Comments on: Baltimore Cracks Down On Violent Gangs Of Dirt Bike Punks http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/ - Motion + Mobility Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ed http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-45997 ed Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:28:51 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-45997 get a lfe you loser get a lfe you loser

]]> By: Chester http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-44915 Chester Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:20:09 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-44915 Hey Joe, I'd much rather you hear me a mile away and think I'm an asshole instead of being run over AGAIN because you or someone else didn't know I was there. Exactly like I did in the summer of 2006 by a young woman who was on her phone and ignoring me and everything else around her. So yeah, you can hate the sound of my GSX-R and it's D&D exhaust all you want. As long as you know I'm there and don't hit me it's doing it's job in my book. Guess what else. They have laws against motorcycle exhausts over certain decibel limits. They're usually not enforced because law engforcement realizes who typically wins in a car vs. bike encounter. I'll gladly pay the ticket any day if it means you know I'm there (even if you're not happy about it.) Hey Joe,
I’d much rather you hear me a mile away and think I’m an asshole instead of being run over AGAIN because you or someone else didn’t know I was there. Exactly like I did in the summer of 2006 by a young woman who was on her phone and ignoring me and everything else around her. So yeah, you can hate the sound of my GSX-R and it’s D&D exhaust all you want. As long as you know I’m there and don’t hit me it’s doing it’s job in my book. Guess what else. They have laws against motorcycle exhausts over certain decibel limits. They’re usually not enforced because law engforcement realizes who typically wins in a car vs. bike encounter. I’ll gladly pay the ticket any day if it means you know I’m there (even if you’re not happy about it.)

]]> By: joe http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-44147 joe Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:18:42 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-44147 And what is the great city of baltimore doing about loud mufflers on so called street legal motorcycles? Absolutely nothing. When are the streets going to be cleared from this noise? This intrusive noise is a violation of our right to quiet and theft of public space. C.A.L.M. USA Citizens Against Loud Motorcycles We are an organization founded to act as an educational platform and sounding board for those that are fed up with the constant noise that is caused by illegal exhaust mufflers installed on street legal motorcycles. Our goal is to educate you as to why motorcycles with illegal exhaust systems are almost free from receiving a traffic violation in certain states and what can be done to curb this obnoxious unnecessary noise from our environment. We at CALM are not against motorcycles and their safety. What we are against is those motorcycle enthusiasts who believe that we enjoy hearing a motorcycle a mile away! Let us examine the law that pertains to motorcycle exhausts state by state and what can be done to virtually eliminate motorcycle with illegal exhaust systems to be on our highways and in our neighborhoods. The noise of a weed whacker serves a purpose, a lawnmower serves a purpose, a whistle serves a purpose, a horn serves a purpose, a siren serves a purpose even a dog barking serves a purpose. We fail to see the purpose of a loud motorcycle. If a loud exhaust system increased the safety of a vehicle then the Department of Transportation Safety Administration and the EPA would have addressed it by now! We urge the citizens to call your local law enforcement and complain to them about the noise and have them explain why they are unable to enforce the law. Please get back to us with their comments so we can enlighten our web audience as to the difficulties that law enforcement is faced with because the laws are purposefully kept vague to control exhaust noise from motorcycles. If Noise makes a motorcycle safe than the laws should be changed to reflect the health and safety of the rider. Conversely, that if a motorcycle has to be noisy to be safe, than it would be safe to presume, that they are dangerous to be ridden on our highways. We see Through the Touchy-Feely B.S. They hide behind all these charity runs (Poker Runs, http://www.cyclefish.com/browse_events.php) to create an image of caring and community involvement. The real reason is to gain political and community support to look the other way when it comes to illegal pipes, no- helmets and additional safety gear. Around our area all they do is go from bar to bar! And what is the great city of baltimore doing about loud mufflers on so called street legal motorcycles? Absolutely nothing. When are the streets going to be cleared from this noise? This intrusive noise is a violation of our right to quiet and theft of public space.

C.A.L.M. USA

Citizens Against Loud Motorcycles

We are an organization founded to act as an educational platform and sounding board for those that are
fed up with the constant noise that is caused by illegal exhaust mufflers installed on street legal motorcycles.

Our goal is to educate you as to why motorcycles with illegal exhaust systems are almost free from
receiving a traffic violation in certain states and what can be done to curb this obnoxious unnecessary noise from our environment.

We at CALM are not against motorcycles and their safety. What we are against is those motorcycle enthusiasts
who believe that we enjoy hearing a motorcycle a mile away!

Let us examine the law that pertains to motorcycle exhausts state by state and what can be done to virtually eliminate motorcycle
with illegal exhaust systems to be on our highways and in our neighborhoods.

The noise of a weed whacker serves a purpose, a lawnmower serves a purpose, a whistle serves a purpose,
a horn serves a purpose, a siren serves a purpose even a dog barking serves a purpose.
We fail to see the purpose of a loud motorcycle. If a loud exhaust system increased the safety of a vehicle then the
Department of Transportation Safety Administration and the EPA would have addressed it by now!

