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100 unlawful bikes carry site visitors Bay Bridge between crime-ridden San Francisco Oakland to halt

  • A group of around 100 motorcyclists illegally staged a sideshow on the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland
  • It caused all westbound lanes to come to a standstill as drivers performed stunts including wheelies – there were similar incidents last year
  • Traffic was disrupted for about two minutes before resuming

A group of about 100 motorcyclists brought traffic onto the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Saturday afternoon when they engaged in an illegal sideshow.

The bikers were caught on camera performing dangerous stunts including slamming wheelies that brought all westbound lanes of the bridge to a standstill.

The uncomfortable spectacle led to a traffic jam. Some drivers stuck in traffic got out of their cars to capture the chaos.

The bikers could be seen performing donuts while smoke from the burned rubber filled the air.

Others revved their engines intimidatingly and drove in circles while trying the patience of other motorists who could do nothing but watch.

A group of about 100 motorcyclists illegally staged a sideshow on the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland. The motorcycles’ tires could be seen squeaking, generating smoke from the burned rubber. A motorcyclist was seen performing donuts on his motorcycle in the middle of the road causing all westbound lanes to come to a standstill as riders performed stunts including wheelies – similar incidents occurred last year

Drivers stuck in their cars watching remained surprisingly calm with no honking to be heard.

A woman who recorded the scene explained how common such depictions are after she was caught up in something similar last month.

‘I just got caught by another guy on the bridge last month…Bay culture for sure!’ User lalasantola wrote on her Instagram.

This is not the first time such an event has occurred on the Bay Bridge, as several incidental events have been reported on the bridge in the past year alone.

At one point, ATVs were also involved in the incident.

The California Highway Patrol confirmed the disruption lasted about two minutes before traffic was able to move again.

So far, it’s unclear if there have been any arrests or subpoenas in connection with the stunt.

Other motorists could only watch until the mob of motorcycles drove on. Bikers blocked traffic across the bridge for several minutes while performing stunts. Bikers seemed in no hurry to move on as they caused disruption on Saturday afternoon The city of Oakland isn’t the first time such an event has happened on the Bay Bridge, with several sideshows on the bridge in the past year alone were reported. The situation took a dangerous turn after dark when a group of about 15 bikers entered the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland and headed eastA biker weaved into and out of traffic on the bridge and Oakland

The lawlessness displayed on the bridge is emblematic of the city’s drug and crime problems elsewhere.

San Francisco is still riddled with crime – especially against property – in part because the police are too weak.

It doesn’t help that the city is being ravaged by fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid.

Addicts say users flock to San Francisco because drugs are readily available and the police just watch them get high. An estimated 620 people died there last year from an overdose.

Add to this the constant fear of crime, committed in large part by addicts who are frighteningly unpredictable.

The number of homeless people in San Francisco was nearly 8,000 as of February last year, the second highest number since 2005, according to the official government census, which takes place every three years.

Drug addicts and homeless in SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood, San Francisco Drug addicts and homeless in SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood, San Francisco Tents are surrounded by modern skyscrapers in an affluent neighborhood of the city

Various liberal politicians and city leaders have tried to implement numerous policies to stem the many problems created by the growing homeless and drug addicted population.

One specific harm reduction policy that failed was the opening of the Tenderloin Center last year to help alleviate the city’s drug and homelessness crises.

It cost taxpayers a whopping $22 million and was intended to be a “safe place” for addicts to “get high without getting mugged” and without fear of a fatal overdose.

Users should also be directed to help centers, although in the first four months of operation it only referred 18 of the more than 23,000 people welcomed to the site.

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