Orlando Cracks Down on Motorcycle Street Stunt Riding

Motorcycle Burnout PhotoMotorcycle deaths are at the forefront of the news lately with many of those deaths being attributed to high speed motorcycle racing and stunt motorcycle riding on City streets and Orlando is cracking down on these riders.

This type of street motorcycle driving is illegal and dangerous, not only to those riders which choose to use the streets as their arena, but to people who use the City streets and highways on a daily basis for normal transportation needs. A spokesperson for the Florida Highway Patrol said, "I don't think a person with a reasonable amount of fear would attempt what some of these people are doing".

Some of the motorcycle riders questioned seem to have a cavalier attitude toward the danger stating, “I'm in control of the bike” and “I'm actually safer on a bike than [in] a car”.

Enforcement is not slowing down these rogue stunt riders. They seem to have an arrogant disregard for the laws and the police that enforce the laws. Some riders take off from police when they attempt to pull them over knowing the police have a no chase policy and that it is unlikely the officer was able to obtain a license plate number. But when a license plate number is obtained from the motorcycle that was racing or street stunt riding, the police catch up with the offending rider later.

Motorcycle street stunt riding and racing is a serious matter which we all need to be concerned with. We need to be concerned about the image this gives motorcyclists, the danger it poses to motorcycle rights issues, and the danger it exposes all of us to on the streets whether we are on our motorcycles or in our cars.

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Some of the motorcycle riders questioned seem to have a cavalier attitude toward the danger stating,

(I'd love to see this engraved in one of their tombstones...)

“I'm in control of the bike” and “I'm actually safer on a bike than in a car”.

They Make Us All Look Bad.

I love to watch those guys on dvd and I believe they are in control till some little thing goes wrong. safer on a bike than a car???? that is just plane stupid

If we could only ask Indian Larry about this

the public streets are no place for this sport... BLA BLA BLA and there is my opinion on that shit

It's not even safe on the so called "back roads". We have see these stunts go bad on the news before where a race or stunt goes bad and the vehicle hits someone in the crowd.

I wonder if Rosco's in Lakeland has a venue for this? They have street drags and mud racing.

SAC NUTS


I watched a show put on by these people at the Napa co. fair grounds in Napa CA. summer before last. one hell of a show !! I bought their dvd on the way out. there are some clips from the dvd here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQBWgeW5e6w

This has become a nationwide problem.Too many kids are getting their hands on in-expensive high horsepower bikes,(AKA) Sport Bikes..and don't have any riding experience,and think they are bullet proof.I know first hand I'm an Instructor at MMI,and last year we lost 7 students,majority were their own fault.One was while the student was leaving school riding a wheelie,car pulled out he smashed into the vehicle while still in the air!!! Speed Channel is'nt helping this problem...Oh yeah I know there's a disclaimer at the begining of the show,but how many of these kids actualy read it??????:moped:

Hell I was leaving school tonight,and watched one of the students on a Sport Bike pulling wheelies on the same street as the student was killed doin the same thing.Caught up with him at the light,and told him to keep the front wheel down,next time I will turn him in,and there is a good chance he could get terminated from school...:moped: Yes I was on the TRAIN,and it was nipply riding home....lol.....

It's ashame they don't make these folks have as much education to ride these sport motorcycles as they require to work on them.

You get no argument from me on that one FX...I know for a fact when you purchase a new Harley in Orlando,the first thing they ask the customer,is how much riding experience do you have.if he,or she does'nt have much they will offer the beginner's riding course,with the purchase of the bike....:moped:

Just my 2 cents. This country needs to develop a teir system like in some other countries. Your first bike should be no larger than a 250 after that depending on age , miles driven, and time holding a license. Then you go to the next level. Or and I don't mean to start an arguement. Mandatory insurance on all motorcycles. Most kids buy a high powered sportbike and the dealers get them a personal loan so no insurance needed. In most cases the insurance would cost more than the bike.

I like that idea....In Michigan...you can't get a plate without insurance and the insurance has to be registered with the Secretary of State. You have to carry proof of insurance, but the cops all have computers in the cars and on the motorcycles and know instantly if you have coverage...minimum fine used to $500, but I think that went up to a grand plus you go into a plan with the state where you pay a grand a year for 2 years to keep your license...Insurance is cheaper...LOL
But I like the idea of requiring new riders to be toned down a tad....but it would create a huge glut of used 250's...

You can't stop Darwin's Law.

