Bikers attack a SUV on a NYC highway

[Helmholtz Watson]

As someone who lives in NYC, it's a really biker-unfriendly place. A lot of drivers are massive assholes and will antagonize bikers. I personally know someone who was riding his motorbike up the middle of two stopped lanes in a traffic jam, and a spiteful person opened his car door to stop my friend, potentially causing an accident if he was going any faster.

I'm pretty sure your friend is in the wrong and what they were doing is illegal.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

As someone who lives in NYC, it's a really biker-unfriendly place. A lot of drivers are massive assholes and will antagonize bikers. I personally know someone who was riding his motorbike up the middle of two stopped lanes in a traffic jam, and a spiteful person opened his car door to stop my friend, potentially causing an accident if he was going any faster.

I'm pretty sure your friend is in the wrong and what they were doing is illegal.

I just looked it up and "lane splitting" is not allowed in the state of New York- http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Rights/State-Laws.aspx?stateid=32

Now to check out what my state allows...

Edit: turns out it's not legal in any state, only kind of allowed in California.

 

[Yuuki]

This was in the article: "Complicating the investigation: Many of the bikes were not displaying license plates, and the riders ? for the most part ? kept their helmets on."

What sort of bikers don't display license plates? Ones out to cause trouble obviously. They should all be punished to the fullest extent of the law, including all the bikers who gave chase and/or did nothing to stop the violence.

If I was the driver of that SUV I would call the police, keep moving on open roads and occasionally "nudge" the bikers surrounding me - too bad if they slide/fall and die, they are literally begging for it.
It's good to know one of the bikers is in a coma and potentially paralyzed for the rest of his life.

 

[Kavic86]

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?

Love you forever for that picture. Also on topic it turns out that they have arraigned one person so far, guess who was arraigned not the SUV driver for sure.

http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-arraigned-motorcycle-suv-brawl-nyc-152658109.html

 

[evilneko]

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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.

What facts not in evidence have I assumed?

The SUV driver had no other choice. Did I not mention he's not being charged? That his vehicle was being attacked? That the accident was intentionally caused by one of the bikers? These are all facts, and they are enough to excuse the driver of any wrongdoing. One of the bikers was paralyzed? Oh, let me play a dirge on the world's smallest violin. He was involved in terrorizing motorists, and guilty by association at a minimum. No really, have a look at the behavior of this same group of asshats earlier in the day. [http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-footage-that-the-nyc-bikers-didnt-want-you-to-see-1435594427/1436603736/@orlove]

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?

How did you mess up that quote? But yes. That will do. That will do juuuust fine.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

No really, have a look at the behavior of this same group of asshats earlier in the day. [http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-footage-that-the-nyc-bikers-didnt-want-you-to-see-1435594427/1436603736/@orlove]

Wow, nice find. That first video alone shows them disregarding traffic lanes, failing to signal, driving on sidewalks, and 2 guys are even on 4 wheelers.

Edit: Wow that group U-turn in video 3 was ridiculous.

Edit 2: That last video shows them blowing through red lights in groups and one guy getting hostile towards a prius. It seems this kind of behavior is a regular occurrence for this particular group.

 

[The Funslinger]

Having just spent the evening after my work shift binging Grand Theft Auto Online, I'd just like to say this would be fairly mundane goings on in Los Santos.

 

[fix-the-spade]

I could be wrong though, all I'm saying is what I saw in that video. Do we actually have any solid evidence that they were going to threaten the guy before he ran over them? After an accident, you are supposed to remain at the scene after all. From as far back as the camera is, all we can see is the bikers stopped and that is it.

Apparently when they first stopped the bikers produced knives and started trying to slash the guy's tyres, which is when he put his foot down (literally), he was also cut once the bikers caught up with him.

Of the various accounts I've read they don't all agree so it could be apocryphal, but more than one article mentions knives being present.

 

[fix-the-spade]

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.

As a cyclist I'd just like to say that it's all true, but we prefer you not to point it out. As punishment I'm going find you and leave dirty muddy tyre tracks all over your clean washing and all along your carpets.

Mwahahahaha...

