[quote=Jazzman]The SUV looks to be too close to a motorcycle in front. The biker in the white shirt seems to be remonstrating with him about it and then stupidly pulls on his brakes too hard probably not giving enough space and time for the SUV to avoid a collision.[/quote]Do you want to be added to the list of idiots? Take a full look at the video. I captured/downloaded it and used a viewer that allowed me to single frame. The guy in white with black vest moved into the SUV drivers lane from the left while parallel and next to the SUV. I even gave the timestamp. Do you want me to go and even get the video frame number of when the guy in white with black vest made the illegal lane change? This is why that guy is currently arrested. Turns out that the charges are very similar to the ones I mentioned.
[quote=Jazzman]The SUV wasn’t the only car on the road so it wasn’t his mere presence. A white van pulls passed just after the altercation.[/quote] No joke.. that is why, combined with the lack of license plates on the bikes and blacked out visors.. that it starts getting suspicious for a likely ‘shakedown’.
[quote=Jazzman]I am a biker and there has always been tension between bikes and cars. 90% of bike accidents are caused by cars (according to the DMV).[/quote]Not from what I have seen. This is piggington.. show data.
What I have seen so far from DMV would seem to indicate otherwise. Still looking for actual statistics, but this does not look good for motorcycle drivers.
Motorcycle drivers had approximately twice as many accidents and convictions as passenger car drivers. The data also revealed motorcycle drivers have a higher accident and conviction rate (per unit of exposure) while driving a motorcycle than a passenger car.
In 2010, 79 percent of motorcycle operators involved in fatal collisions were at fault and 57 percent of motorcycle operators involved in injury collisions were at fault.
Now you REALLY understand the animosity. Take the rose colored glasses off. You may not be a problem biker, but many of your ‘brothers’ are.
[quote=Jazzman]The question is: as the media circus and litigation hucksters twist and distort will the truth ever emerge?[/quote]It already has.. but you don’t want to accept it.
