Bikers attack a SUV on a NYC highway

[schrodinger]

Jesus christ, this is mob mentality at its worse, along with the bystander effect. I get not wanting to get involved and potentially becoming a victim yourself, but when a man is being dragged from his car and beaten bloody try to do SOMETHING. The motorcyclist were clearly the cause of the accident to happen in the first place when one of them did a hard brake into the land rover. Makes me wonder if they intentionally wanted to fuck with people.
Also, if these psychos every tried to threaten my family and I, guess who would win?
My fucking car would plow right through them(maybe go in reverse for good measure) and then proceed to the nearest police station.

 

[kingthrall]

The guy driving the car really should of gotten out of the car after the bike deliberately crashed and stopped, sorted the matter civilly. You think a biker surrounded by 50 other guys would beat up a guy trying to negotiate peacefully? It would make him look really weak. Getting the details off the guy and "pretending in a sense" to care for the biker that fell would of been the right thing to do regardless of if they acted aggressively.

The latter part of the video is just uncalled for, but even so Running over the bikes after the accident like he did and try to flee the incident provoked the gang not the guy simply falling off.

Far as Im concerned both are at fault, more so the bikers.

 

[schrodinger]

The guy driving the car really should of gotten out of the car after the bike deliberately crashed and stopped, sorted the matter civilly. You think a biker surrounded by 50 other guys would beat up a guy trying to negotiate peacefully? It would make him look really weak. Getting the details off the guy and "pretending in a sense" to care for the biker that fell would of been the right thing to do regardless of if they acted aggressively.

The latter part of the video is just uncalled for, but even so Running over the bikes after the accident like he did and try to flee the incident provoked the gang not the guy simply falling off.

Far as Im concerned both are at fault, more so the bikers.

Considering the bikers were damaging the car, i.e. denting it with their helmets, slashing the SUV's tires and trying to drag the SUV's driver out of the car, i really doubt they were trying to be civil.

 

[evilneko]

The guy driving the car really should of gotten out of the car after the bike deliberately crashed and stopped, sorted the matter civilly. You think a biker surrounded by 50 other guys would beat up a guy trying to negotiate peacefully? It would make him look really weak. Getting the details off the guy and "pretending in a sense" to care for the biker that fell would of been the right thing to do regardless of if they acted aggressively.

The latter part of the video is just uncalled for, but even so Running over the bikes after the accident like he did and try to flee the incident provoked the gang not the guy simply falling off.

Far as Im concerned both are at fault, more so the bikers.

Yessiree, I'll just get out and exchange insurance information with this mob that's banging helmets, fists and whatnot on my car and... yeah, no.

Also, update! SUV driver will not be charged [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/10/01/nypd-suspects-sought-in-attack-on-suv-driver/] with anything, and one of the bikers he ran over will never walk again.

insert grumpycat-GOOD.jpg here.

Sorry Reverend, your son's an asshole.

 

[Single Shot]

Oh Christ that's funny, the moment when the SUV powered over the bikes anyway, the end was sadder.

Hopefully more of them will be ID'd and arrested in time and spend a lot of time in prison. The driver could have taken out a lot more of them with a several ton car swerving through the chasing pack, but didn't intentionally injure any of them, so it's fair he's getting away with no charges.



Does anyone know what drugs/mental disorders prompted this guy to record and upload the video though? did he genuinely thing he and his 'gang' were in the right to repeatedly intimidate and attack a family?

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

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?When all the bikers stopped, my husband got out, parked his bike to walk over to try to help his friend. He walked over towards the front of the vehicle when, at this point, I don?t know what happened the man was scared, the man just peeled off and ran over my husband,?

From the article you just linked.

Yeah, I'm not sure this is as black and white as you're trying to make it out to be. Like I said earlier, I ain't taking sides here because I, and you better believe you too, do not know the full truth of what happened. However, if there is any truth to this statement, then a potentially innocent man (because I'm sure not every biker was slashing tires and shit - if that even happened) will never walk again, and that is a pretty fucking serious issue.

Also, your vengeance-fulled comments about a situation people aren't 100% sure on yet... pretty disgusting.

 

[wulf3n]

But then again, from here, we still don't necessarily have all the facts. So it'd better to just hold off on shouting out judgement until later.

I don't know looks pretty clear to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ukdkgLYYbw&noredirect=1

At 0:25 Biker intentionally slows down to cause crash. You can tell it's intentional because he's staring right at the SUV.
Bikers proceed to swamp and block SUV.
At 0:43 Biker can be seen attacking SUV. Either trying to smash window or forcibly open door.
At 0:50 SUV attempts escape.

What ever happened is a result of the Bikers not the SUV. All blame for everything that happened lies with them.

 

[Fappy]

Without really knowing all the facts, it's hard to take sides.

However, as someone who watches 98% of all cyclists cheerfully ignore all road rules and put everyone else in peril whilst doing so, I'm perfectly willing to assume it's the cyclists' fault.

EDIT: Oh wait these are BIKERS. I assumed it was bike riding cyclists.

Oh well, I still blame cyclists. No doubt there were a couple nearby that could've prevented the whole thing.

I share your pre-Edit sentiments! "Share the road" my ass. They don't share the road at all! They do whatever the fuck they want!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

In regard to the guy that was paralyzed, I wonder what exactly "help his friend" meant from his wife's statement.

Was he helping his friend, and the huge group surrounding the vehicle, civilly exchange insurance information? Was he helping his friend keep the SUV surrounded while others assaulted it? Was he helping his friend by directly attacking the SUV and intimidating the family inside?

