http://www.ridelust.com/motorcycle-customizer-recognizes-stolen-bike-runs-it-off-the-road/
Hey! That Ducati 996s looks just like the one stolen from my friend! Let's ram the bastard!
Ugh. Don't we as riders already have enough people trying to kill us? Do we need people incorrectly identifying our bikes as stolen and taking it into their own hands?
Dana
I'm surprised he isn't being charged for running him off the road.
That story could have easily turned into "motorcycle customize recognizes stolen bike, runs it off the road, and then is shot 4 times, dead."
Or hell, what if homeboy carjacked that mom and kid and killed them both?
Hey, customizer dude got his buddies bike back though...
make the beast with two backs, it is a peice of metal. Turn around, follow it, dial the cops, let them do their job.
Quote from: wbeck257 on September 23, 2008, 06:12:46 AM
make the beast with two backs, it is a peice of metal. Turn around, follow it, dial the cops, let them do their job.
This is the best thing to do with that type of situation IMO. Follow at a distance, update the dispatcher as things change keep the bike in sight until the PoPo arrive to make a appears as a routine traffic stop then arrest the rider ~
JM
I agree this was a dumb move on the builder's part, but it's good to see someone trying to hold other people accountable to the law.
As it said in the article we as the public have almost the same right to arrest a criminal as the police do. We just have a few more limitations, or rather, liabilities when it comes to the use of force. We are supposed to be policing our own society, it's because we've begun to leave it entirely up to the police that criminals are getting bolder.
So sure, a guy probably shouldn't run a motorcyclist off the road, in case of mistaken identity, or what not, but good for him for stepping outside the box a little to do what was right.
who knew Billy Lane customized scooters
Quote from: bobspapa on September 23, 2008, 07:11:27 AM
who knew Billy Lane customized scooters
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Zing! Now thats funny! [thumbsup]
Quote from: A.duc.H.duc. on September 23, 2008, 06:56:35 AM
So sure, a guy probably shouldn't run a motorcyclist off the road, in case of mistaken identity, or what not, but good for him for stepping outside the box a little to do what was right.
Yeah, good he didn't get that mom and kid killed.
Quote from: metallimonster on September 23, 2008, 07:15:39 AM
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Zing! Now thats funny! [thumbsup]
not really try'n to be funny.
after reading the op story, I pictured Billy try'n to use that as his defense.
I find the whole story odd. If it we I, I would have called the police and followed the guy. To wreck the bike I built.....just would not have been an option.
Isn't it usually a bad idea to hijack a vehicle, then demand that the driver take YOU to YOUR HOUSE. Seems like it would be easy to lead the authorities back to the hijacker...Or did I miss something?
I can't understand running the bike off the road. You get the bike back, but it's wrecked. I agree with the follow at a distance and let the police sort him out. If you are absolutely certain that this guy is the one who stole the bike, then wait for him to get off the bike and run him over.
Call me old fashioned, but I don't want any vigilantes who aren't wearing spandex and capes.
Follow-up story:
Woman sues vigilante for endangering her and her child.
Quote from: DCXCV on September 23, 2008, 03:23:56 PM
Follow-up story:
Woman sues vigilante for endangering her and her child.
Follow up to the follow up: Woman realizes that police & courts and all that legal mumbo-jumbo bureaucracy are just too much of a hassle, runs vigilante off road.
Quote from: triangleforge on September 24, 2008, 09:30:12 AM
Follow up to the follow up: Woman realizes that police & courts and all that legal mumbo-jumbo bureaucracy are just too much of a hassle, runs vigilante off road.
follow up to the follow up to the follow up
vigilante crushes turtle as a direct result of being run off the road. PETA receives a distress signal via the vegan beacon..... a mob of stinky hippies assembles, and the woman is beaten to death with those plastic "croc" shoes and hemp purses.
fascist
I can see it in your eyes
you used to partake in the hippy goodness
admit it
Quote from: Mother on September 24, 2008, 09:41:34 AM
fascist
I can see it in your eyes
you used to partake in the hippy goodness
admit it
but I didn't inhale
Quote from: bobspapa on September 24, 2008, 09:43:13 AM
but I didn't inhale
regardless
you exhaled the green man's lies
mehbe the smoke got in there through osmosis
who am I to judge
the lord, your god..of choice, put hippies on the earth as the guardians of the green man
let not the fascists take away the tweeds
Amen
and
Awomen
make
Ababy
Quote from: Mother on September 24, 2008, 09:47:18 AM
Amen
and
Awomen
make
Ababy
unless you're Clay Aiken
then its
Aturkey baster in place of Amen