Road Rage Extreme: Motorcyclist Hit, Dragged By Angry Driver

Usually we don’t see road rage incidents quite a shocking as this one where a motorcyclist was hit and dragged by a Nissan driver, who just kept on going. While we know people can do rude things on the road, short of someone sticking you up, we can’t see a justifiable reason for hitting them with your car and dragging them along the road.

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But that’s what happened in Riverside, California recently. The whole thing was captured on the motorcyclist’s helmet camera.

He told local news station ABC7 he was riding on a road, pulling to the front of an intersection when a Nissan Sentra driver suddenly cut him off. We’re assuming this means he was lane splitting, which is legal in California, but is something that makes some drivers really angry at motorcycle riders.

The guy was able to steer around the Nissan, but he expressed his frustration, shaking his head and looking back. Then he noticed the Sentra was right behind him and the driver had his window down.

That’s when the rider made a dumb decision, to be frank, dismounting from his bike and approaching the Nissan. Doing something like that, approaching another vehicle after some exchange on the road, is usually perceived as an escalation. In other words, don’t do it.

Sure enough, the Nissan driver asked why the rider was shaking his head and the guy tried to explain he was cut off, but the whole thing devolved into an argument. The only good thing that came of this was the helmet camera captured clear video of the driver’s face.

Thinking the whole thing was over, the motorcyclist continued on. But the Nissan driver chased him down, rear-ending him at another red light. That’s when he kept driving, dragging the rider, we guess to “teach him a lesson.”

Obviously, this sort of response to a disagreement isn’t funny and we think could arguably be considered attempted murder. Rear-ending a car, let alone a motorcycle, alone is a great way to injure someone.

Riverside Police did track down the driver and he’s facing attempted murder charges with a $1 million bail. We hope justice is truly served in this road rage case because we can’t have people mowing down others simply because they feel slighted.

Image via ABC7/YouTube