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 Think the GTA LCS Liberty tree manual was right about the future of the bikes in New York City :(

American Road Safety for Everybody (sponsored by Maibatsu) is showing itself in real life..

My cousin is an amateur motorcross racer and his mother [my aunt] also is his team’s manager…they’d both cry out in disbelief at this.

and this helps… what?

My..My……My…………………….Soul…..

they look like dirtbikes to me, so absolutely zero emotion for me

…Isn’t this taking it a bit too far? I mean, they could’ve sold these bikes to other places which allow bikes and make a profit to buy their CVPIs turbos or something.

I wouldn’t have minded taking one of those off of their hands… Why are they illegal in New York, anyway? The Sheriff speaks of keeping the community safe but I don’t see how dirtbikes are any more of a threat than regular motorcycles.