Road rage against riders, what could this rider have done to mitigate the risk?

Here's a 2nd story with hazy video of the altercation and a witness interview ...

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Video-Motorcycle-Road-Rage-Death-Navy-Sailor-San-Diego-305681651.html

What is going on with people today. Are we turning back into animals?

Sad to see our brother-in-arms go like that. Nevertheless, road rage-induced homicide is equally bad for all, military and civilian. Hope this case serves as lesson to many others out there who are borderline reckless on the roads.

Tragedy

I cant get the article to load but you always need an escape route, if nothing else to avoid the visually impotent. They don't see us normally so we should always be prepared to have to make a move to get the hell out of the situation. Don't get me wrong you cant always be ready and preparing for one instance the situation can change and you run out of time to make a move. I found that out the hard way. But when they go for us that's just bad and we may never be prepared for it. I hope the family can find closure

This is an awful incident with a tragic outcome. CPO Buod didn't deserve any of this and I do hope that the accused is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. While I can understand being angry about ALLEGEDLY getting a boot to your car, that, IN NO WAY, justifies killing a man, regardless of his military status or any other factors. This was a human life that was snuffed out by a bad temper and it's sickening.

This is happening too often these days. People are less cognizant of others on the road as they race to get to where they are going, as fast as they can possibly get there. A good friend of mine lost a brother yesterday too, also in a motorcycle accident, because someone didn't check their mirrors before they made a turn. We in the military are made to sit through countless safety briefs about the dangers of motorcycles, but it's the people in cars that are the biggest threat to a cyclist. The public needs to be educated on how their actions on the road can potentially end a life.

I got my first motorcycle in 1962 and one of the first things I learned was "Never put your bike into a hole you couldn't put a car into - because car drivers simply don't see that that hole exists.".

A long time ago I read of a "visual perception" study that showed that car drivers have a tendency not to actually "see" (read as "visually process available information so that the presence of the object actually registers as the presence of the object") motorcycles on the road.

I get a chuckle out of watching the "pre-dead" on their crotch rockets zooming down the road while I stooge along at whatever speed I feel like enjoying the ride (and on a 30+ year old bike that has a "manufacturer's listed" top speed of 160mph [at 10,000 rpm {which is 'red line'}] but is actually capable of reaching 200mph (admittedly with the engine threatening to throw a piston through my crotch and while I'm going downhill with a tail wind). I have every intention of still riding when I hit 100 - THEN I'll think about getting a red convertible, chest hair implants, and a lot of gold chains and big medallions.

The only way to deal with "road rage" - if you are riding - is not to be there when it happens.

What's even more tragic is that the victim was an active duty Navy Chief Petty Officer.. Also, the driver had just gotten her license back after it had been suspended, and also had a police record for domestic violence.

Allegedly the bike rider had kicked the victim's car, and she in turn retaliated by running him over and killing him.

If any of this is true, and having used to live in California I can believe that it did happen, the Chief may not have been in the right to kick her car (I don't know what she did to cause him to react that way) but that in no way excuses the woman from killing a man.

I myself ride Harleys, and have been cut off/disrespected by cagers. Luckily I was able to avoid dangerous situations, and in fact have had karma rear its head when a cager got pulled over as a result of his dangerous driving. I guess he felt the need to retaliate because I was behind him and changed lanes because the car he was behind was going too slow. I'm sure he didn't see me because he tried to change lanes too and I honked my horn/revved my engine to let him know I was there. He had to get back over and then couldn't change lanes right away because of more traffic. I guess he felt like I cut him off or I was splitting lanes, even though I wasn't. Fellow riders will know that it takes less room for a bike to maneuver/change lanes, and uneducated drivers will see that as lane splitting. I don't lane split as that practice is illegal in Arizona.

My advice to fellow riders? Avoid responding to aggressive drivers, and maybe start carrying a GoPro camera to record these types of incidents.

To the sports bike crowd, and the majority of you ARE responsible riders, save the stunts and high speeds for closed circuit courses/track days.

And then we have this current event
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dONyv-Cwkoo&oref=https%3A%2F%2Faccounts.google.com%2Fb%2F0%2FVerifiedPhoneInterstitial%3Fcontinue%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fsignin%253Ffeature%253Dmobile%2526next%253D%25252Fverify_age%25253Fclient%25253Dmv-google%252526ipadtype%25253D1%252526layout%25253Dtablet%252526next%25253D%2525252Fwatch%2525253Fv%2525253DdONyv-Cwkoo%252526tsp%25253D1%252526utcoffset%25253D-300%2526hl%253Den%2526action_handle_signin%253Dtrue%2526app%253Dm%26service%3Dyoutube%26sarp%3D1&has_verified=1&layout=tablet&client=mv-google

While it looks like a simple case of road rage, there are unconfirmed reports that the rider in question had a vid up of him doing 170 plus through the neighborhood... Now that does not excuse the truck driver from his actions but it might point to what brought it to that level.