Upstate MOTORCYCLE CHAT thread
09-30-2013, 10:11 AM
#1451
09-30-2013, 10:11 AM
#1452
09-30-2013, 10:54 AM
#1455
From ABC News:
The 33-year-old driver of a Range Rover was driving north on Manhattan's West Side Highway with his wife and 2-year-old child around 2 p.m. when he found himself surrounded by a group of motorcyclists, police said.
Video recorded by one of the bikers in the group shows the motorcycles slowing their speed as they surround the Range Rover, and the Range Rover then tapping the fender of a motorcyclist in the group. Twenty to 30 bikers then surrounded the Land Rover and started gesturing at him, the video shows.
The motorcyclists then began damaging the Range Rover and slashed one the tires, causing the driver to take off and flee north and then exit the highway as his tire deflated, according to Officer Christopher Pisano of the NYPD.
As he was attempting to flee, the SUV driver hit a motorcyclist before speeding off, causing the entire group of bikers to take off after him. During the six-minute encounter, the Range Rover driver slowed down enough at one point for a motorcyclist to get off his bike, run up to the Land Rover and open the driver's side door before the Range Rover fled again.
Finally, after the entire group turned off the highway and the SUV rolled to a stop, motorcyclists ran up to Range Rover and one biker, using his helmet, began smashing the windows of the vehicle, the video shows. Other bikers joined in before the video was stopped.
The bikers then assaulted the driver, according to the NYPD. The driver's wife and 2-year-old child were not harmed. The driver was taken to Columbia Medical Center, where he was treated and received stitches, police said.
The 33-year-old driver of a Range Rover was driving north on Manhattan's West Side Highway with his wife and 2-year-old child around 2 p.m. when he found himself surrounded by a group of motorcyclists, police said.
Video recorded by one of the bikers in the group shows the motorcycles slowing their speed as they surround the Range Rover, and the Range Rover then tapping the fender of a motorcyclist in the group. Twenty to 30 bikers then surrounded the Land Rover and started gesturing at him, the video shows.
The motorcyclists then began damaging the Range Rover and slashed one the tires, causing the driver to take off and flee north and then exit the highway as his tire deflated, according to Officer Christopher Pisano of the NYPD.
As he was attempting to flee, the SUV driver hit a motorcyclist before speeding off, causing the entire group of bikers to take off after him. During the six-minute encounter, the Range Rover driver slowed down enough at one point for a motorcyclist to get off his bike, run up to the Land Rover and open the driver's side door before the Range Rover fled again.
Finally, after the entire group turned off the highway and the SUV rolled to a stop, motorcyclists ran up to Range Rover and one biker, using his helmet, began smashing the windows of the vehicle, the video shows. Other bikers joined in before the video was stopped.
The bikers then assaulted the driver, according to the NYPD. The driver's wife and 2-year-old child were not harmed. The driver was taken to Columbia Medical Center, where he was treated and received stitches, police said.
09-30-2013, 11:07 AM
#1456
As much as I like bikes WTF? Everyone has a right to be on the highway. No reason for them to surround him in the first place. Too bad about the harm to the bikers but it was the a88hat behavior that put them there to begin with.
Perhaps there is more from previous to the vid beginning that warranted the surrounding but after seeing that I can't say what I would have done with my wife in the car, not to mention a child!
Perhaps there is more from previous to the vid beginning that warranted the surrounding but after seeing that I can't say what I would have done with my wife in the car, not to mention a child!
10-03-2013, 05:51 AM
#1457
Former Moderator
Jalopnik's round-up of the Biker/Range Rover incident.
http://jalopnik.com/everything-you-n...-vs-1440131015
Guy in the SUV was not quite right as he panicked and screwed up some more, but these bikers really messed things up for other riders IMHO. As it is people don't respect motorcycles much, and this incident doesn't seem like it will help any.
http://jalopnik.com/everything-you-n...-vs-1440131015
Guy in the SUV was not quite right as he panicked and screwed up some more, but these bikers really messed things up for other riders IMHO. As it is people don't respect motorcycles much, and this incident doesn't seem like it will help any.
10-04-2013, 06:38 AM
#1458
10-04-2013, 06:48 AM
#1459
Good to know no one died in all those crashes. I've had my moments of stupidity when I was younger.