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In reply to the discussion: Caught on video: Father with family in SUV chased, beaten by speed-demon bikers [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)That's legal.
You can stop traffic with your car. That's a moving violation.
His SUV made contact with multiple vehicles. The initial bump, arguably a shared responsibility contact. Yes, what the biker did is clearly an infraction, but the Range Rover should have been able to stop, and I suspect, he chose not to. Their speeds were so relatively low, the biker was able to put his feet down. Contact is inexcusable, and shared responsibility, even if the biker started it.
THEN he makes further contact, driving up over at bike, and a person.
If the decision to flee wasn't justifiable, that's felony hit and run. And the gaggle of onlooker bikers are, in my opinion, justified in assuming that is what happened. Most of them have limited vision of whatever precipitated the flight, just like the camera's vantage point. But they can sure as hell see the Rover go up over a person and a bike.
If I were there, I would have pursued. And you can see some of them trying to do so. The guy in the red track suit is trying to take a picture of his plate, for instance.