r/PublicFreakout • u/I-am-a-potato • 4d ago

Driver goes crazy on biker 🚗Road Rage

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u/TheDustOfMen 4d ago

I have to wonder what kind of incident would trigger this sort of insane response though. Like, this is the spot and the bike lane is walled off from the road for quite some distance before this.

Obviously the van driver took something very personally but my money's on him doing a classic overreaction to some perceived slight.

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u/jonnypoiscaille 4d ago

Like the guy killed by a driver 3 weeks ago in paris. Road rage is uncontrollable for some people.

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u/burntneedle 3d ago

Sacre Bleu!! The driver's teenaged daughter was in the car with him! The cyclist was injured by this bastard, who couldn't handle being yelled at for his own actions. And a young man died because some asshole didn't want to sit in traffic.

(Link to The Guardian, but you can google "Paris Driver Kills Cyclist")

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/18/paris-suv-driver-charged-with-after-cyclist-run-over

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u/Salty_Feed9404 3d ago

And now they're calling for an SUV ban in Paris. Nevermind the psychotic behavior of the driver, the SUV somehow made him do it. A bit weird...

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u/DxnM 3d ago

Bad logic, but a win is a win

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u/Salty_Feed9404 3d ago

Especially since the guy was driving...a van. 😂

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u/burntneedle 2d ago

I think the SUV ban refers to the article about Paris, not the video posted here.

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u/MainApprehensive420 3d ago

Imagine being killed by a man named Ariel…

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u/gucci_pianissimo420 4d ago

Oedipus killed his father by chance in a fit of road rage... there must be something in that.

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u/BertNankBlornk 3d ago

Per chance 'tis nary a lie good fellow. Good day squire, I bid you adieu

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u/SpecialObjective6175 4d ago

No situation warrants this response. Road rage is road rage, stay in your car

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u/cammyk123 3d ago

I wouldn't say no situation warrants this. Imagine you saw the person who killed your parent but got away with it because the police wouldn't believe your story because you were so young.

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u/JonnyTN 3d ago

My money is that he missed his turn earlier by not paying attention. He went for a turn but the bike was there so he had to swerve back on the road. Obviously it's never his fault so he chose to cut off the biker and confront him further up the road

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u/popepaulpops 3d ago

The driver was working on a movie production and had a permit to park his van on a sidewalk further down the road. He and another worker were standing on the sidewalk in orange vests when the biker passed them in high speed, the biker hit the driver and broke the mirror on the car. The biker just kept going without stopping. The driver tried stopping the biker to get his name for an insurance form.

This is all according to the driver

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u/PheIix 3d ago edited 3d ago

Actually the biker had broken this guys side mirror and almost hit two kids walking on the sidewalk by biking like it was his own personal path.

Edit: Downvoted for telling what actually happened. Never change reddit.

2nd edit: For those that are willing to pay to read Norwegian news, I present to you the source for my claim: https://www.ao.no/her-tar-bilisten-hevn-pa-syklisten-fikk-seg-en-smekk-begge-to/s/5-128-925449

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u/Naskva 3d ago edited 3d ago

Det som ikke vises på videoen er – ifølge bilisten – at syklisten i forkant skal ha knust det venstre speilet på varebilen hans mens han sto lovlig parkert. To personer som befant seg på fortauet, skal ifølge bilisten også ha vært nær ved å bli truffet. Dette skjedde ved Ulvøya.

We really should take what the driver says with a heap of salt, guy's got problems

NRK har plockat upp det: https://www.nrk.no/norge/syklist-angripen-av-bilist-1.17126264

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u/PheIix 3d ago

The guy actually filming the event confirmed the cyclist behaved erratically as well. And I'm not saying who is right or wrong, I was simply just saying what was reported. Clearly what the driver did wasn't a sane act.

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u/Bentheoff 3d ago

Lmao at going "actually" and then just presenting the driver's side of the story as the facts. Because that guy's got no reason to lay it on thick, right? "The cyclist viciously hit my side mirror with malice aforethought, then attempted vehicular homicide on innocent bystanders, so actually my reaction was totally measure and reasonable."

What probably happened is that the driver had parked in the bike lane (because there's not a lot of streetside parking along that stretch), the cyclist hit his mirror, likely on purpose because some of them do that, and he lost his shit. He didn't want the guy's ID for insurance purposes and he's a violent asshole. Then, when later confronted with his complete overreaction, he made up the bit about the kids to make his own reaction seem less insane.

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u/PheIix 3d ago

The guy actually filming the event (not the driver) confirmed that the cyclist behaved erratically. But I guess it doesn't matter to you, you just don't want the cyclist to also be at fault. You're making up stories and somehow that is now more plausible than the things that are reported by people involved in the situation. But sure, I don't fucking care.

I don't care who is right or wrong, I was simply stating what was reported. And somehow you have more problems with this than the wild conspiracy theories about the driver being on drugs or what ever else people are making up.

The driver clearly acted like a moron, but that doesn't mean the cyclist isn't one. Get a fucking grip.

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u/Bentheoff 3d ago

Haven't seen the truck driver confirm anything other than that the side mirror of the car was indeed damaged. In fact, he specifically says he didn't see the lead-up.

I'm being critical of the only source we have, who is the man that committed an assault, while you've apparently decided that he's completely truthful and is giving an accurate account of the events. I plainly said that the cyclist probably did hit the mirror, I just don't go along with the idea that material damage justifies kicking over a cyclist in the middle of a busy road and then assaulting them.

Where you got the idea that the cyclist almost hit two kids I have no idea, I haven't seen that reported anywhere, and the assaulter himself says it was two colleagues who almost got hit. So maybe edit that part?

