The road can be a very dangerous place. With all that metal flying around at high speed, not to mention drivers who may or may not be operating their vehicles safely, driving can be a very stressful endeavor. Throw in a few hot tempers, such as the case with the driver of this GMC Sierra pickup, and things can get even worse, as evidenced in the following viral video.
The video is shot from the perspective of one of the bikers, and starts with the GMC Sierra driver making a dangerous pass as a large group of motorcycle enthusiasts cruise down a residential road. Some of the riders throttle up to give chase to the pickup, and the truck swerves, nearly colliding with one of them. The driver comes to a stoplight, and the bikers swarm the truck. The driver and riders then start yelling at one another in the middle of an intersection, and before long, punches are thrown.
The GMC Sierra driver tries to drive off, but the huge number of riders stops him in his tracks. More harsh words are tossed back and forth, before the driver guns it across two lanes, colliding with one of the riders and running over a bike in the process.
The GMC Sierra driver is so anxious to get away from the horde of bikers, he even drives up on the sidewalk, circling back and forth as he looks for a way out.
Be warned, the video contains some coarse language.
At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter who’s “at fault” for this melee. Both the GMC Sierra driver and the bikers involved contributed to the chaos, and everyone involved is very fortunate no one got seriously hurt.
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20:1 Real tuff guys, big balls there
Completely agree. The bikers were probably taking up the entire road and going at a speed such that the driver just wanted them in his rear view mirror. Remember a few years ago the guy in NYC who was surrounded by bikers and they stopped him on a freeway. He just drove over a couple to get away then they stopped him again, dragged him out of the vehicle in front of his wife & kids and beat him up. Most drivers just want to get away from them… not all but many are so scary, especially at high speeds…. yes, 20-1 tough guys…
Bikers are always tough, when they outnumber the guy to impossible odds. Beat those chests though.
The bikers in general are just as guilty as the guy in the truck. I’d say 50% of the time I see someone on a sport bike he’s riding like an idiot creating a dangerous situation. Put them in a group, recipe for disaster.
20-1? I count about 40 in one frame (paused) @ 3:11, there is easily 50 or 60 riders in this group.
As a former cyclist myself I have always supported giving riders their space as having a vehicle bearing down on you especially from behind can be terrifying. I’ve come across just 6 or 8 on the interstate poking along in multiple (left) lanes. It was obvious they were enjoying their low wind noise ride without the concern of faster moving traffic over taking them. It took miles to move past them. 😡
Having said that, my position on this subject is that if you want to cruse (poke) along GTFOTFL.
There is no law that I know of that limits the number of vehicles or bikes that can parade down the road (anyone know?), but you could reasonably expect that most of them know very well that they are more then likely holding up traffic. sure they mean no harm but none the less a group this big is sooner or later going to hold someone up.
What ensues appears to be a riot, a “militia” directed towards a seriously out numbered individual which is terrifying as well as against the law.
We now have a THOUSAND+ people a day dying from the COVD-19 virus in the US alone, what’s it going to take for us all to give each other a little respect?
Got a ticket 20 yrs ago in Connecticut for caravanning ,we all did. There were 6 of us,they said if you ride side by side,the next 2 behind u should be 3 car lengths back. I was 25 at the time but the guys I was riding with were 40, 50, and 60 and they never heard of such a thing until then.
I had a Monroe County ,NY Employee in a pickup truck try to run me off the road and I don’t know what his problem was with bikers I did nothing to this driver . I would est. his age as about 55 years of age . I opted to just continue on rather than confront his driving actions . you can guess what I wanted to do at the time .
Bikers can be very dangerous on the road. Some not all think they own the road. Respect each other out there.
100 percent bikers fault here. 30 dudes on bikes confronting a guy in a truck!? Real tough fellas!
Where were the cops? As long as this video lasted in the intersection someone at least called them I would think.
This video is all over YouTube! It’s two years old! There is still no excuse for this happening no matter who is at fault! NONE!!!
Thanks Ron, didn’t catch that part on YouTube, busy with a fab/welding project.
Nice one Mr Lopez, slow day at the office?
Anyway, stay safe (at home) everyone, get them projects around the house done!
So leather and helmets are bullet-proof these days, who knew?
Why are 3 of those bikes on the wrong side of the road? SOME bikers, not all, are IDIOTS, ruin it for everyone.