Here is what I gathered so far, some facts may be right, some wrong, but here goes:
The bikers were coming from all over NY to an event that would end up at Times Square. The event wasn't city sanctioned and the cops caught wind of it via social media and had checkpoints set up throughout the city, mostly around Times Square. On the way to the event some bikers were riding like hooligans. As Javier pointed out, some weren't even street legal. On one stretch of freeway a group had a wall of bikers in the rear slowing down to hold back traffic in order to free up the roadway ahead for stunts and other foolishment. One of the vehicles behind this wall of slow riders was the black Range Rover from the video. There's no evidence but it's possible that RR driver was getting impatient with the slower riders and possibly following too closely. Some reports say that at this time the driver *CALLED 911* to report the bikers erratic riding behavior. It doesn't say how long 911 was on the line for. The rider on the white bike in the video intentionally brake checked the RR in an attempt to slow him down and make him back off. The RR didn't stop in time and clipped the white bike. The bike didn't go down and the rider pulled away easily, however this sparked the confrontation. The bikers then surrounded the RR and force it to a standstill, at this point the web cam is too far away to see clearly what is happening but the reports are that the riders were denting the truck with their helmets and reportedly slashing the tires of the RR with a knife. It doesn't seem to be stopped long enough for all of this to happen, but again, the video isn't clear at that point. The RR driver fears for his family's safety and mashes the gas in a panic in order to flee, running the bikes and riders immediately in front of the vehicle over. The riders then give chase to the vehicle, at one point stopping it again where they manage to get a door open before the driver escapes again, this time avoiding all bikes. The fact that he avoids the bikes on the second fleeing attempt tells me that he doesn't want to hurt the bikers and had no choice in the first instance. The riders finally corner the RR behind traffic and smash the windows of the truck, pull the driver from the vehicle and assault him. The riders then flee before police can arrive. -Kyle On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Several things you can learn from looking at these videos: > > 1. In NY, red means GO. > 2. There are no cops working in NY. > 3. Quads are street legal. > 4. Helmet is optional (mostly decorative). > 5. While riding a motorcycle, you are expected to perform a wheelie every > time you can. > 6. If you are on a dirt bike, you are not supposed to ride on the street > (is off-road guys, come on!) > > Javier. > > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Joking1701 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1380579664 >> >> This is the video before the accident >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
