Don't fuck with cars

[Skiwi]

Ok, so now one of the guys who was run over is paralysed.

So, if this is the case, the dudes who then chased the SUV wouldn't have had any idea at the time of the extent of the riders injuries, but does this exonerate them?

I mean shit, they cut his tires and dented his SUV, and he ruins a guys life.

That's worth a bit of bash right?

In no way does this justify what those morons did, the cage driver will have his day in front of the judge either way.

You also neglected to mention if the guy in the bed was run over after the mongroul pack started menacing the family in the SUV

And while I have a modicum of sympathy for the guy in the bed (more so his dependants) if you run with dogs long enough you will eventually get bit....

[avgas]

This thread is getting depressing.

Peow peow!!!

[Katman]

When you get crippled in an accident through no fault of your own (just the company you choose keep) I will send your missus a stack of weeds with that same message attached.

“When all the bikers stopped, my husband got out, parked his bike to walk over to try to help his friend......"

So exactly what help was he trying to give his friend?

At 29 secs into the video you can see that the bike that was hit when he brake-checked the SUV didn't even go down.

[Jeff Sichoe]

This thread is getting depressing.
Peow peow!!!

[Paul in NZ]

When you get crippled in an accident through no fault of your own (just the company you choose keep) I will send your missus a stack of weeds with that same message attached.

Yeah I think you are missing the point. No one (and I mean no one) likes the idea that someone gets hurt. But - the whole bloody thing was escalated beyond stupidity and this guy was a major part of that escalation. To say it was of no fault of his is not likely to be true,

[avgas]

So I am thinking of buying one of these in the U.S.
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0001_large.jpg

[bogan]

So I am thinking of buying one of these in the U.S.

Pussy...

[avgas]

Nah - I like being able to park.

Interestingly I have driven one of those exact models. It the Laramie edition (cigarette company) and its a turbo diesel.
Has a foot brake. I hate foot brakes.

[jasonu]

You will get run over
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That was a let down...

[pzkpfw]

I tried to watch the liveleak videos that were supposed to be from before the incident. I just switched off after seeing some guy split through two lanes of oncoming traffic before joining his mates splitting through the same-direction traffic (and nearly collecting one of them). Just numb nuts. The ones riding like that needed a good swift legal kick in the arse. The ones not riding like that should have just been elsewhere.

As far as I can see, some poor guy with his Wife and Kid got swarmed by a bunch of arseholes. One of them manufactured an incident (What did he want? The Rover to pull over and let the bikes own the road or something? What was that brake check for?). So the guy in the Rover ends up panicking and doing what he felt he had to - try get away from the mob. And the mob then proceeded to do what mobs do.

The idea that just because the riders were riders, so should get unconditional support from any other riders, is just stupid. That's an echo of the mob behaviour that caused the trouble in the first place (a mob of riders riding like dicks and intimidating drivers). I have sympathy for any rider hurt in the events, but I sure as heck don't "blame" the Rover driver for it all.


(When I lived in Fiji I was strongly recommended: if I ran over someone while driving through some village - don't stop ... just drive to the nearest police station. The idea was to avoid mob vengeance. These riders may have been in New York, but they were acting like savages before and after the incident.)

[Ender EnZed]

I mean shit, they cut his tires and dented his SUV, and he ruins a guys life.

Someone pulled a knife and started using it. Sure, it was only used on an object and it probably wouldn't have gone any further than that, but would you seriously take the chance if it was your family on the line?

[Drew]

Someone pulled a knife and started using it. Sure, it was only used on an object and it probably wouldn't have gone any further than that, but would you seriously take the chance if it was your family on the line?

Nope.

Any harm that anyone came to as the Range Rover got the fuck out of there, is self defense in my eyes.

[Jeff Sichoe]

Someone pulled a knife and started using it. Sure, it was only used on an object and it probably wouldn't have gone any further than that, but would you seriously take the chance if it was your family on the line?

Ok well there are reports (rumours) that the damage to the tyre was casued by the guy running over those three bikes, not by anyone with a knife.

BUT I see your point.

If I were in that situation, when the dude brake-checked me I would have pulled back and watched those crazy assholes do their stunts or whatever the fuck they were trying to do, then gone home and had a nice meal with my family.

Instead he got his head stomped and paralysed a guy.

[Drew]

Instead he got his head stomped and paralysed a guy.

The RR driver got bashed, and a bike rider was paralysed.


The latter was not a conscious act. No one meant to harm the guy that is paralysed. Your sentence makes it look worse, by the way it is written.

[avgas]

Someone pulled a knife and started using it. Sure, it was only used on an object and it probably wouldn't have gone any further than that, but would you seriously take the chance if it was your family on the line?

I would have disarmed him.

4WD is good for removing arms.