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British Motorcycle Clubs Patrol the Streets in Flooded Areas Preventing Looting

Members of multiple British motorcycle clubs join hands in an effort to help the communities affected by the recent floods in the northern areas of England. Bikers patrol the streets to deter looters from stealing goods.
Bikers patrolling the streets in northern England, protecting flood victims 1 photo
Photo: visordown.com
Even though it's hard to think that some guys would go as low as to steal from people affected by floods, such people exist. Flood victims in the Calderdale Valleys complained on Facebook about looters stealing or attempting to steal their belongings, and some of the bikers in the area thought they could help.

The news apparently spread via social media platforms and reached members of several motorcycle clubs in the region. Riders from various clubs including the Pyeratz, Drifters, Broken Bones and Nuntii Mortis decided they could do as little as patrol in the most sensitive areas, hoping that their presence would deter thieves.

"We just show our faces. Obviously we are not vigilantes. A lot of us are quite big, chunky lads, so that helps. We don’t have to really say anything, just turn up"

Now, if you expect these guys to carry around guns, chains and other weapons, maybe you're taking the SOA series a bit too seriously. Lloyd Spencer from the Drifters club says that the riders patrolling the neighborhoods are not vigilantes. However, he believes that the simple presence of motorcycle club members in certain "hot" areas is one of the factors that may make would-be looters think twice.

Not sure how much of the motorcycle gang myths are involved in this whole story, but it looks like having a bunch of people patrolling the streets in their quads, vans or cars, looking out for looters is a thing that works. After all, it's not that often that people would pick on four guys wearing club colors in a car...

"We spread out and go wherever needed. The police understood what we were doing. We are not there to offer anything physical. We just show our faces. Obviously we are not vigilantes. A lot of us are quite big, chunky lads, so that helps. We don’t have to really say anything, just turn up," Lloyd says according to visordown.

Homeowners and business owners in northern England use to leave various goods out on the street to dry, and it looks like lowlife thieves see this as an easy way to make some money. Regardless of what people think about bike clubs, we like this initiative and would like to see more people involved in helping those in need.
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