That sux Rook. I had a similar situation a few years ago. On my Kawi 500EX I had just put a new tire on the rear and was headed out of town on a four lane divided highway and saw that traffic in the right lane I was in was slowed/stopped, so I signaled a lane change and had to squeeze in between a car and a pickup towing a boat with the boat being behind me.
Well right after I changed to that lane, the car in front of me slammed on its brakes because that lane decided it wanted to slow to a crawl too. So being on a motorcycle, I had no trouble braking at the same rate as the car in front of me. I knew the truck behind me wouldn't be able to brake as hard so I let the distance between me and the car in front of me close as much as I could, but the truck still rear ended me. I kept the bike on two wheels and pulled over to A) change my shorts after nearly getting run over by a truck and trailer, B) see what damage their was, and C) chew out the guy who rear ended me.
The guy who hit me stopped too and didn't take off once traffic got moving again, and after asking me if I was okay, he proceeded to chew me out. He said I cut him off (it was a bit of a tight squeeze like I said, but I'm on a bike so don't need much room and I signaled before I changed lanes) and slammed on my brakes. Well of course I hit my brakes. Otherwise I would have hit the car in front of me! He asked if I wanted to get the cops involved, but warned me it would be his and his wife's word against mine. Since I'd had a beer a while before heading out (I wasn't over the legal limit or even close, but I'm sure it was on my breath) and the only damage was to my brand new tire (see I did have a point in all this), I figured it wouldn't be worth my time to wait for the cops and get into a pissing match in court. I told him, "Aw, fu** it. I'm outta here."
The tire was shredded down to the cords, but it was holding air, so I rode to the next exit, pulled off and checked to make sure everything was still okay, and went on my way. It wouldn't have pissed me off so much if it wasn't a brand new tire.
Well right after I changed to that lane, the car in front of me slammed on its brakes because that lane decided it wanted to slow to a crawl too. So being on a motorcycle, I had no trouble braking at the same rate as the car in front of me. I knew the truck behind me wouldn't be able to brake as hard so I let the distance between me and the car in front of me close as much as I could, but the truck still rear ended me. I kept the bike on two wheels and pulled over to A) change my shorts after nearly getting run over by a truck and trailer, B) see what damage their was, and C) chew out the guy who rear ended me.
The guy who hit me stopped too and didn't take off once traffic got moving again, and after asking me if I was okay, he proceeded to chew me out. He said I cut him off (it was a bit of a tight squeeze like I said, but I'm on a bike so don't need much room and I signaled before I changed lanes) and slammed on my brakes. Well of course I hit my brakes. Otherwise I would have hit the car in front of me! He asked if I wanted to get the cops involved, but warned me it would be his and his wife's word against mine. Since I'd had a beer a while before heading out (I wasn't over the legal limit or even close, but I'm sure it was on my breath) and the only damage was to my brand new tire (see I did have a point in all this), I figured it wouldn't be worth my time to wait for the cops and get into a pissing match in court. I told him, "Aw, fu** it. I'm outta here."
The tire was shredded down to the cords, but it was holding air, so I rode to the next exit, pulled off and checked to make sure everything was still okay, and went on my way. It wouldn't have pissed me off so much if it wasn't a brand new tire.