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In reply to the discussion: Update on the bikers who terrorized a New York City Family. [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)The vehicle is undamaged when it was chased, and the bikers caught up to him eventually because he got stuck behind traffic and had no way to continue on. He got stuck in traffic previously, and one guy raced back and managed to yank his door open when traffic started moving again and he was able to take off again. The next time he has to stop behind traffic they surround him, and that time he had no where to go. It was TRAFFIC that got him stranded and caught by these thugs. You can see in the video how he had to stop behind other cars at a light, and his tires aren't the least bit squishy much less flat when they broke his window after which the video shuts off before you see any dragging him out and beating him or any tire slashing.
A SLASHED tire will go flat immediately. A very small puncture with just the tip of a knife may have allowed him to continue driving as long as he did, but since their intent would have been to disable the car on the highway before he ran over anyone and where you say his tires were slashed they would have SLASHED them rather than putting in tiny punctures that still allowed him to drive off. The tire slashing didn't happen until after they caught up to him - his tires were perfectly fine when they broke his window. Watch the video. At the very end of it you can see as they are pounding on his windows and the braking of the driver's window that his tires are fine.