Well it may be Darwin's law,but most of these assholes are tucking their license plate up under the fender,or moving it to the left side with no illumination.Hmmm interesting Florida is considering larger than lifestyle plates like they use in Europe!!! I don't know about the rest of y'all,but I don't want an "AIR" brake on the back of my Train!!!!!Reason being these clowns go flying by so fast the police can't read their plates......:moped:

Interestingly enough, in Florida if your car license plate tag light is out, you will almost always get pulled over and searched.

On the motorcycle however, it seems plate location and lighting have been given a lot of wiggle room.

The negative result of this will be a mandate on plate location, size and lighting in the form of a new motorcycle law.

That would suck too! It's always a few idiots that ruin things for the rest I guess.

"YEP"....:moped:

Just my 2 cents. This country needs to develop a teir system like in some other countries. Your first bike should be no larger than a 250 after that depending on age , miles driven, and time holding a license. Then you go to the next level. Or and I don't mean to start an arguement. Mandatory insurance on all motorcycles. Most kids buy a high powered sportbike and the dealers get them a personal loan so no insurance needed. In most cases the insurance would cost more than the bike.

Only I wanted it to be rated by horsepower levels. But I do believe that no one with less than 2 years experience should be able to buy or operate any motorcycle on a public highway that is larger than 500CC. Another issue that we have in our area is that a lot of the riders in my area get insurance long enough to get plates, then drop it shortly afterwards. Then we all pay to put Humpty Dumpty back together again after he cracks his egg on the tarmac. One night in my town the cops pulled over every bike that went around the "Circuit" in a 5 hour period. Out of the 60 or so bikers that they pulled over, only 20 were legally licensed. The rest either never had a motorcycle license, or were on a suspended auto license. I am happy to say though, that every biker that was pulled over that was not licensed was on a sport bike, and not on one of our beloved cruisers.

Michigan is on the "no fault" insurance program.
We used to have the same problem with people buying a 30 day binder to get a plate, or annual renewal tag for one they already have. That changed two years ago when Michigan passed a law stating that if an insurance company wanted to do business here, they had to register every policy sold to Michigan drivers with the state immediately...
A michigan driver could still go to say, Texas and buy a policy, but if that company does business here and they sell insurance down there to a licensed Mich driver...they still have to notify Mich....Otherwise they lose their license to sell here and face hefty fines....
If you let your insurance lapse...the local sheriff dept gets a flag on that motor vehicle, and if they see you driving and you so much as twitch...they can stop you for probables and ticket you for no insurance.....Bastards
Not that I am ever out of compliance...at least since the law changed...

when your policy goes into cancellation, they notify the State Police and they are supposed to come out and pick up your tags. But if you move and they can't find you, then you get a way with it until they either get you on a moving violation, or in most case when you have an accident and some innocent person loses their ass because you don't have insurance.

I live on an arrow straight road that has a slight dip at the intersection 1/2 block from my house. I live in a duplex in the middle of the block. It is a one way street, two lane. I live on the left side as the traffic flows. The speed limit is 25MPH. My street is the major east west route through York, PA. My house has been hit by cars 4 times in the past five years. There has been in excess of 20 hit and run accidents on my street in the past 2 1/2 years. 18 of those cars were hit directly in front of my house. Saturday night was the latest hit and run. Two parked cars demolished. Driver kept going on three wheels with the entire front fascia ripped off of his car. They found his abandoned car three blocks from the scene. When they went to his house to confront him, he was actually on the phone reporting his car stolen as the police were knocking on his door. He was extremely intoxicated, had multiple injuries that required a trip to the hospital. And the cops stated that they could not arrest him because no one saw him driving the car or hitting the parked vehicles. This has also happened to two of my vehicles and two of my brothers vehicles. Each time we had to pay our own deductibles. And no, he did not have insurance.

Back in my addiction days, having insurance was a luxury. If the car was financed it had to be covered by law...but I always had a vehicle that had a clear title so I managed to get around the insuance problem for long time...I even stole tags to keepo from buying insurance...I can say that today because the statutes of limitations has expired on those crimes....I ain't gonna mention the ones that are still pending...
But I hear ya Buf....It's a rotten shame that you had to ever pay for someone elses wrecklessness. By the Grace of God I never wrecked anyone elses property, just my own...
I keep insurance on everything today, because I know there are millions of idiots like I used to be still out there...
Oh and I'd move if my house had been hit that many times....obviously someone hates your house...LOL