we can both agree that the bikers were the cause of all of the events that happened. They were behaving like a bunch of punks.
homes..there are times I enjoy a reaction, much as you. This is not one of those times. I do not defend the actions as much as decry tha reactions of the SUV driver. The first few posters here where of the opinion that the SUV driver was of no guilt..I do not agree.
Hey, as I said earlier, I don't agree with what the SUV driver did, and it's not what I'd have done. I just don think it was intentional and he was acting out of legit fear for his family and himself. I can't speak to the guy's character, so I can only put myself in his shoes and try to relate. I'd pray that I could be the man that gets out and diffuses the situation. But next on my list would be to get the fuck away out of fear. Honest to God truth right there.
I respect how you feel. I would like to believe that I am being open minded here, but the possibility does exist that I see this from the view point of someone who has been ran over by a car, did not walk for over a year, and still have issues that will last the rest of my life...not looking for pity points, just a statement of fact
It's illegal to drive side-by-side in one lane, yet all the bikers did that in the video. They were also too close to the car. Are they all getting 2 tickets, or are they being let off?
I respect that, am sorry it happened, and I wish you the best. Truly. I know nothing of your situation, but would be sincerely interested in hearing it. That being said, I've ridden motorcycles. The last activity I can think of to partake in when I want to be stupid, dumb, and crazy is riding a motorcycle. I feel bad for the critically-injured dude. I really do. He was looking out for someone else. But it started with one dude being a complete douche on a bike. And that's going to be on his shoulders forever. He should pay first. SUV driver..... He's going to pay one way or another. He might get a minor charge. He might get sued. He might get away on both accounts. But if the dude is a decent human being, he's going to live with the guilt o his actions everyday, even if they did come from fear. And if he doesn't feel guilty, he'll get his eventually. He will. Maybe not in the form you'd want justice, but he'll get it.
oh..man..I first rode a Jawa 500 in the early 70s...My Dad had a 58 model that I had to learn on, went on to dirt bikes..then to street bikes ..a 65 XLCH Chop then to big inch stuff..I have a ton of respect for bikes..those guys are fuckin nuts...I would not ride within a mile of any of them
If I were to threaten you and chase you and while you ran away, you fell off a cliff, I'd be guilty of murder. I don't know what the driver was supposed to do. Let a mob break into his vehicle and brutally beat his family? It seems to me the bikers were in the wrong and caused the injury.
smart would have been to take the first exit and let them pass...I have done that at times when outlaws were on putts..
The motorcylist age 28 has been arrested. The motorcyclist age 42 not yet, but they're getting to him and the others. http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131001/APA/310019881
They stopped and blocked all traffic, preventing that option. They do it so the front bikes can do stunts.
they block traffic for two reasons one to create space to go crazy and in the instance on video, to pick up a rider that had been hit in the first 15 seconds of the youtube video..that you may have missed..oh, yes the third was for retribution
A hundred motorcycles staged an illegal "vehicle show" downtown, the most densely packed place they could have, disrupting traffic and making all the motorists mad. I assume this driver was the only one who didn't comply with their implied commands to move out of their way. So they harrassed him until he reacted.
The story's even worse than I said. It was a thousand cyclists, not a hundred, and the downtown was Manhattan, which is so crowded that most inhabitants don't own cars.
