Crotch rockets are a menace - so say lawmakers

So-called crotch rocket racing bikes in Florida sometimes go triple the speed limit and crash frequently. Now they are prompting calls for legislative action
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| The rider hops on his racing motorcycle and gets on Interstate 95 from Hollywood Boulevard, south of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at 2 a.m. A mere six seconds later, he's already doing 95 m.p.h., headed for Miami. About 10 seconds after that he's at video-game velocity — 175 m.p.h., almost triple the speed limit — and the highway's dashed lane markers are blurred solid. He slows down occasionally to pop wheelies before resuming his screaming pace. A few miles away, down the road, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper sees him from an overpass and gives chase. Once the rider glimpses the trooper, he maxes out at a stupefying 186 m.p.h., before exiting I-95, taking a spill and getting caught. "Do you need fire-rescue before you go to jail?" |
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