It's a fad. It's dangerous, and police just want kids to stop doing it (Swerving)

NJ.com ^ | September 12, 2018

[SMGFan]

You're headed down the road in your car and a kid, on a bike, heads straight for you and pops a wheelie right next to your car, or near a parked car. It's dangerous and it's a fad that just won't die in New Jersey, police say.

The stunts are called "swerving" -- or intentionally biking in the path of vehicles while performing tricks. Sometimes, large groups of teens will do this together, just to confound traffic.

In response, N.J. towns have taken to local Facebook groups and public forums to air concerns about this dangerous practice, and local police departments are issuing notices that they could issue arrests for kids they find doing this.

“Not to belittle any fun, but it is a community safety issue,” Logan Township Lt. Joseph Flatley told NJ Advance Medi

[SMGFan]

You idiots!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Those crazy “teens” again.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Darwin Award nominees.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

That needs to be nipped right in the bud.

[TexasGator]

“Darwin Award nominees.”

To be a nominee you have to lose the ability to procreate

[ealgeone]

3000 pound vehicle vs 250 lb idiot on a bike. Easy physics lesson.

[4Liberty]

Followed by, “Muh free healthcare!”

[Artemis Webb]

Some kid will get killed then Mom (there may or may not be a Dad) will sue the driver for “murdering her innocent baby”.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Future nominees?

[GreenHornet]

In response, N.J. towns have taken to local Facebook groups and public forums to air concerns about this dangerous practice

Yeah, post it on Facebook. That will convince the kids to stop doing it.

[bigbob]

They’re kids, swerving into the path of cars, so they would seem to be highly qualified candidates.

[AbolishCSEU]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. These teens should be WORKING!

[Songcraft]

I understand kickstand kerry is working on switching bikes, so he can join in...

       

[Professional]

Yeah, let me guess, it’s an Amish thing huh?

[DoughtyOne]

That’s when you circle the block waiting for mom and dad to come out and play in the traffic too.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I have a nice big swerving accumulator on the front of my 3/4 ton pickup.

[RegulatorCountry]

Urban youths. Just wait’ll they’re old enough to do the same thing on a crotch rocket.

[eyeamok]

Isn’t this Evolution in Action? Don’t they believe in evolution?

[Bikkuri]

Don’t bother with him, he is one of the newer resident trolls :p

[RegulatorCountry]

In a Darwinian sense, the drivers of the cars that flatten and kill them are more fit than the cyclists.