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Old 10-01-2013 | 09:43 AM
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Default Cycles vs Range Rover in NYC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOyDMzn2bY

I'm sure you've all seen this vid, I always find the cycles vs cops vids entertaining as one cop car vs like 50 cycles is humorous as he trys to pull a bunch over. reminds me of the old days in metro and group drives of course we never got out of our cars and beat up peoples rides. not much you can do, who can read a license plate or give a description of a guy in a helmet.
Old 10-01-2013 | 10:04 AM
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I am on the drivers side. The Bikers need to be jailed.
Old 10-01-2013 | 10:24 AM
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Two sides of this story, but 2 wrongs don't make a right. In all my years of driving (and very short time riding) I've never experienced bikers "ganging up" or even brake-checking a car for no reason. But if you do brake-check someone, you have to be willing to get hit.
Old 10-01-2013 | 11:49 AM
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makes me ashamed to be hispanic smh. somehow i dont believe there was an earlier confrontation that led to all this. funny how uploading that helmet cam to video kinda backfired. at least they got one of the bikers so far.
Old 10-01-2013 | 12:04 PM
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Well from I saw quickly this morning was the SUV rear ended the bike that's what made the pack stop, then the SUV took off and ran over a couple of bikes and possibly some people which started the chase. The pack caught up to him and stopped him which he then took off again running over another couple of bikes, then when they finally got him to stop due to traffic they teed off on him, eye for an eye I guess
Old 10-01-2013 | 12:22 PM
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Not sure who's right or wrong here.. but I must admit I think about doing this every time some ass-hat in an SUV almost hits me, but usually dont
Old 10-01-2013 | 01:44 PM
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That's scary as hell. Not sure what happened before the camera started rolling but it appears those bikers weren't the best stewards of the road, they were kind of all over the place. Either way they guy in the RR, who had his wife and newborn daughter in the car with him, clearly feared for his life after they surrounded him which is why he plowed through the bikes. But no matter who did what it's illegal to assault and batter someone like that because you don't like whatever it is that they did.
Old 10-01-2013 | 01:54 PM
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I have a feeling the bikers provoked the situation. The chances of a large group of bikers acting arrogant and reckless on the road is likely, I see it all the time. But that doesn't only apply to bikers, this also applies to wannabe car racers on the road.
Old 10-01-2013 | 02:28 PM
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life goes on. glad the mom and baby werent harmed. too bad he wasnt driving bigfoot 4
Old 10-01-2013 | 02:29 PM
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Bikers were trying to slow traffic to a crawl so they had clear road ahead of them and could then stunt and do wheelies at their leisure (you've seen the videos). RR driver was having no part of it and continued to do the speed limit until he got cut-off and brake checked. Chaos ensued.

I too rode for MANY years, never did I ride w/ like those in the video.



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