We urge the citizens to call your local law enforcement and complain to them about the noise and have them explain why
they are unable to enforce the law. Please get back to us with their comments so we can enlighten our web audience as to
the difficulties that law enforcement is faced with because the laws are purposefully kept vague to control exhaust noise from motorcycles.

If Noise makes a motorcycle safe than the laws should be changed to reflect the health and safety of the rider. Conversely,
that if a motorcycle has to be noisy to be safe, than it would be safe to presume, that they are dangerous to be ridden on our highways.

We see Through the Touchy-Feely B.S.

They hide behind all these charity runs (Poker Runs, http://www.cyclefish.com/browse_events.php) to create an image
of caring and community involvement. The real reason is to gain political and community support to look the other way
when it comes to illegal pipes, no- helmets and additional safety gear. Around our area all they do is go from bar to bar!

]]> By: jerry http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-37139 jerry Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:23:44 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-37139 get a job you 8th grade dropout dirtbikes are for dirt you stupid fucking toad get a job you 8th grade dropout dirtbikes are for dirt you stupid fucking toad

]]> By: brucie B http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-26260 brucie B Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:39:35 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-26260 and for all you "PUNKS" suck balls!!! Let us have fun or the murder rate will be as high as it was in the 70's and 80's. You dont want that do you? Maryland government needs to get off there ass and help us get some place to ride. and for all you “PUNKS” suck balls!!! Let us have fun or the murder rate will be as high as it was in the 70′s and 80′s. You dont want that do you? Maryland government needs to get off there ass and help us get some place to ride.

]]> By: brucie B http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-26259 brucie B Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:35:24 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-26259 There never going to fix it anyway.. They can try to catch us but will never happen folks! Cops are to slow! i would like to see them take my bike outta my yard... ill put some hot 1's in there ass There never going to fix it anyway.. They can try to catch us but will never happen folks! Cops are to slow! i would like to see them take my bike outta my yard… ill put some hot 1′s in there ass

]]> By: BMore http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-23527 BMore Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:55:19 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-23527 If you are defending these guys or their rights to ride dirtbikes and 4 wheelers through downtown then you have not been caught in the middle of a pack of 30-40 dirt bikes and ATV's with no licenses, no headlights, no helmets, and no way out. They are like a swarm of hornets that envelope all the cars on the road. If you are the only car on the road then you do not feel safe. According to BPD a Bmore dirt bike gang "threw a brick in someone's car window and bashed up his car". According to the Baltimore Sun they have crashed into cars and assaulted people. This isn't a movie, this is a street riot on wheels that has holds a regular parade every Sunday evening. According to BPD: "they do not allow us to engage in a police pursuit of them because of threat of injury to the public" and because they cross multiple districts. Also according to BPD: "they ride every sundy evening". I've personally run into the swarm of bikers on the streets twice now. They ride south on Monroe past Washington Blvd., then turn off near Annapolis Rd or Baltimore/Washington Parkway, then about 10-15 minutes later they ride up North Charles St. All this happens between 7:30pm and 8pm, or least it did 9/5/10. There are at least 4-5 red and white dirt bikes, 2-3 blue ones, and 2-3 four wheelers in the pack. None (ZERO - I counted as they drove by - I was 5 feet away) had helmets on, license plates, or lights on their bikes. The group thinned out after Carroll Park. At the intersection of Carroll and Washington Blvd. nearly all of them were doing wheelies (dirt bikes and 4 wheelers). The city has cameras that recorded them between 7:30 and 8pm driving through the intersection of North Charles and Mulberry St. The cameras there are fixed and should have caught them at 3 different angles. If the city knows WHEN and WHERE these guys ride then WHY isn't the city able to set a trap for them? Once a week they have an opportunity. The Baltimore Sun has a post about this on their blog, here: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/06/dirt_bike_crash.html If you are defending these guys or their rights to ride dirtbikes and 4 wheelers through downtown then you have not been caught in the middle of a pack of 30-40 dirt bikes and ATV’s with no licenses, no headlights, no helmets, and no way out. They are like a swarm of hornets that envelope all the cars on the road. If you are the only car on the road then you do not feel safe. According to BPD a Bmore dirt bike gang “threw a brick in someone’s car window and bashed up his car”. According to the Baltimore Sun they have crashed into cars and assaulted people. This isn’t a movie, this is a street riot on wheels that has holds a regular parade every Sunday evening.

According to BPD: “they do not allow us to engage in a police pursuit of them because of threat of injury to the public” and because they cross multiple districts. Also according to BPD: “they ride every sundy evening”.

I’ve personally run into the swarm of bikers on the streets twice now. They ride south on Monroe past Washington Blvd., then turn off near Annapolis Rd or Baltimore/Washington Parkway, then about 10-15 minutes later they ride up North Charles St. All this happens between 7:30pm and 8pm, or least it did 9/5/10. There are at least 4-5 red and white dirt bikes, 2-3 blue ones, and 2-3 four wheelers in the pack. None (ZERO – I counted as they drove by – I was 5 feet away) had helmets on, license plates, or lights on their bikes. The group thinned out after Carroll Park. At the intersection of Carroll and Washington Blvd. nearly all of them were doing wheelies (dirt bikes and 4 wheelers).

