LOS ANGLES (KTLA) – Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured an apparently angry motorcyclist on a Southern California freeway taking their frustrations out on the motorist’s passenger side mirror, smashing it as they sped past the vehicle.
The road rage incident, according to the Tesla’s owner, occurred Feb. 8 on the southbound 110 Freeway just before the Hill Street exit.
In footage captured by the vehicle’s passenger side and rear cameras, the motorcyclist can be seen coming up from behind the driver in what appears to be moderate traffic and attempting to split lanes between the Tesla and another car on the freeway.
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Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured a motorcyclist smash’s the vehicle’s passenger side mirror in what appeared to be fit of rage on Feb. 8, 2025. (Jonathon Golden) -
Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured a motorcyclist smash’s the vehicle’s passenger side mirror in what appeared to be fit of rage on Feb. 8, 2025. (Jonathon Golden) -
Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured a motorcyclist smash’s the vehicle’s passenger side mirror in what appeared to be fit of rage on Feb. 8, 2025. (Jonathon Golden) -
Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured a motorcyclist smash’s the vehicle’s passenger side mirror in what appeared to be fit of rage on Feb. 8, 2025. (Jonathon Golden) -
Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured a motorcyclist smash’s the vehicle’s passenger side mirror in what appeared to be fit of rage on Feb. 8, 2025. (Jonathon Golden) -
Cameras on a Tesla Model Y captured a motorcyclist smash’s the vehicle’s passenger side mirror in what appeared to be fit of rage on Feb. 8, 2025. (Jonathon Golden)
Splitting lanes, sometimes referred to as “white lining” or “lane filtering,” is a legal traffic maneuver in California that allows riders on two-wheel motorcycles to travel “between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane, including on both divided and undivided streets, roads or highways,” according to California Highway Patrol.
Moments after the attempt to split lanes, video shows the rider decelerating toward the rear of the Tesla and shaking their head, presumably frustrated by something the driver did.
It is, however, unclear from the footage what the driver did to upset the rider, though CHP says motorists in the far-left lane should move to the left of the lane to give motorcyclists “ample room to pass.”
Whatever the case might have been, the motorcyclist is clearly seen raising their left hand in a fist and smashing the mirror which shatters and begins to flap in the wind as the rider speeds away.
It is unknown if police were called about the road rage incident, nor is it clear what gender the motorcyclist was.
