Topic: Blasted Car People! Smacked While Sitting Still!

[Sporkfly]

Dang, guys. You are all big talkers on the internet! From the sound of it you all must be gettin' into brawls weekly. I think it is safe to say most people aren't aware of parts availability for SOHC Hondas. We're all ignorant about various things. It doesn't excuse a sh1tty attitude, though. There's a lot of inconsiderate people out there.

Plenty of good reason iam going to guess you haven't been almost ran off the road by a dipwad changing a CD or yapping on the phone it appears you have no clue why some are tough talkers ( which explains alot) iam going to guess mostly ignorance.In the last month i can tell you i would be dead if i were not paying attention to an idiot simply not turning her stupid head to the left to see if anybody was there. ( i would be dead) which tends to give me #$%*ty attitude ( near death experiences do that)

Agreed. The last cell phone driver I had an encounter was crossing from a side street. I had my middle finger three feet from their window. And yet somehow, they were pissed at me for giving them the finger. Prior to that it was very similar, on the cell phone, pulled in front of me - near miss - I had to swerve and pass. Again, they looked pissed at me?

I think we have very good reason to have an attitude towards idiot drivers.

[Pinhead]

Same thing happened to me a while back. Except I was sitting at a red light and the car behind me got rearended which rearended me. Fender folded up onto the tire and everything. Woman driver, too...

I seriously would have called the police. You guys have the 'no celphone while driving' law yet?

In any case, she rear ended you. her insurance needs to buy you a new fender. Hows your neck? I'm just sayin....

I definitely called the cops and I hope you did, too. I wasn't about to fork out hundreds of dollars to fix my bike just 'cause some jackoff wasn't paying attention to what they were doing.

[cafe2be]

"whats the big deal?" seriously? I would have smashed her windshield in and said Oooopps, hope your able to see through all the cracks. The more stories I hear like this the more I am getting an irridecent jacket with flashers and sirens.
Good luck, glad your not hurt. I have a 750f rear fender if you want it

[Steve F]

Glad to hear it was a fairly "light" accident and you didn't get hurt.  It really bugs me when you hear the "what's the big deal" reply form these idiots.  I have been lucky so far as not to have an accident on the bike, but I have gotten the "what's the big deal" crap when a lady opens her door into the side of my pickup while I was sitting in the truck.  I approached about the new ding, and she said "it's just a pickup truck"....I nearly exploded and told her sorry ass that my pickup cost damn near as much as her Infinity she was driving, and asked if it was OK to dent her car door so we have matching dents.  She gives me that WTF look...Crap I wanted to dent that car Sooooooo bad.

[cormier1989]

yea i would have been pretty angry in your situation, but i just cant get over the "its just a fender" thing. What complete ignorance.

[new2novas]

"whats the big deal?" seriously? I would have smashed her windshield in and said Oooopps, hope your able to see through all the cracks. The more stories I hear like this the more I am getting an irridecent jacket with flashers and sirens.
Good luck, glad your not hurt. I have a 750f rear fender if you want it

hence the reason i got my olympia viper jacket with black/high vis yellow and my gmax helmet with led flashers and a halo reflector

[snowfighter2]

I know exactly what AngryGreek said about the Denver area Dumb Butts.  No kidding, driving on I 25 you can see so many people on thier cell phones it is amazing.  My wife says that I shouldn't be looking at other drivers while I drive.  I tell her I'm not staring, I'm just seeing if they are on the phone or texting so I can stay away from them. 
                 My fantasy is to carry a pocket full of 6mm nuts to fling into thier wind shields as I pass them.  Of course I'll never do it. 

[Accolay]

A friend of a friend used to carry ball bearings when he was riding his motorcycle...

[burmashave]

A friend of a friend used to carry ball bearings when he was riding his motorcycle...

I heard a funnier suggestion that I've been tempted to take up. Go to the DMV/RMV/whatever, and pick up a bunch of the driver instruction booklets--the ones you're supposed to read before taking the written test. When someone torques you, catch them at an intersection, knock on the window, give them a booklet and tell them that you think they need it more than you.

It wouldn't work as well on a bike, though.

[Laminar]

I got rear ended at a red light - the opposite lane got a green light/green arrow, and the girl behind me decided to go. Luckily she was in an Escort and I was on my Nighthawk, so it just bent my license plate up. I bent it back down, and she was very very apologetic, so I didn't make a big deal out of it.

[Slayer]

Dang, guys. You are all big talkers on the internet! From the sound of it you all must be gettin' into brawls weekly. I think it is safe to say most people aren't aware of parts availability for SOHC Hondas. We're all ignorant about various things. It doesn't excuse a sh1tty attitude, though. There's a lot of inconsiderate people out there.

Plenty of good reason iam going to guess you haven't been almost ran off the road by a dipwad changing a CD or yapping on the phone it appears you have no clue why some are tough talkers ( which explains alot) iam going to guess mostly ignorance.In the last month i can tell you i would be dead if i were not paying attention to an idiot simply not turning her stupid head to the left to see if anybody was there. ( i would be dead) which tends to give me #$%*ty attitude ( near death experiences do that)

+1 on that one! My bad attitude toward ignorant drivers (motorcycle and car) grows more and more even after my accident. After someone totaled my Bonneville which was my only vehicle, I only got enough cash to pay for a non op SOHC which I still can't get running. I still owe $2,500 on the Bonneville and I never even got an apology. It is a big deal, we do get angry for a reason. 

[OhItsBob]

I checked the rear fender on the Honda Of Troy Ohio's website they have it listed for 106.75$ under this part number 80100-341-000. Usually, but not always, when Honda lists a price for a part they still have it.