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Would he be less bothered by a bike that he doesn't have to glom all over you to stay on?

My son was born January 10th, 10 days past that tax deduction. You better believe on Dec 31st I was making my wife do jumping jacks all evening.

What kind of bike? Does he have to hold on to you or does he have his own handholds?

Dunno if they can prove an intent to kill, versus an intent to injure, or scare. Best I can see there is a felonious assault / assault with a deadly weapon. Even that is a stretch and relies on negligence or recklessness as mens rea. The trucker could claim he "was trying to block the bike from passing but the bike accelerated too quickly and by the time he moved over the bike was already beside him, so he stopped moving left." Unless the jury is made up of bikers, attempted murder is going to be basically impossible.

Tsk tsk tsk. What are leathers going to do to stop that tire iron breaking your arm? That helmet won't help you when he swings for your neck instead. And breaks your arm when you try to block it. "Can't press charges"? Passing on the double yellow is irrelevant to the actions of the truck driver, unless the truck drive went left-of-center for a legal turn (which he didn't). He can be charged regardless of road markings. But the charging decision is made by the prosecutor, not the biker. "pressing charges" for a citizen just means; "Are you going to co-operate with the prosecutor?" You've got some growing up to do.

I'll give him a chance.

I'm not taking my chances on trying a block of a weapon like that. And I do Karate (not very well in full gear, though). You get it wrong and you lose instantly. I'm staying out of his range. If it was me I'd meet up with the buddy and be gone. Lead bike could have been over the hills and far away but wanted to stay within range of trailing bike. Nothing good will come from a confrontation. E-thuggery is amusing and all, but one good hit from that and you could be incapacitated. If you are CHL and you win the fight then you spend months justifying it to police, lawyers the prosecutor and the judge.

Maybe those guys were dancing like crap?

In a defensive shooting, these 5 things are important... 1) Does the attacker have the means to use deadly force? 2) Does the attacker have the apparent motive to use dealy force? 3) Does the attacker have the opportunity to deploy his weapon? 4) Are you in a place where you have a duty to flee from. Could you have fled without exposing yourself to additional danger? 5) Did you create or escalate the confrontation? This is a tough one. Obviosuly the pickup drive had the means and opportunity to use deald force (tire iron?) but the motive is nto as clear. Yes, he's angry, but is he just holding the tire iron or brandishing it as if he is going to use it as a weapon. I think the lead bike did a good job of trying to flee. And the trailing bike has every right to defend the lead bike. The traffic infraction does not count as creating or escalating a violent conflict. From my perspective it would depend on how the weapons came into play. If that tire iron was brandished as a weapon then the biker would have a strong case for self defense. If the biker pulled out the gun before the tire iron was brandished as a weapon then it would be very much up to the local jury on if the biker was the agressor in the violent conflict. I'm sure the prosecutor would try to seperate the driving and the face-to-face conflict.

Maybe you could argue it's free speech. "I am a united states citizen and I have the right to pinch one off anywhere I please. U S A! U S A!!!"

Could NOT give a shit. Could NOT care less.

I'm speculating that your rates are at risk of rising. It's all in the details.

Ah, I see you "TOWING" line police line there. Don't agree with them but doing what they say. You should be ashamed. I ran with no front plate for a few months after the bracket was knocked off the car in a hit/skip. Eventually bought a new bracket. I took both plates off one car for a respray and accidentally put the front plate ont he back of the car, so I drove around for 11 months with no county or validation stickers until time came to put the new one on and... hey.. where's my old sticker??

Didn't see it. Can't keep up with all the squirming. You're lucky. Not everyone is.

It is not speculation within my insurance company. Clearly states that UM only kicks in if I give them a plate number. Black and white. When you make a claim, your risk your rates going up. That's a universal truth in insurance. What company doesn't retain the option of raising rates in response to claims? Check your own UM policy or ask your agent if UM kicks in even without the offending plate number.

Was it the other driver's fault? Just becuase the other guy ran doesn't mean it was thay guy's fault. Did he have UM coverage?

What happens to the other driver is not as much of a concern as which insurance pays for my car. either their insurance does, or if they are uninsured then my uninsured motorist coverage pays it as a non-chargable accident. If you get no plat enumber then you UM coverage won't apply and you pay it out your own collision coverage. Costs you $$$ directly. usually a higher deductible etc.

It's funny watching you squirm. And it's not just the eeevil gubment doing it... http://www.progressive.com/auto/snapshot-discount.aspx There was talk in the UK about putting GPS trackers in all cars (new and retrofit) so that people could pay for road tax on a per-mile and time-of-day basis. Sundays on a country road would be chergad very low. Rush hour on the congested freeways would cost much more. This was all going along swimmingly until someone realized that that would give the government a database of the daily movements of every car in the country. Speeding tickets would start showing up in the mail etc. They already keep a database of license numbers as cars pass major intersections, police vehicles, freeway bridges etc. You speed at any time, you'll get a ticket. Every time you drive past a scanner you and your car are checked for theft / warrants / insurance / tax / license status etc. If the police are looking for you and you drive a car then they will get an alert in a control center each time you drive past a scanner. Let your insurance lapse? Unless you stay off major roads, you WILL be found. http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/National_Vehicle_Tracking_Database Disclaimer: I'm just telling you what they have over there. I'm not indicating support for this!

They already do. Airbag computers record speed and other data leading up to a deployment event.

So why are rear plates ok but front plates are not?