• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1931·
    1 day ago

    You should be able to control a bike in a straight line with a flat tyre, especially at the speed this lot are going.

    And falling off isn’t as dangerous as you think.

    • Bo7a@piefed.caEnglish
      5217·
      1 day ago

      Stop talking about shit you don’t understand with confidence. Your statements are going to get someone who believes them hurt.

      To anyone reading: Take it from anyone who actually rides over this idiocy. A flat motorcycle tire at any speed is dangerous and possibly deadly.

      • Cypher@aussie.zoneEnglish
        72·
        16 hours ago

        I ride and you’re wrong.

        I’ve had a puncture at 130km/h and pulled over no problem.

        • Bo7a@piefed.caEnglish
          11·
          9 hours ago

          And a lady fell thousands of feet with no parachute and lived. Will you advise others to make an attempt sans-chute?

          • Cypher@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            8 hours ago

            Sounds like riding isn’t for you if a puncture, which happens to thousands of motorcyclists without any issue beyond a flat tyre, scares you so much.

            • Bo7a@piefed.caEnglish
              1·
              3 hours ago

              I didn’t say flats scared me. I said it was irresponsible to make claims about a fall at 50 km an hour. Nonetheless 5 km an hour.

              • Cypher@aussie.zoneEnglish
                21·
                3 hours ago

                You claimed the spike strip presented a serious risk to their lives and you’re full of shit.

                You have nothing to back up your claim that it was unreasonable to attempt to stop these morons before they wind up under a truck.

                I can only hope they actually attend their fellow morons funeral when it inevitably happens.

        • Bo7a@piefed.caEnglish
          1·
          9 hours ago

          Yes. Teaching the next generation of bikers to be careful, and expecting cops to not spike strip a motorcycle is a skill that your comments seem to indicate that you lack.

    • Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zipEnglish
      151·
      1 day ago

      Not likely to control a bike after it hits another that was laying in the street

      Pretty dangerous to have one of your mates roll over you with their bike

      The potential for bad outcomes through a domino effect here is pretty big

      We don’t have the full story here, but going from what seems like “public nuisance” to “injury or death” seems like an unreasonable escalation to me.