This guy is going to get a slap on the wrist. The trouble is someone can drive a huge SUV down the road without responsibility and without consequence.

Plain and simple, if you initiate a traffic violation that causes a death, whether the person who dies was walking, riding a motorcycle, or driving a car, you should get charged with vehicular manslaughter.

People today are wrapped up in these airbag equipped safety chambers they call cars and therefore they have no consequence to bad driving habits. No need to drive respectfully when no one can hurt you. Right?

We need stiffer penalties. You'd think with the economic crisis, the LEO's would be writing more tickets with heavier fines.

hereandnow99,

Someone I ride with uses rusty bolts and nuts to do the same thing. He says "Who's to say it didn't just fall off my bike..."

hereandnow99,

I've heard of various variations of throwing objects at cars that are being aggresive to you. However, I would much rather just get away than get into a battle with someone. The 2+ Ton vehicle will always win over my 390 lb bike. People just have no respect sometimes. They would rather end someones life to save themselves 2 seconds out of their hectic day, just sad to think about. Motorcyclists are Mothers and Fathers, brothers and sisters and children to somebody. They are not out there to taunt or annoy anyone. Some ride for the sheer enjoyment and thrill, some ride to save money on gas and car upkeep and some ride because thats all they can afford. But they are not objects or obstacles! An SUV takes about as much space on the road as 4 bikes and uses about the same amount of fuel. Granted there are some hooligan bikers out there but Darwinism usually weeds them out in a hurry. To my fellow riders: Keep the shiny side up To car/SUV drivers: Please stay aware

jimmycrackcorn, you could also try what a friend of mine used to do. He kept BB's in his right breast pocket and when someone got too close, he would reach over with his left hand and slyly toss them a few at a time over his shoulder. Dink! Padink! LOL

Just this Sunday someone pulled in to my path after slowing down but not stopping making a right turn on red at roxoburo and Milton roads in Durham. Lucky there was enough time to move over into the left lane because there certainly wasn't enough time to stop. It's madding, I mean certainly none of us are perfect drivers but with out stopping to look the quick glance is not sufficient.