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Police arrest dirt-bike driver for stunting down Blue Hill Avenue
By adamg on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 7:19am
Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on a variety of driving offenses Wednesday:
As officers patrolled, they observed a male operating a red and white dirt bike on Blue Hill Avenue. Over the course of several blocks, officers observed the operator run multiple red traffic signals, “pop wheelies” and stand on the seat of the bike, ride off road through a park crowded with children, weave between vehicles, and cause operators of other vehicles to slow or stop in traffic to avoid hitting or causing injury to the bike operator.
Eric D. Lott, 27, of Dorchester, was charged with unlicensed operation of a motorcycle, negligent operation/driving to endanger and disorderly conduct. He also got a ticket for a bunch of additional charges.
Innocent, etc.
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Nice work, BPD
I'm glad to get this guy off the streets, and I'm impressed it was done so safely.
A couple of days ago, there
A couple of days ago, there was a posting about this Dedham dude whose dirt bike ran away from his house after he posted it on Craigslist. The owner may find solace in knowing that unless it comes to a stop near a BPD officer, his dirt bike will be enjoying a wonderful summer of uninhibited freedom on Blue Hill Ave and MLK boulevard.
If you want a motorcycle
Learn to ride, get a proper license, get a bike that's properly insured and registered to be operated on the street...and most importantly, don't ride like an idiot.
If you want to get a bit crazy with said motorbike
Take it to a track day like one of these: http://www.tonystrackdays.com/
(there are others around - google is a friend: https://www.google.com/#q=motorcycle+track+new+hampshire)
I thought it wasn't practical
I thought it wasn't practical to arrest these guys. Isn't that what BPD has been saying for years?
Going through the park
I think that they probably thought to arrest him because he went through Franklin Park near pedestrians and children.
It doesn't say how he was arrested but I bet they might have followed him until he got off the bike and then arrested him.
The BPD usually doesn't want to pursue the wheelie/bikelyfe people because they're worried the pursuit might just cause a worse accident.
There have been a lot of "sting" operations though where they find where the kids/adults are storing the bikes and then detain then seize the bikes because usually they are stored improperly (i.e. to close to residential buildings).
I for one hope that they never start make it standard protocol to chase any of the people because that will just be a mess. Can you imagine how many people would get hurt if a cop car was pursuing a group of dirt bike kids up and down Blue Hill Ave and Columbia Rd?
I think they should just step up their actions to seize the bikes because honestly there's nowhere in the city where you can legally store those things. I think they have to be 100 feet from an inhabited building.
Yep
Every single non-street legal dirt bike and ATV in Boston should be considered stolen and confiscated unless the "owner" can prove ownership - that will take care of the problem, and countless will be re-united with their property that mysteriously grew legs and walked off in the middle of the night.
The summary makes it sound
The summary makes it sound like he was riding alone. BPD policy is to monitor but not stop them in large groups because of the chaos that it would cause when inevitably some would decide to run, but if this guy was riding alone and being dangerous there's no reason not to stop him.
The summary makes it sound
The summary makes it sound like he was riding alone. BPD policy is to monitor but not stop them in large groups because of the chaos that it would cause when inevitably some would decide to run, but if this guy was riding alone and being dangerous there's no reason not to stop him.
Not practical
If they get to walk out with their stolen bike and a sternly worded warning. Make an example out of them so other thugs know there's consequence for their actions, and they might think twice next time.
I was walking in the Stony
I was walking in the Stony Brook Reservation today, and a couple of dirtbikers in ski masks buzzed past me on the hiking trail. A little while later I saw them tearing up the ballfields at Smithfield.
Licenses
At this point I don't see why any gas-powered vehicle like this isn't required to have some kind of license, registration, and highly visible plate. If this much shitty, dangerous behavior is being caused by guys on these bikes, and I see it pretty much every day now, they should be traceable. This summer is going to be hellish if they don't get a handle on this.