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Range Rover Runs Over Bikers

#81
Yeep! In 34 years of motorcycle riding I have had a number of occurrences of decent law abiding (but perhaps distracted) automobile drivers try to kill me by ACCIDENT. I cannot imagine the level of stupidity required to do that " brake check " and improve the likelyhood of a collision. Bikers die everyday due to common cager incompetence, I cannot imagine TRUSTING one to have the skills to not drive over me if I "brake check".

If I was evil enough to brake check someone, I would do it in nothing smaller than a dump truck full of gravel.

It is sad the one guy got hurt. But as a previous post wrote, stupid games - stupid prizes.
 
#83
two fingers said:
Lighten up there sugar boobies. There was a time when as long as you weren't killing anyone you got away with some stuff. It still goes on to this day in some places.

Sure, drunk driving is stupid and it has killed people. But for some kid to get slapped with jail time and a record for the rest of his life for one stupid mistake serves no purpose either. If nobody got hurt scare the crap out of the kid,and if some strings get pulled to get him off the hook for the rest I'm OK with that. I'm sure that view isn't popular, but that never stopped me before.
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As much as I'm flattered you like the taste of my mammaries, you seem very near sighted. I believe that sort of good-old-boy mentality causes nearly as many problems as it "solves." When taking away the penalty for something some people will feel they got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity while others just feel untouchable.
You seem to have overlooked the fact homie got TWO get-out-of-jail-free cards. Maybe the first was a stupid mistake but el numero dos?
 
#84
mbelue said:
As much as I'm flattered you like the taste of my mammaries, you seem very near sighted. I believe that sort of good-old-boy mentality causes nearly as many problems as it "solves." When taking away the penalty for something some people will feel they got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity while others just feel untouchable.
You seem to have overlooked the fact homie got TWO get-out-of-jail-free cards. Maybe the first was a stupid mistake but el numero dos?
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Hmm.... I do recall cops letting me off after putting the fear of god in me when I was a young 'un here in New Jersey after doing something stupid.
It's not something strictly "backwoods county in the South", that's kind of "stereo-typy" don't you think?

one thing that I didn't get from surgay's post, is whether he was actually drunk or if the cop was threatening to charge him with that because he was mouthing off. That's happened to me too - "if you don't shut up right now young man, you'll be amazed at the things we can charge you with" - NJ State Police circa 1984 :)
 
#85
As a NYC resident. I have had numerous encounters with groups of aggressive motorcycle riders. The day of this there were riders without helmets doing stunts on Broadway in the 70's.

Several years ago I was on the bear mountain parkway when a group of over 30 went by at I guess over 100 mph. They then blockaded the intersection with hwy 35.


Stop and frisk may stop here when DiBlasio gets elected, but there will be stop and check for any motorcyclist in NYC
 
#87
Relic said:
Hmm.... I do recall cops letting me off after putting the fear of god in me when I was a young 'un here in New Jersey after doing something stupid.
It's not something strictly "backwoods county in the South", that's kind of "stereo-typy" don't you think?

one thing that I didn't get from surgay's post, is whether he was actually drunk or if the cop was threatening to charge him with that because he was mouthing off. That's happened to me too - "if you don't shut up right now young man, you'll be amazed at the things we can charge you with" - NJ State Police circa 1984 :)
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Did you miss this part?
surgay said:
I have since learned to respect the law and not drive drunk.
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My point had more to do with surgay not bragging about his scofflaw experiences and getting off.
I grew up in a backwoods southern county where this is rampant. Always pisses me off. As much as I love some stuff about the south, that is all too common there.
 
#89
mbelue said:
My point had more to do with surgay not bragging about his scofflaw experiences and getting off.
I grew up in a backwoods southern county where this is rampant. Always pisses me off. As much as I love some stuff about the south, that is all too common there.
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Yeah I wouldn't call it uncommon here either but it sounds like it may be out of hand there based on how you're presenting it.
It's situational for me... on one hand I think that if a kid is taught a valuable lesson without his/her life being destroyed, it's cool. On the other hand, a habitual offender ought to be profoundly biotch-slapped into reality.
 
#91
Relic said:
Yeah I wouldn't call it uncommon here either but it sounds like it may be out of hand there based on how you're presenting it.
It's situational for me... on one hand I think that if a kid is taught a valuable lesson without his/her life being destroyed, it's cool. On the other hand, a habitual offender ought to be profoundly biotch-slapped into reality.
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Who will have the responsibility for the biotch-slapping?:hyper:
 
#92
Relic said:
Yeah I wouldn't call it uncommon here either but it sounds like it may be out of hand there based on how you're presenting it.
It's situational for me... on one hand I think that if a kid is taught a valuable lesson without his/her life being destroyed, it's cool. On the other hand, a habitual offender ought to be profoundly biotch-slapped into reality.
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Truth be told I left there nearly 10 years ago over some good old boy crap at work. Moved elsewhere in the south found allot of the same. Finally left the south for good, here in the Pacific northwest I'm sure I'll find the same thing. I should probably stop blaming the region though.
 
#93
Saw this a few days ago. Personally, I'm siding with the guy in the RR. When it's one man and his family vs a hundred dudes who you have no clue how they'd react I'd do the same thing - not because I'm some bad*** but because I'd be fearing for my life and the lives of my family.
 
#94
Webtroll said:
They oughta be the Hollywood Ku___ cuz that's what I think of them, and I bet I'm not alone.

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Nailed it!
 
#97
From the other videos of their "group rides" it really looks like they are enjoying the lawless mob phenomena. Knowing that no one dares stand up to a huge gang of lunatics driving on the sidewalk, weaving in and out of cars, and boldly blasting down the wrong side of the road. It is like a scene from The Warriors or some goofy bad-future movie from the '70s. If they have been doing this for a while it is surprising that some Bernard Goetz hasn't showed up yet.

Kinda missing the old days... All street punks had were sneakers (not bikes), the scary guys were on Harley's (not dentists and lawyers), and you met the nicest people on a Honda.
 
#99
Chainsaw Willie said:
From the other videos of their "group rides" it really looks like they are enjoying the lawless mob phenomena. Knowing that no one dares stand up to a huge gang of lunatics driving on the sidewalk, weaving in and out of cars, and boldly blasting down the wrong side of the road. It is like a scene from The Warriors or some goofy bad-future movie from the '70s. If they have been doing this for a while it is surprising that some Bernard Goetz hasn't showed up yet.

Kinda missing the old days... All street punks had were sneakers (not bikes), the scary guys were on Harley's (not dentists and lawyers), and you met the nicest people on a Honda.
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It looks like he pretty much has now. Hopefully it will serve as a message to other riders who think being on a bike gives them a license to be a menace.
 
#100
Clark Dark said:
If that Rover was instead a Peterbuilt, a Kenworth, or a twin stack Mack....we wouldn't be having this conversation.
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It would still happen. People are amazingly stupid around trucks. Few people actually comprehend mass, speed, and stopping distance. The stunters were entirely trusting that the SUV driver was a decent human being and a competent driver, probably thought of him as a "sheep".

If I were to have my spine sheared, I don't think I would care if it was a driver in a Peterbuilt or a Mazda. To a stunter in T -shirt, jeans, and sneakers, BOTH weapons are capable. Heck, I wouldn't brake-check another bike.
 

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