Let's be careful out there folks (GRRR/SNARL)

[Daniel Meyer]

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Los Gatos trio arrested in assault on dirt biker
Suzanne Herel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

(05-17) 10:38 PDT LOS GATOS - Three Los Gatos residents have been
arrested after they allegedly strung a rope across a road and pulled it
taut when a dirt biker approached, causing the rider to be thrown off
his motorcycle and sustain serious injuries, according to the Santa
Clara County Sheriff's Office.

On May 16, deputies arrested Donald Bryant, 62, Donna Olsen, 46, and
Edward Anderson, 48, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and
battery with serious bodily injury.

The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on May 6, when a group of dirt
bikers was returning home from a ride in the hills along Loma Chiquita
Road, said sheriff spokesman Deputy Serg Palanov.

Bryant, Olsen and Anderson had tied a rope to a tree on one side of the
road and waited in bushes on the other side, he said.

When the first rider approached the rope traveling at about 20- to 25
mph, the suspects allegedly pulled the rope taut.

The rope caught the rider in the jaw and threw him off the bike, Palanov
said.

The second rider, who saw his friend lying on the ground on top of his
motorcycle, slowed to about 5 mph and, as he was coming to a stop, saw
the suspects pull the rope taut again.

He was able to stop in time and sustained only minor injuries from
hitting the rope, Palanov said.

The first rider was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, where
he remained in a coma for five days.

He suffered severe bone damage and tissue loss and required more than
500 stitches and titanium plates inserted in his face.

[timk519]

What manner of sick minds would do such a thing?

 

[Strom]

Oughta add attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, lock em up and throw away the key.
Had some of that around here. One incident with rope, the biker was severely injured, and another one when somebody spilled some oil in the twisties I like to ride too. A group of 4 german (I believe) riders on route to the seaside got the worst of it. 2 injured and 1 dead. Police were investigating, but I don't know what became of it. 
As if bad drivers were not enough... 

LP

[Daniel Meyer]

Another:

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Driver drags bike 4 miles
N.C. man charged with intent to kill
By Kelly Marshall Fuller
The Sun News

An N.C. man was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after a car plowed into a motorcyclist early Sunday and dragged his bike for several miles down U.S. 17 Business.

Larry Jacobs, of Sugar Grove, N.C., was arrested in Surfside Beach after witnesses saw a car hit 27-year-old Makino Robinson from behind, then continue driving at least four miles with the motorcycle pinned beneath his car.

Robinson, whose family lives in the Browns Ferry section of Georgetown County, managed to escape serious injury, according to Myrtle Beach police. He was tossed onto the hood of a car after he was struck, then he rolled off the vehicle.

Robinson, who was on weekend leave from Fort Bragg, N.C., has deep bruises and severe road burns, said his father, David Robinson.

The family cannot understand why Jacobs would strike someone and then continue dragging the motorcycle down the busy highway.

"I didn't think that someone would go out of the way to hit someone on a motorcycle," David Robinson said.

The incident started around 7 a.m., when Makino Robinson was riding south on Kings Highway, police said.

Robinson had been in Myrtle Beach for the weekend, his father said.

He had attended the Atlantic Beach Bikefest and was returning home when he couldn't locate some friends he wanted to see.

A witness told police he saw Robinson riding in the right lane of U.S. 17 Business, near Myrtle Beach State Park.

He saw Jacobs' car change lanes and quickly "close the gap" with the motorcycle.

Robinson was struck from behind, then struggled not to be pulled beneath Jacobs' car, the witness said.

Robinson "flailed about" on the hood of Jacobs' vehicle, the witness told police.

Other witnesses heard "grinding metal," and saw sparks coming from Jacobs' speeding car.

"It was the oddest thing I've ever seen," said Laura Rush, a district circulation manager for The Sun News. "He was flying down [U.S.] 17 Business with the bike under his car."

Makino Robinson, who returned from Iraq last year, had just purchased his motorcycle, his father said.

His son's wife, who is also in the military, is stationed at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., he said.

Makino Robinson was taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center after the incident and was released by Sunday afternoon.

[swlamedic]

Some people hate bikers and have bigger vehicles than we do.  Some people ought to be shot.