There will always be riders who believe that public streets are their private playground. While some of these chaps are only fiddling with both legal aspects and their safety, others show a mindless disregard for pretty much anything that's legal or safe.
Some might argue that always staying on the safe side will never do for certain riders. Well, that's true, there's no question about this. However, there's a thin line between pushing the limits and acting like an idiot in traffic. Unfortunately, it's more than once or twice when riders cross this border, sometimes with dire consequences.
You already know that we don't condone with stunt riding on public roads that are open to traffic. And if wheelies are a thing we don't agree with in such circumstances, try to figure how "happy" we were watching this chap pulling rolling burnouts.
Drifting across four lanes can send one crashing in any direction
Okay, so he's not the first or the last rider who goes down in such a scenario. Still, seeing people supporting him in what he's doing makes me wonder about their reaction had he high-sided into the opposing lane under the wheels of a car?
Or conversely, if the bike, left without a rider, would charge ahead and hit unsuspecting pedestrians crossing the street or simply walking on the sidewalk. And this is not Final Destination-level action: these things DO happen!
Some might say that it's not that often when bikes out of control injure innocent people, or for what's worth, riders falling under cars is a very rare sight. That may be so, but we sincerely doubt that their family or the families of injured pedestrians would take things as lightly, finding so much solace in statistics...
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