 

[MorphingDragon]

As someone who lives in NYC, it's a really biker-unfriendly place. A lot of drivers are massive assholes and will antagonize bikers. I personally know someone who was riding his motorbike up the middle of two stopped lanes in a traffic jam, and a spiteful person opened his car door to stop my friend, potentially causing an accident if he was going any faster.

That shit is illegal. Your friend does know that right?

 

[Daveman]

Said something harsh and edited it away. Basically, I've got to side with the driver of the SUV here. Nothing against people on motor bikes but if you don't stick to one biker per lane then you're being a twat.

 

[ninjaRiv]

Holy shit... people are saying that it's GOOD a guy will never be able to walk again? Sure, he behaved like a dick... But it's a grand thing he's NEVER GOING TO WALK AGAIN. What? Punish him for being an ass, yeah. Put him behind bars, whatever. But he will never walk again. HE WILL NEVER WALK AGAIN. I do not understand how that is something to be celebrated.

Let's not forget that the details are shaky as fuck. I couldn't see any SUV attacking until the end of the video. Also, this was a very large crowd, not all of them were total dicks, I am assuming. this was a thing that went to far. Some asshole's idea of a joke. And then one asshole got run over and crippled for life. I hate to repeat myself but I think an asshole being crippled for life is a fuck sight worse than a guy being scared.

Man... Celebrating a guy getting crippled. If it turns out he's a murdering rapist, sure. Maybe. But... As far as we know, this is some guy who acts like a dick. Don't celebrate that.

 

[Psychobabble]

As a long time rider myself all I can do here is to quote Will Smith from Men In Black. "Don't start nuthin, there won't be nuthin."

I get disgusted when I see this arrogant behavior in my fellow riders. It's bad enough people in vehicles that can easily crush us like bugs tend to not pay attention to those of us who share the same road. Getting in a pack and acting like testosterone fueled adolescents doesn't help matters.

The rider who for no needed reason swerved in front of the SUV and then slowed down and got hit, is totally at fault. He was completely aware of the SUVs position and had no reason to impede it's progress other then intentionally harassing them, LIKE A DICK. Then to make matters worse his jackass friends scare the guy into bolting fearing for the safety of his wife and kid causing irreparable damage to the very friend they were looking after. The same friend who quite stupidly put himself in harms way for no other reason than being a dick in the fucking first place.

Moral of this story: Fellow riders everywhere, when you go out on the road, think with the thing in your helmet, not the one in your pants.

 

[Ickorus]

This really makes me angry, those bikers are the sort of fucks that give all bikers a bad name and risk lives due to the ill-will they cause between bikers and drivers.

I hope they all have their bikes wrecked.

Just because a person does a thing doesn't mean it's the defining quality of their personality. I always hated that mentality-- like buying a motorcycle adjusts who you are as a person to fit the average traits of everybody who rides motorcycles. I think it's the same sort of mentality tha causes media outlets to shout the same sort of misinformed crap about vidja gurms making children into ball-slashing murderrapists cause some kid with emotional problems somewhere shot his parents after they took away CoD. You'd think gamers would be wiser about making sweeping demographical judgements, but whatever

Except I never made any sweeping generalization about all bikers, just the opposite, in fact, I was bemoaning that assholes like the ones in the video give other bikers a bad name, much the same as I bemoan the wankers screaming slurs down a microphone in a videogame giving us gamers a bad name.

In fact, my own father and younger sister are bikers and I've known plenty of decent bikers in my life to know they aren't all assholes like the ones in the videos (thus my anger at the ones in the video spreading a negative image of bikers to the general public).

But whatever.

 

[Qizx]

As someone who lives in NYC, it's a really biker-unfriendly place. A lot of drivers are massive assholes and will antagonize bikers. I personally know someone who was riding his motorbike up the middle of two stopped lanes in a traffic jam, and a spiteful person opened his car door to stop my friend, potentially causing an accident if he was going any faster.

That shit is illegal. Your friend does know that right?

Not actually sure if it's illegal for a motorcycle, especially given how many bikers do it, but even if it was that doesn't make it acceptable for civilians to endanger his life in an act of spite.

It is. Someone kindly linked you to the law stating so earlier. Even if it isn't illegal it's sure as hell annoying to deal with.
EDIT: If your friend was going fast enough for hitting the door to "Endanger his life" he was going way too fast to be splitting lanes anyways safely.