Driver swerves to hit motorcyclist

Driver Who Swerved And Hit A Motorcycle: ‘I Don’t Care’

The driver wasn’t arrested, but will be prosecuted. Sanders apparently wanted to pass the cranky old man because the latter had slowed to 20 mph below the speed limit.

Holy shit, the behavior of that car driver is nothing short of criminal…

How is this not attempted vehicular homicide?

That driver needs shot in the face.

It appears that so far it is only the motorcycle driver’s opinion that the car driver is going to be prosecuted. At least based on this article.

The motorcyclist should be cited for unsafe passing - being in a hurry is no excuse. The car driver should be prosecuted for something like vehicular assault (at a minimum) and evaluated for mental stability. Perhaps not in that order.

What a Crum.

Unbelievable. That driver needs jail time - I can’t believe the cops didn’t even cite him.

the comments on that Jalopnik article are an utter shitshow. I can’t believe how many people are sitting there saying “well, they were both assholes” as though crossing over a double yellow line is somehow just as bad as actively trying to kill two people.

There always seems to be a lot of this sociopathic behavior displayed in road rage incidents. I’ve had a guy in an SUV swerve through literally four lanes of traffic to try and keep me from passing, dude I understand you are angry for some reason when I want to pass and you’re driving 20+ miles under the speed limit, but you are not only endangering yourself and me, but everybody else in traffic. Same thing with this guy, even if he could justify some sort of anger at the guy driving the motorcycle, its ok to also possibly kill the helpless passenger who has no real control over the situation?

That old farts name is all over the internet. I’m betting the hate mail has already started coming his way. I hope the young lady sues the shit out of that bastard.

He was driving a '96 Mercury. Just saying.

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IMHO, the car driver should be charged with attempted murder.

just saying what?

Probably something about blood from a turnip.

Strange to think of slow drivers as the ones likely to flip their shit and do something reckless.

Or onions tied to our belts… which was the style at the time.

I just saw on the news that the young lady’s arm may have to be amputated. How has he not been arrested and charged yet? :mad:

Because traffic accidents are not capital offenses.

Yet.

Two weeks ago, I had some cretin in a mini-van try to to the same thing to me on I-90 just outside of Erie PA. I managed to avoid getting clipped, but I had a rather tense ride into the median. In a better world, it would not only be legal to kill drivers who do this, it would be considered a moral imperative.

Except they would have bullet proof glass, Kevlar armor and a much bigger gun on them.

That’s why it’s not legal.