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WASHINGTON — It’s been an ongoing problem from Baltimore to D.C. — motorcycle packs that flout traffic laws, popping wheelies, burning rubber and driving the wrong way. But their antics Sunday afternoon on the Beltway in Prince George’s County reached a new level of audacity.
They heckled an off-duty Maryland state trooper.
“The trooper was driving on the Outer Loop in a marked state police vehicle when he was surrounded by 50 to 100 motorcycles and dirt bikes. They surrounded his vehicle and slowed their speed requiring, obviously, the trooper to slow down to avoid hitting any of them,” said Greg Shipley, a spokesman with Maryland State Police.
The trooper was among many drivers on the Beltway who encountered the motorcycle pack. State police received numerous phone calls Sunday from drivers complaining about reckless operations by motorcycles on Interstates 95 and 495.
“It was certainly a dangerous situation out there caused by these individuals,” Shipley said.
The trooper radioed for help. Responding troopers from the Forestville and College Park barracks pursued the bikers, some of whom rode the wrong way on the Beltway to evade police. All of them got away.
“They disappeared very quickly,” Shipley said. “They either had no tags on the motorcycles or had them tucked up so they weren’t visible.”
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This is crazy....police have a "no chase" policy, and obviously for good reason, but it's pretty much giving some of these clowns the green light to do whatever they want on the roads.
Not sure what the solution to this is....especially since these bikes have plates flipped up/no tags...good luck trying to find out who was in this group.