Next time i see you on the road, let me throw a half eaten plum and bottle of water at you, and see if that changes.
Wow, you really are a moron.
Next time i see you on the road, let me throw a half eaten plum and bottle of water at you, and see if that changes.
So don't throw crap at them, and you won't get threatened. Then running a bunch of them over, well the gloves are well and truly off then... You can almost expect the death penalty by way of a serious beating when caught up with... should have de-escalated the situation by apologizing for his wife's actions, and fixing his wing mirror at a later date. Not running them over..
Zero sympathy for this lot quite honest, I've seen plenty of these ****wad types in Chicago when I lived over there and they are just thugs on bikes, not bikers. I was also in Milwaukee during 110th Harley Rally which was huge with tens of thousand bikers coming down from everywhere in the country and not a lick of trouble anywhere.
Attempting to excuse beating the crap out of a guy because his wife started an argument by 'throwing a plum' sounds like an unfunny joke.
The woman shouldn't have thrown a plum, the bikers shouldn't have brake checked and then surrounded him, he shouldn't have run them over, they shouldn't have pulled him out of the car and beat him.
However, there is a clearly massive escalation from some road antics and throwing a fruit to a large intimidating group surrounding a couple in a highly charged situation.
It takes considerable bias to not direct the majority of the blame towards the bikers. Reminding someone a large group of bikers 'mean business' is not tolerable behaviour or a good reason to start an aggressive display.
I appreciate most of you have never been on a group ride out before..
His missus throwing fruit and bottles at the riders, when is that considered ok?
The RRS deserved a smashed wing mirror for the actions of his feisty wife !
Yes, because you can't win in that situation... Your life is currently NOT in danger.... its just being threatened. Put your hands up apologize even if you're not in the wrong. Unless there's a complete psycho in that crowd, all that's going to happen is a few threats. Everything changes though once you try and kill them.
I doubt they'd of attacked up until the point their colleagues were run over, and i doubt they'd of threatened had projectiles not been thrown at them.
Here's the problem.. You lot are tarring that entire biker ride-out with the same brush...
In the U.S, the general rule is that "a person is privileged to use such force as reasonably appears necessary to defend him or herself against an apparent threat of unlawful and immediate violence from another."
A person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances for the purposes of:
self-defence; or
defence of another; or
defence of property; or
prevention of crime; or
lawful arrest.
The RRS deserved a smashed wing mirror for the actions of his feisty wife !
According to Lien, he dialed 911 after he saw several motorcycles run a red light and nearly hit a woman carrying a baby, but reached a New Jersey operator.[12] He said the bikers were "popping wheelies" and slapping the tops of cars as they drove past and one motorcyclist was maneuvering to block other vehicles to allow the bikes to pass.
Yes, because you can't win in that situation...
One rider paralyzed for life.