No More Oldsmobiles
03-03-2005, 03:23 PM
... crashed his sport bike into a tow truck.
I'm glad I'm not the cop who had to clean this one up.
The incident is mentioned in a story here. (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-te.ar.motorcycles20feb20,1,7846266.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&ctrack=1&cset=true)
Aratinga
03-03-2005, 03:32 PM
Linky requires registration to view the article. Can you give us a synopsis?
No More Oldsmobiles
03-03-2005, 03:37 PM
Hmm. I got in without registering, but here goes. It's a Baltimore Sun article about sport bikes doing crazy stuff on the highways and how police don't want to chase them for traffic infractions.
Recent movies, such as last year's Torque starring rapper Ice Cube, have celebrated street racing by urban motorcycle gangs, while Web sites have popped up to promote and sell DVDs that depict speeding and stunts involving high-performance motorcycles.
Police say they're concerned about the hazards posed by groups of sport bikers zigging and zagging through traffic at speeds in excess of 100 mph. Last September, a 21-year-old man was killed on U.S. 340 near Frederick when he lost control of his sport bike and crashed into a tow truck while performing a high-speed maneuver. The rider, who wasn't wearing pants, was being videotaped by a stunt promoter following him in a sport utility vehicle.
Aratinga
03-03-2005, 03:41 PM
Thanks.
But really,
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30839
No More Oldsmobiles
03-03-2005, 04:00 PM
Haha! Is it pictures of a wreck you want, or just a guy without pants?
241Commuter
03-03-2005, 07:14 PM
Did you all see Waking Ned Devine? There's this scene where a skinny runt of an old geezer finds himself obligated to race back to the house before the lottery official gets there - after he's been out skinny dipping. So, there he is on his bike roaring through Ireland with nothing but his helmet on. That was the funniest piece of movie making I'd ever seen.