What would you do? Bikers vs SUV

[the_bob_delusion]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/30/us/new-york-bikers-road-rage-video/

The New York City Police Department said a man driving a Range Rover with his wife and 2-year-old daughter inside Sunday struck a motorcyclist on Manhattan's West Side Highway, breaking his leg.

The SUV driver pulled over, and the bikers surrounded his vehicle, hitting it and spiking the tires, police said. The driver pulled away, hitting three more bikers in the process, police said.

Should the driver in the SUV be charged?

What do you think of bikers?

What would you have done if you were the driver in the SUV?

[freakiness]

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@the_hawk* wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@the_hawk* wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

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@the_hawk* wrote:

Its no different to a heap of football, soccer, cricket or any other spectators blocking a road after a match, it doesnt give people the right to run them down. 

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If they start slashing my tyres and attacking my vehicle I'm not going to hang around to see how bad it gets.

I doubt you would either.

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what other option did the driver have to remove himself and his family from that situation?   how would you have handled it if you were confronted with exactly what the driver was confronted with?

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I would hope you wouldnt deliberatly run someone down just because they got in your way which is what started the sequence of events according to Jimmeh and him being a local would have more info then what we have been fed.

And if you were driving down the road and saw a heap of foot ball fans blocking the road would you just attempt to drive through them because they shouldn't have been there?

Would you be surprised when they went nuts and attacked you?

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What I meant was, what would you do if you were in the same situation as the driver when he decided to get away?

The scenario you're going by, is not what happened.

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I personally dont believe the SUV didnt hit the bike on purpose.

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Why don't you watch some of the videos then.  I watched a few of them and it looks very much like he did not hit the bike on purpose. The bike pulled in front and stopped without allowing time for the driver to stop.

[freakiness]

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@**meep** wrote:

has anyone seen what happened prior to this point? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvJW8Up65og

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1380579664

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

' .. Police and prosecutors said Cruz, of Passaic, N.J., was the biker who initially cut off the SUV, which then bumped his

motorcycle's back tire.,,''They said Cruz cut in front of a black Range Rover and, staring at its driver, slowed down so much that the

rear tire of his motorcycle bumped the front of the SUV. Prosecutors said he got off and approached the SUV..."

..http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suspect-faces-arraignment-motorcycle-suv-brawl-20444257

This  is not the first time this group of bikers has attacked other motorists it seems.

[**meep**]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

has anyone seen what happened prior to this point? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvJW8Up65og

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1380579664

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Thanks Freaki.  I watched a fair bit of it, cant see what would cause the rider in blue jeans cut in front of the SUV the way he did,  keep looking back and slowing down??   Has there been any news about why he was acting that way?  Was he provoked?  Just doesnt make sense...

[*elizabeths-mum*]

In post 43 jimmeh has an explanation according to what he heard.

[the_bob_delusion]

Cruz's attorney said his client wasn't involved in beating Lien or attacking his car, didn't know anyone who was involved and was simply trying to exchange driver information when he got off his motorcycle after it was hit.

These are the pathetic lawyers that gives other lawyers a bad name. 

[**meep**]

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:
In post 43 jimmeh has an explanation according to what he heard.

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Thanks EM

From what I hear....the bikers were blocking entrance ramps to the highway to create a caravan of bikers. The SUV driver didn't want to wait and drove around the guy blocking (knocking him down, hitting him? Not sure). What you see in the video is what took place after.

Where did you hear that?  Its not on any of the videos that show a lot of footage before the biker cutting off the SUV and slowing down right in front of it. 

[freakiness]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

has anyone seen what happened prior to this point? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvJW8Up65og

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1380579664

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Thanks Freaki.  I watched a fair bit of it, cant see what would cause the rider in blue jeans cut in front of the SUV the way he did,  keep looking back and slowing down??   Has there been any news about why he was acting that way?  Was he provoked?  Just doesnt make sense...

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No, in one of the videos they were riding into oncoming traffic and in amongst the pedestrians. why would they do that? The videos are getting taken down then put up again by other people so I don't know if they're all still there or not.

[**meep**]

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@**freethinker_bob** wrote:

Cruz's attorney said his client wasn't involved in beating Lien or attacking his car, didn't know anyone who was involved and was simply trying to exchange driver information when he got off his motorcycle after it was hit.

These are the pathetic lawyers that gives other lawyers a bad name. 

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at which point did the tyre slashing occur?  

[**meep**]

No, in one of the videos they were riding into oncoming traffic and in amongst the pedestrians. 

yes, i saw that.