"Try to help his friend" doesn't ring of innocence when his friends were dishing out street justice for a perceived slight against them. Unless he was actively pulling the other bikers off of the SUV, he was essentially helping keep it surrounded or worse. But we don't know for sure.

The fact that the guy was paralyzed is tragic, his life is completely changed. The SUV driver will have to live with the fact that his desperate act crippled a man. Hopefully the instigators of the whole situation will also feel burdened by the outcome and learn a lesson or two.

This story has me intrigued. I hope more details are released to clear up the ambiguity.

 

[Church185]

In regard to the guy that was paralyzed, I wonder what exactly "help his friend" meant from his wife's statement.

Was he helping his friend, and the huge group surrounding the vehicle, civilly exchange insurance information? Was he helping his friend keep the SUV surrounded while others assaulted it? Was he helping his friend by directly attacking the SUV and intimidating the family inside?

"Try to help his friend" doesn't ring of innocence when his friends were dishing out street justice for a perceived slight against them. Unless he was actively pulling the other bikers off of the SUV, he was essentially helping keep it surrounded or worse. But we don't know for sure.

The fact that the guy was paralyzed is tragic, his life is completely changed. The SUV driver will have to live with the fact that his desperate act crippled a man. Hopefully the instigators of the whole situation will also feel burdened by the outcome and learn a lesson or two.

This story has me intrigued. I hope more details are released to clear up the ambiguity.

According to this [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-bikers-pull-beat-suv-driver-nyc-20429209], the biker who brake checked the SUV driver was uninjured, which makes "going to help his friend" seem even more fishy. In addition to that, there are rumors that the man who was paralyzed wasn't licensed to drive a motorcycle anyways. Those are still just rumors at this point, but it wouldn't surprise me considering the report that a lot of the bikes didn't have plates on them.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Ran the fuckers down. That's horrible, what they did to that guy and the fact the guy didn't harm that many bikers shows he's a better person than I because I would have seriously hurt anyone who wanted to hurt my family. To be honest I lived in America, had a gun and they tried to pull me out my car people would have got shot.

Of course, I'd be in an SUV, trying to hurt people I had a serious grievance with, I doubt a gun would be necessary

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

He hit two by accident, one of which will never walk again. The SUV guy was chased and then beaten up, but wont be charged as the bikers were driving erratically so it was an accident. For me, if i saw a mass group of bikers, just pull over till they are gone.

 

[Gennadios]

Or, since this scenario is set in 'Murica, I'd fire a warning shot from the revolver in the glovebox.

Please, some of our States are civilized. In New York, you're only legally allowed to have an unloaded revolver in your glovebox.

And believe me, when being chased by our roving gangs of Road Rash bikers, it's really important that one's wife has a steady hand when under such pressure or all the bullets end up under the seats while loading.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

At least the SUV driver had the foresight to absolutely suck at escaping. If he had been any good at it, he would be the one in major amounts of trouble with the police.

 

[Nosirrah]

Well, if i had a kid in my car and some bikers tried to intimidate me I would have murdered all of them. I don't care how cool you look you are endangering a child and are therefore a fucking monster.

Also, update! SUV driver will not be charged [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/10/01/nypd-suspects-sought-in-attack-on-suv-driver/] with anything, and one of the bikers he ran over will never walk again.

insert grumpycat-GOOD.jpg here.

Will this do?

 

[Poetic Nova]

People on crotch rockets trying to overcompensate, srsly, and I've readed the cops didn't do anything about untill it was to late.

 

[Muspelheim]

I'd have rolled right over them in that scenario, considering they are threatening me and my child. Or, since this scenario is set in 'Murica, I'd fire a warning shot from the revolver in the glovebox.

I don't know if I would've given a warning shot, heard before warning shots were used in court as proof you didn't fear for your life, as you had the clear mindedness to give warning. Whether true or total bunk I don't know. More importantly, what goes up comes down, and bullets going God knows where in a city is definitely not a good idea.

That could very well be true, sounds just about stupid enough. Although the point about the falling bullet is true. I'd have to aim for a nearby dustbin and hope it's vacant.

Please, some of our States are civilized. In New York, you're only legally allowed to have an unloaded revolver in your glovebox.

And believe me, when being chased by our roving gangs of Road Rash bikers, it's really important that one's wife has a steady hand when under such pressure or all the bullets end up under the seats while loading.

Ah, true, I thought the laws might be like that. Hmm. I suppose the family weekend activity will be speed-loading and eating beans under the stars.

 

[Sunrider]

Bikers are hardly better than cyclists tbh. Well ok, they tend to break less road rules but they're also faster and bigger making them just as dangerous.

*Weeeeeeee* Preconception police! Pull your two-ton death machine to the side of the road, then step away from it, sir.

 

[MarsProbe]

Without really knowing all the facts, it's hard to take sides.

However, as someone who watches 98% of all cyclists cheerfully ignore all road rules and put everyone else in peril whilst doing so, I'm perfectly willing to assume it's the cyclists' fault.

EDIT: Oh wait these are BIKERS. I assumed it was bike riding cyclists.

Oh well, I still blame cyclists. No doubt there were a couple nearby that could've prevented the whole thing.

Cyclists are to blame for everything. Especially in my country, where they seem quite happy to use the roads, but not actually bother to adhere to the rules like all (well, most of, really) the other vehicles they share the road with.