More than 100 dirt bikes and ATVs ride through DC with impunity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what are the police supposed to do to stop them? What do you think they should do? I guess you probably think they should be able to shoot them, huh?


They're only committing traffic violations. Not even a misdemeanor criminal offense. What are police supposed to do in your world? Chase them? Shoot them? Beat them like Rodney King?

They're not hurting anyone. The only people they're endangering are themselves. So let them be. If cops chased them, they'd likely get into a crash with some other motorist. I'd sue the police if some kid they were chasing crashed into me trying to get away.


You're only upset because these are groups of black kids on motorcycles. I'll bet you didn't have a problem with rolling thunder.

DP

Rolling Thunder does not ride around recklessly the same way.

There is definitely a huge potential for people to get hurt the way there bikers ride around. It is not true that they are only endangering themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They went barreling down H St NE yesterday running red light after red light and almost hit my car. I'm amazed they didn't hit any pedestrians crossing the street. It's super-dangerous and I'm pissed the city does absolutely nothing about it. I called 911 and go the verbal equivalent of a shoulder shrug.

Same story in MoCo.

We have neighbors that have been trying to get some action on this issue for a while. FTR, they are neighbors of all races.

Police seem to say that their hands are tied and there is not much they can do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The *rider* ended up in the hospital. As I said, they are only endangering themselves.

Leave them alone.

I don’t think you read the OP’s link.
A pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk.

“It was at 18th and Mass NW. The man was an older black man, probably in his 60s. The biker was on wrong side of road when he hit the man. The biker was in blue but I didn’t see his face. He stopped briefly to look behind him but then kept going.
A crowd of bystanders was with the man until EMS came. He had lost consciousness and huge bump on his head.”

Turns out that actually the pedestrian pushed the rider off the bike, and then the rider punched the pedestrian.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/pedestrian-injured-in-altercation-with-dirt-bike-riders-on-14th-street/2019/08/26/40d4e9a4-c826-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html?noredirect=on

And if the bikes/ATVs weren't there antagonizing everyone none of it would have happened. Furthermore, if the police was doing their job and dispersed them, none of it would have happened.

So the people on dirt bikes are dangerous because other people might get angry at them and punch them?

No, that's not how it works.

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what are the police supposed to do to stop them? What do you think they should do? I guess you probably think they should be able to shoot them, huh?


They're only committing traffic violations. Not even a misdemeanor criminal offense. What are police supposed to do in your world? Chase them? Shoot them? Beat them like Rodney King?

They're not hurting anyone. The only people they're endangering are themselves. So let them be. If cops chased them, they'd likely get into a crash with some other motorist. I'd sue the police if some kid they were chasing crashed into me trying to get away.


You're only upset because these are groups of black kids on motorcycles. I'll bet you didn't have a problem with rolling thunder.

DP

Rolling Thunder does not ride around recklessly the same way.

There is definitely a huge potential for people to get hurt the way there bikers ride around. It is not true that they are only endangering themselves.

As much as I do not like the sound or Rolling Thunder (I hate loud bikes) they do get permits and work with the police. They are also on vehicles that are legal on the streets. It doesn't compare to what those little sh*its are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We should also round up the 1000’s of people driving into DC everyday, causing chaos and fear by breaking traffic laws when they go over the speed limit, texting, turning right on red without coming to a full stop, not coming to a full stop at stop signs, the list could go on and on!

No argument there. And they put cameras on pretty much every corner on of the city to deal with exactly this problem.

[Anonymous]

I've been caught in the middle of one of these with my kid in the backseat. I had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting them when they crossed the intersection in front of me. They had a red light. I had green on Rhode Island Ave but had to come to a full stop in the intersection. My preschooler was terrified when they rode a loop and then proceeded to ride down the road on either side of our car (half the group riding against traffic). They were taunting drivers and weaving back and forth across the multilane road on both sides. It's very scary and quite dangerous for themselves and anyone who happens to be around.

[Anonymous]

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You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

[Anonymous]

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You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

Traffic laws!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

DP . Are you an idiot? They're not street legal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

Traffic laws!!!!

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-police-to-stop-atv-and-dirt-bike-riding-in-the-district

Illegal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

DP . Are you an idiot? They're not street legal.

Why aren't they?

Don't cite the specific law - tell me why dirt bikes, specifically, shouldn't be legal to ride on the street in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

DP . Are you an idiot? They're not street legal.

Why aren't they?

Don't cite the specific law - tell me why dirt bikes, specifically, shouldn't be legal to ride on the street in DC.

Oh, give it up. If you want to make them legal, take it up with the city council. Until then, stay off the streets of DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

They aren't supposed to ride ATVs and dirt bikes through the city to begin with. Let's start there.

Based on what?

DP . Are you an idiot? They're not street legal.

Why aren't they?

Don't cite the specific law - tell me why dirt bikes, specifically, shouldn't be legal to ride on the street in DC.

Irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should also round up the 1000’s of people driving into DC everyday, causing chaos and fear by breaking traffic laws when they go over the speed limit, texting, turning right on red without coming to a full stop, not coming to a full stop at stop signs, the list could go on and on!

No argument there. And they put cameras on pretty much every corner on of the city to deal with exactly this problem.

Agreed.

They actually give our citations for those traffic violations. Speed cameras. Red light caneras.

There are some negative consequences for breaking those laws.

Let’s see the same for these illegal ATV and dirt bike riders.

[Anonymous]

Dc will decriminalize it