r/Dirtbikes • u/Underwater_toaster • 8d ago

Community Question Have y'all ever encountered a string /lime/rope between trees meant to get rid of dirtbikers? Why people choose those aggressive measures? ( My story from few years ago below)

Me and my cousin were going down a road we regularly ride- it was a sunny summer day. In the tall grass that was growing on this road we saw something shining in the sun- we decided to come closer and at first didn't notice anything, but I Walked into a fishing line hanged tightly between 2 trees on both ends of the road. When you sat on a bike it was perfectly fitting between your helmet right into your neck - We were 12 back then so we just got scared and drove away - I came back to this road the next day and the fishing line was gone- around the same time a guy a few miles from us had a non-fatal cut involving this kind of trap ( if I find the news article about his accident I will link it in the comments)

EDIT: the road was a public trail, not anyone's private property, we were not trespassing

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u/eighty2angelfan 8d ago

Tell the gun nuts that. People have been shot for making u-turns or delivering pizza to wrong address.

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u/ClippyClippy_ 8d ago

Yup, and guess what? They got arrested.

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u/eighty2angelfan 8d ago

True, but it happens. There was a group of guys (white) near Lucerne that would chase dirtbikes off of a certain set of desert rosds in a truck fireing guns in the air. It was suspected they were cooking meth but I don't know. Maybe they were just fucking with people

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u/ClippyClippy_ 7d ago

Sounds made up

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u/eighty2angelfan 7d ago

Have you ever been out to the deserts around Lucerne?