't on my bike. Tonight my frustration nearly cost me more than I was willing to pay
I took my wife out to dinner tonight and our order got lost for some reason. Two other tables that were seated after us were eating before I got up and went to the manager. He went into this excuse that the computer screwed up and it was being prepared. My question to him was, WHY did I have to get up and find you to find that out. So I left with my wife for good old reliable In-N-Out.
I was heading down the road when someone pulled out from a side street cutting me and the car next to me off. I flashed my brights at him to let him know I was there and then he slams on his brakes. I had to swerve to go around him. Then he dives towards my car and forces me to swerve again.
By this time my Testosterone has kicked in and I'm not going to take this anymore so I swerve back at him. Then I pull over as he cuts me off again. By this time my wife is scared and telling me to leave it alone drive on. But NO Testosterone has taken over and I get out of the car, I end up running after this guy trying to get his license # and restrain myself from pummeling him in the process.
So this is where the lesson starts.........
The guy stops, opens up the rear hatch on his car and pulls out a gun and starts coming after me...... I, adrenalin and all manage to turn and run back towards the main street. And what do I see sitting at the light. A Glendale police officer with his window down.
I yell at him that the guy behind me has a gun and is about to hop into his car and bolt.
He blocks the guys car and calls for back-up, 2 more police cars show up and begin to search the car. The gun turns out to be one of those BB guns that looks like a 9mm semi auto.
End result:they arrested him and took him to jail, attempted assault with a deadly weapon (his car) and brandishing a firearm.
This is what I take from this:
This has less to do with drivers and more to my reactions.
I have to take a closer look at how I react in these situations, my wife was terrified that she was going to be a widow and possibly some harm could come to her.
All of us that ride and I believe I speak for most out there are tired of all drivers that don't pay attention, won't hang up their phone, or just plain think they can do what they want and screw anyone else who's in the way.
We'll tonight I ran into a 20 something who thought he could do whatever he wanted, lost my cool, found out that people who don't care carry guns in their cars and are not afraid enough to pull them.
BB gun tonight in the dark, I couldn't tell........... Blessed.
But any other time I could have wound up dead.
Thanks, and be safe,
Rob