Here’s The Horrifying Sight Of Dozens Of Innocent Motorbikes Being Crushed By Earth Movers

The City of New York put up a live stream this week showing dozens of seized motorcycles and ATVs getting crushed to death as part of a publicity stunt

Matt Robinson

18 May 2016

You might ask yourself why exactly the City of New York and the NYPD decided to obliterate a bunch of motorbikes so publicly (skip to the 29min mark for the actual crushing). Well, it’s all about proving a point. Responding to all the criticism in the comments section of the video, a City of New York Facebook page admin said:

“These vehicles are illegal in the City of New York. We are committed to making the streets of our city completely safe. That means leaving no opportunity for these things to find their way back to our roads and further endanger our fellow New Yorkers. This is the same reason we destroy the guns we confiscate.”

Putting aside the extraordinary wording which compares these machines to firearms, it’s important to note he or she is only half right: they’re illegal to ride on the street in New York, not illegal full stop. And why crush them in some daft publicity stunt which most people will see right through? As many of the commenters suggested, why not auction them off to people who’ll use them properly? Why not indeed…

Video via Lanesplitter

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

I’m not a fan of ATVs or quads, but even I find that ridiculous

Stuff like this makes me pissed off

Driving an illegal vehicle is a crime, vehicles have been confiscated and destroyed….bet my left testicle that no one would have complained if criminals had their weapons destroyed.

This is only on the owner…

F*ck you NYPD.

Thats ironic, they’re committed to reducing emssion right?

but why?

I was hoping he they would fall off the pile and tip over

All those bikes were not road legal. I don’t think many people realize that.

You know what happens when you drive a vehicle that is not road legal in Japan? You get a fine and you need to bring the vehicle to a garage certified to do 車検 [vehicle testing]. They fix it to spec and you pay them and that’s it. Nothing gets needlessly destroyed and nobody looses their vehicle.

The city of NYC needs to un-fk themselves and learn from somewhere with their sht together.