NYC SUV driver attacked by Group of Motorcycle Riders

[BushMasterBoy]

It would be way funnier if the "bikers" had done this to Obamas motorcade...I wanna see that Suburban with the mini gun open fire! After all they are Obamas sons...

[Clint45]

More video of these fine upstanding citizens.

That video is from 2011, but is the same event and probably a lot of the same guys. There are several versions of the chase video posted online. The first one I saw had the brake checking incident edited out, as well as the RR driver yelling out his window, so it was unclear who was at fault. Looked like he just clipped a motorcycle, braked for a few moments, then bulldozed through everyone. Did not see anyone attacking or approaching his vehicle until the first time he stopped in traffic. Did not look like his tires were flat either. Lots of conflicting versions of what happened. Does not seem like a very well organized event and most of the riders were not wearing club patches and may not have even known one another, appears to be some unapproved "rally" organized through social networking sites. Unlikely most of the riders even knew what was going on with the SUV other than it was an apparent felony hit & run. They seem like a bunch of squids from the 2011 video. I heard that prior to the brake checking incident he may've tried to sideswipe a couple of bikes or force them off the road. Don't know if that is true or not. Also heard that about 50 bikes were impounded. Lots of rumors and speculation.

[Irving]

My take is that the rider who got run over should have picked better friends to associate with & shouldn't have parked his ass in front of a vehicle his friends decided at violently attack.

Makes me think of the people with the attitude (as a pedestrian) of, "I've got the right of way. Hit me and I'll sue your ass off!" I don't know how many times I've heard people say something similar, but I always remember how stupid I think the person speaking must be to think that way. I have to wonder which option the paralyzed guy would take in hind sight. Sue from a wheel chair, or live the rest of his life normally?

[Stevensje]

This wouldn't of happened if Range rovers, Horns, and Motorcycles where banned. (Yea Sarcasm) Things can get out of hand quickly, surprisingly no one died.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Apparently NY is considering charges against the Range Rover drvet for leaving the scene of he initial "accident". They say he should have waited for police to arrive. Their take is had he stayed put, he wouldn't have run over one of the [criminal] riders which resulted in major injures including paralysis from the waist down with his back broken in 2 places.

My take is that the rider who got run over should have picked better friends to associate with & shouldn't have parked his ass in front of a vehicle his friends decided at violently attack. Additionally, I think that the Range Rover driver knew he was severely outnumbered by a demonstratedly violent group of individuals. He had no idea how far they were willing to take things & he had his wife and child to protect. Wait for the police to arrive? For how long? It's possible when the police fially arrived they would have found a slaughtered family.

Hound, both groups went fill retard? The bikers were just lucky the Range Rover driver didn't go full Mad Max as I expect I likely would have done. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes -- of course, there's no guarantee that the person awardng the prizes isn't going to get a little backlash. In my case, I'll take that risk as I have better odds doing that than just praying the pack mentality of a group like that knows not to go "too far".

Yeah because nothing would have happened to the driver if he'd stayed on scene. I ride but it's pretty clear to me the riders were the @rsehats in this little scenario. Quite a number of them deserve tickets for endangering the public, impeding the flow of traffic, etc. and everyone who participated in beating the RR driver should be charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Anyone who helped stop the SUV was an accessory. I'm always sorry when someone ends up a paraplegic but in this instance it would appear to be a case of ironic justice.

[strm_trpr]

See this link for the jackassery of the bikers from earlier that day.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the...603736/@orlove

[hatidua]

[Hound]

I have not condoned the bikers actions, they were out of line also but you don't run over people and "its OK". BOTH sides made mistakes and NONE of us know how this started. If I pulled up and was trying to pull a fellow rider (no matter how stupid he was originally) out from under the RR and then get run over myself.... Ya, not thinking that is "OK". Plainly it is a Hit-and-run, wether it was justified is up to a court, where the full story would come out. If the RR tires were "slashed"..... how did he drive that far/fast? I don't know, niether do any of us. The RR panicked, that many angry people around I can see why but does that give him the right to run over people? People were hurt here and even if it was justifiable that is not for anybody here to decide... We don't have the full picture.

[davsel]

I have not condoned the bikers actions, they were out of line also but you don't run over people and "its OK". BOTH sides made mistakes and NONE of us know how this started. If I pulled up and was trying to pull a fellow rider (no matter how stupid he was originally) out from under the RR and then get run over myself.... Ya, not thinking that is "OK". Plainly it is a Hit-and-run, wether it was justified is up to a court, where the full story would come out. If the RR tires were "slashed"..... how did he drive that far/fast? I don't know, niether do any of us. The RR panicked, that many angry people around I can see why but does that give him the right to run over people? People were hurt here and even if it was justifiable that is not for anybody here to decide... We don't have the full picture.

Please cite your source for this. Appears you are making a few assumptions.
I understand that the family of the injured turd is claiming their angel jumped into harms way to rescue a fallen comrade.
However, there remains the possibility their thug relative intentionally placed himself in front of the vehicle in order to block its escape, while the thug's douche bag buddies gave the driver a beat down in the middle of the freeway.

Why not take your own advice and wait for "the full picture" before claiming, "Plainly it is a Hit-and-run."

[SirSai]

Makes me think of the people with the attitude (as a pedestrian) of, "I've got the right of way. Hit me and I'll sue your ass off!" I don't know how many times I've heard people say something similar, but I always remember how stupid I think the person speaking must be to think that way. I have to wonder which option the paralyzed guy would take in hind sight. Sue from a wheel chair, or live the rest of his life normally?

Or you can sue them and get bionic legs with some of the court money you won