Originally Posted by
axa
Boy you sure are giving allot of benefit of the doubt to those who are already committed to the mob mentality.
Just the very thought of a pack ride makes me cringe. When i lived in Japan, there would be a band of young guys, teens really, that just rode around town at nite reving their 2 strokes just to make noise. Harmless really, but that was the Japanese equivalent...
But the culture in NY is differnt.
We cant know what happened before the camera started to roll, but as a pack, or individual in a pack chooses to do something as dangerous as bringing traffic to a dead stop one of the busiest highways in one of the busiest cities in the world, most bets are off. That act right there could have ended in far worse fatalities than just a beating... how about a 18 wheel semi taking out the SUV, family, and every bike and biker in the adjacent 2 lanes...
So the driver might have fled a previous fender bender, if so get his plate and call the police. Keep your distance and follow him home if you want, then call the police again...
But Im not aware of proof there was contact other than the one the biker caused stopping in front of the driver.
Stopping traffic on the WSHW? ya that biker was no coward, but sure as hell was the one with no obvious respect for life, or just stupid. you never been on the west side highway have you MJH? How about NYC?
Nah, that biker stopping traffic was looking for trouble, unfortunatly it found him. He was the one that got run over wasn't he? If not then its even more unfortunate.
But like i said, you wouldn't find me participating in anything so juvenile.