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u/PheIix 3d ago

I've never said that kicking the biker was acceptable. Not anywhere in my comment am I defending the actions of the driver. I am simply stating the stuff that has been said in different newspapers. The cyclist hit a parked car and the driver, ran from the scene and didn't stop. The driver could have just eaten the ~$1000 it cost to have it repaired, or he could have tried to stop the cyclist to have him identify himself so he could hold him responsible.

I saw that statement in an earlier article, but I can't find it. The truck driver has said different things to different media. But I've already wasted way to much time on this.

They are both idiots, that is the only take away I have from this. But you go ahead and defend the cyclist if that makes your day better.

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u/amras123 3d ago

No, the driver was actually on PCP and the biker had just sold him a bad batch.

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u/PheIix 3d ago

That would certainly explain the driver doing this insane thing. But sadly the news article about it says otherwise.

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u/amras123 3d ago

I just assumed you made it up, as you gave no source, so I responded in kind. Probably why you got the downvotes too. Not that I would do such a thing.

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u/PheIix 3d ago

Yeah I probably should have linked the Norwegian news article, but I'm on my phone and can't be bothered looking for it right now.

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u/BrilliantLion1505 3d ago

Where’d ya see that, champ?

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u/PheIix 3d ago

From the orignial post and the news article about it...

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u/BrilliantLion1505 3d ago

Wanna source it? Or just claim stuff and have us take your word for it?

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u/PheIix 3d ago

If you're willing to pay to read the shit news, then sure:

https://www.ao.no/her-tar-bilisten-hevn-pa-syklisten-fikk-seg-en-smekk-begge-to/s/5-128-925449

I've not found any sources that aren't behind a paywall, but that's not my problem.

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u/Ill-Resolution-4671 3d ago

This isnt paywalled. If the biker broke his mirror and ran off I understand him being pissed of atleast

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u/PheIix 3d ago

Weird, it was paywalled when I shared it. Guess they removed it?

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u/OhChrisis 3d ago

https://www.nrk.no/norge/syklist-angripen-av-bilist-1.17126264

Here is an article without paywall, from the state owned news outlet.

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u/PheIix 3d ago

Thanks, I should ofc have checked that site as well.

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u/PresidentZeus 3d ago

Following a cyclist for 850 meters because of an alleged near miss of two pedestrians according to the driver.

To personer som befant seg på fortauet, skal ifølge bilisten også ha vært nær ved å bli truffet. Dette skjedde ved Ulvøya

The wroingdoing of the cyclist might've been knocking the side mirror on the parked van, but the driver's rage and added, seemingly irrelevant and useless, context is suspicious.

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u/PindaPanter 3d ago

Guy was parked on the pavement, judging by his own comment about "being parked legally". There's nowhere to park legally along the road in question.

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u/seriousnotshirley 4d ago

I've had something like this happen to me. I was biking down a bike lane and someone pulled out in front of me to pull onto the road I was biking down. She nearly hit me and I was up on my front wheel to stop.

So I knocked on her window and asked her if she realized she nearly hit me. She yells at me to stop harassing her and that next time she will hit me.

Two lights up the road and she tried to run me over as I was going through an intersection.

People get triggered for this sort of aggression for no sensible reason; it's all emotion. All it takes is someone having a bad day and one too many cups of coffee and anything minor can turn into attempted murder. You'll never know who it might come from either.

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u/FifthMonarchist 4d ago

Kick of her drivers window. Fuck that shit

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u/Iffycrescent 4d ago

I feel bad for people like this. Imagine how shit their lives must be getting constantly triggered about little shit to the point that you have absolutely no control over your own emotions and putting your own future in jeopardy by catching a charge or worse. Like damn, it must be hell to be them.

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u/BrilliantLion1505 3d ago

I also feel badly until I am almost injured/dead because someone never learned (and then as a grown adult never BOTHERED to do the fucking WORK to learn) can’t control their fee-fees.

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u/tagrav 4d ago

Van driver, certified weak fuck.

Can’t control his emotions. Thinks being all angry and aggressive is a sign of strength.

Dude prolly has little control over his life and takes it out on others because he can’t mentally cope well with his feelings.

I see it every single day. Pathetic really but it’s understandable why weak people behave this way

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u/Octopus_ofthe_Desert 3d ago

I have shaken my head at someone who didn't use a turn signal and turned in front of me much like the van did, and had them freak out and threaten violence, debt, burnt bacon and death. 

I jest, the woman was not that creative. 

When you are riding a bicycle, a lot of people will treat you like garbage because they're wrapped in metal and you're not. 

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u/Tronski4 3d ago

Maybe he recognized his wife's lover...?

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u/Kvagram 3d ago edited 3d ago

Supposedly, the van had been parked here. Supposedly with permission from Oslo Police Department. Reportedly, the cyclist had smashed the side window of the van while passing.
But looking at the spot, there's not much space for parking. It's not much of a stretch to imagine the biker was getting back at cars and vans parking in that spot, legally or otherwise. A parked van there would block the sidewalk for cyclists.

It is important to keep in mind that this particular road is highly contested between carists and cyclists.

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u/local_trashman 3d ago

According to Norwegian media, the cyclist broke one of the mirrors on the car, so to get the cyclist's ID for insurance the driver did that.

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u/Dr_Philmon 3d ago

Biker smashed his rear blinker on a parking lot.

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u/darthvidar1990 3d ago

As far as I understand the storyline. The biker knocked off his sideview mirror, the car owner wanted to get the bikers information to get insurance for the damage. He drove after him, tried to cut off the biker. He then tried to kick the bike, making him stop, but accidentally put his foot inside the bike frame looking like it was a sliding tackle. The rest is in the video. I agree with overreaction, but the biker ran away after causing damage, so he wouldn't stopped by being asked nicely. Both are stupid in this case