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1min worth the watch.
Police trying to stop an ATV in a park.
At best I can see this. At worst, you have a maimed child for, well, nothing. Its a kid. The kid had no chance to slow down, torched.Poor choices on both sides IMHO.
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OK, this is reasonable.The cruiser probably thought the ATV rider was going to plow into all of the pedestrians and bicyclists he was hurtling towards. I've actually witnessed a similar incident and while the ATV rider tried to go around them, he still clipped a man on a bicycle causing a pile up as well as two pedestrians who couldn't get out of the way fast enough.
Kind of like cops who break the law ...If lawbreakers are not stopped that just invites more to break the law.
DamnJBTs worried about a kid on a four wheeler, but lets the border wide open, and BLM burn down America….If lawbreakers are not stopped that just invites more to break the law.
The atv rider was breaking the law by being on the road.
At least in jurisdictions that I'm familiar with.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU
I've changed my mind and am no longer conflicted at all.
This man was wearing a mask to conceal his identity. Its obviously not cold.
Iatv rider will probably sue and winBS, that was bad policing. Unless that guy was running from a criminal act....and it had to be a serious criminal act to deserve that.
The ATV younger crowd is a bit out of control here in S NJ. No respect for rules of the road, for others on the road, no lights at night, and I've come close to more than one accident with them.That looks like East Rock Park in New haven, A narrow, winding two lane road that in fact is partially closed to automobile traffic after a certain point. There have been a lot of problems with quad riders and dirt bike riders riding in packs and terrorizing pedestrians and car drivers alike. They will swarm you on the two interstates that come through the area daring you to hit them. Several years ago my wife and I were on Interstate 95 going through new haven when we were swarmed by a pack of them. One asshole rode up right next to me, doing a wheelie while riding alongside the passenger window, looking at my wife. He looked over at me and I looked over at him. The look he got from me was "try anything to get in this car and you are going to be ****ing dead right there". It is "mad max" out there in my area right now between street takeovers and them pulling stunts like this against people. Every day you go on the road you have to have alternate routes in your head and a mindset in your head that today may be the day you need to make "that" decision. I hate that.
Sorry I've no sympathy for the asshat.
They are legal on even the paved county roads up here - mainly because a ban was impossible to enforce anymore, and people use them locally for everything from commuting to the store/local dive diners and bars, to moving around checking stock/fences, etc. Around lake communities, trailheads, state and national forests, etc. there can be as many wheelers and side-by-sides on the road as cars and trucks.
But you aren't supposed to be riding like an asshole. The cop gave the speeder no way out, and that's unfortunate, but that guy would have plowed into the bike riders sure as anything.
Oh well.
Stupid for what? Some dumbass cop in a car?Stupid should hurt
I'm not sure my first post was thought thru. He was a serious danger to those on bikes, yet he was quite a bit behind any bikes, though he would have got there soon enough. Would he have slowed down? Be interesting to see how it plays out and his previous behavior. Lots of unknowns.BS, that was bad policing. Unless that guy was running from a criminal act....and it had to be a serious criminal act to deserve that.
It was a path - not open to vehicular traffic except emergency vehicles. The police had received calls that ATV drivers were racing - so that's why he was there. He had his lights on. Check out the link above for reference.Stupid for what? Some dumbass cop in a car?
The cop should have put on his lights and siren to pull the guy over.
That wasn't a path, that was a road.
I disagree if that area was off limts to ORVs, I am so sick of these aholes ruining every trail in any given areaBS, that was bad policing. Unless that guy was running from a criminal act....and it had to be a serious criminal act to deserve that.
In the second video, it shows parents walking with strollers and children. If he couldn't slow down in time to not hit a police car with lights flashing - would he have been able to avoid a child?I'm not sure my first post was thought thru. He was a serious danger to those on bikes, yet he was quite a bit behind any bikes, though he would have got there soon enough. Would he have slowed down? Be interesting to see how it plays out and his previous behavior. Lots of unknowns.
Ok, I stand corrected. The road was closed. They can call it a path but it is still a road, divider line, wide enough for two vehicles. I still think the cop was a jerk for not putting on lights and siren.Path wasn't open to ATVs and the cop had his lights on. Completely the fault of the ATV driver.
Ok, I stand corrected. The road was closed. They can call it a path but it is still a road, divider line, wide enough for two vehicles. I still think the cop was a jerk for not putting on lights and siren.