The city has cameras that recorded them between 7:30 and 8pm driving through the intersection of North Charles and Mulberry St. The cameras there are fixed and should have caught them at 3 different angles.

If the city knows WHEN and WHERE these guys ride then WHY isn’t the city able to set a trap for them? Once a week they have an opportunity.

The Baltimore Sun has a post about this on their blog, here:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/06/dirt_bike_crash.html

]]> By: Baltimore suburban resident http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-20069 Baltimore suburban resident Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:53:11 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-20069 You guys are nuts supporting these people. They do not just ride or do it legally, they ride down sidewalks, attack people. They are a GANG, not people trying to ride dirtbikes or ATV's in the city with some sort of courtesy and respect as in a automobile, hell even here people drive like nutcases and are constantly almost causing accidents. They are CRIMINALS and GANGS. Not just buddies riding around. HUGE difference. You guys are nuts supporting these people. They do not just ride or do it legally, they ride down sidewalks, attack people.

They are a GANG, not people trying to ride dirtbikes or ATV’s in the city with some sort of courtesy and respect as in a automobile, hell even here people drive like nutcases and are constantly almost causing accidents.

They are CRIMINALS and GANGS. Not just buddies riding around. HUGE difference.

]]> By: ed busch http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-19896 ed busch Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:58:55 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-19896 i live in baltimore,it sucks to hear the bikes that are to loud to be riding in and out of alleys,between row houses,b-more has mostly row houses its like artifical canyons between them(the houses) the way they ride is dangerous true,but its the noise that kills you i live in baltimore,it sucks to hear the bikes that are to loud to be riding in and out of alleys,between row houses,b-more has mostly row houses its like artifical canyons between them(the houses) the way they ride is dangerous true,but its the noise that kills you

]]> By: Brian http://www.ridelust.com/baltimore-cracks-down-on-violent-gangs-of-dirt-bike-punks/#comment-18969 Brian Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:36:14 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10914#comment-18969 I've seen these dudes on youtube, and I gotta say, the rebellion is downright heroic! I am a 34 year old Carroll County resident, and I am also an avid motorcyclist on streetbikes, dirtbikes, and ATV's . Even we riders in this county have been robbed of our riding area's by massive McMansion golf course communities on sold out subdivided lands, industrial parks, and hoards of migrated yuppy jerks who have nothing else to do but complain about anything, so something such as noise from a dirtbike or ATV would be the perfect culprit of complaint for them. My friends and I believe in riding stealth with stock exhaust systems, we are not heard, therefore are not seen. These crews from baltimore have more balls than any rider I've ever known around my way, and most of them ride very well. However I do disagree with their disreguard for obeying traffic safety and the safety of they're own when it comes to motorist's. Also I know for a fact that some (not all) of the bikes they've been caught riding have been stolen from all over Maryland, including my hometown, so I was highly disliking to beef up my security on my own bikes. But the way I see it, these guys aren't pushing drugs, not killin anybody, they just wanna ride somewhere just as my own friends and myself want to. So aside from not obeying traffic lights, not wearing helmets, and unecessarily drawing disruptive attention towards bored law official's. I say this is America, it would be nice if this state could ease up on the communist play. Perhaps Maryland could try a trial period and come up with lenient rules for operating certain off road vehicles on a street or back road, and see how much people abuse it before they go all out and do something retarded like take and destroy bikes. Me and my buddy's actually joked about loadin up our trucks and goin to druid hill one sunday to ride and meet with these guys, just so we could ride together somewhere without gettin chased. I’ve seen these dudes on youtube, and I gotta say, the rebellion is downright heroic! I am a 34 year old Carroll County resident, and I am also an avid motorcyclist on streetbikes, dirtbikes, and ATV’s . Even we riders in this county have been robbed of our riding area’s by massive McMansion golf course communities on sold out subdivided lands, industrial parks, and hoards of migrated yuppy jerks who have nothing else to do but complain about anything, so something such as noise from a dirtbike or ATV would be the perfect culprit of complaint for them. My friends and I believe in riding stealth with stock exhaust systems, we are not heard, therefore are not seen. These crews from baltimore have more balls than any rider I’ve ever known around my way, and most of them ride very well. However I do disagree with their disreguard for obeying traffic safety and the safety of they’re own when it comes to motorist’s. Also I know for a fact that some (not all) of the bikes they’ve been caught riding have been stolen from all over Maryland, including my hometown, so I was highly disliking to beef up my security on my own bikes. But the way I see it, these guys aren’t pushing drugs, not killin anybody, they just wanna ride somewhere just as my own friends and myself want to. So aside from not obeying traffic lights, not wearing helmets, and unecessarily drawing disruptive attention towards bored law official’s. I say this is America, it would be nice if this state could ease up on the communist play. Perhaps Maryland could try a trial period and come up with lenient rules for operating certain off road vehicles on a street or back road, and see how much people abuse it before they go all out and do something retarded like take and destroy bikes. Me and my buddy’s actually joked about loadin up our trucks and goin to druid hill one sunday to ride and meet with these guys, just so we could ride together somewhere without gettin chased.

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