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  • 1 Arrested In Newport Beach Road Rage Incident Involving Bicyclists, BMW

    From Cars Pay Taxes Bikes Don't@invalid@invalid.invalid to ca.driving, oc.general, rec.bicycles.tech, sac.politics, talk.politics.guns on Wed Apr 1 09:57:35 2026
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    NEWPORT BEACH, CA u A Corona man was arrested this week in connection
    with a road rage incident involving aggressive drivers and two
    competitive cyclists in Orange County.

    The suspect, identified as Samir Weiss, is in custody after a search
    warrant was served at his Corona home Thursday night, according to the
    Newport Beach Police Department.

    Officers also seized a blue BMW M3 from Weiss's home.

    The March 21 incident happened while cyclists Ben Byra and Luke Fetzer
    were training for a Sunday race along Pacific Coast Highway and Bayshore
    Drive in Newport Beach.

    The dramatic footage published to Byra's social media account shows the
    driver of a blue BMW driving in the road's bike lane and coming up
    behind one of the cyclists.

    The video shows the BMW driving within striking distance of the bike's
    rear wheel.

    The video then shows Byra bunny hop onto the curb in an effort to get
    out of the BMW's path.

    The video shows the driver immediately speeding up and getting within
    striking distance of Fetzer.

    Byra told KTLA that the person driving the blue BMW wasn't the only
    aggressive driver on the road that day.

    A person behind the wheel of a red-and-black Corvette joined in verbally
    on the attack, calling the cyclists homophobic slurs as they sped by,
    Byra said.

    "WeAre just riding single file," Fetzer told KTLA. "Ben is behind me.
    IAm in front of him and he comes up to us and starts laying on the horn
    and his buddy yells out the side window."

    Newport Beach police officers took an incident report, but the status of
    the ongoing investigation was not immediately known.

    https://patch.com/california/newportbeach/1-arrested-newport-beach-road-r age-incident-involving-bicyclists-bmw

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    According to other witnesses, the cyclists were riding in the middle of
    the road, weaving in and out of the bike lane and impeding traffic for
    no discernable reason.

    Change the bike laws.

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  • From zen cycle@funkmasterxx@hotmail.com to ca.driving,oc.general,rec.bicycles.tech,sac.politics,talk.politics.guns on Wed Apr 1 05:35:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech

    News flash, you ignorant piece of shit, Cyclists pay road taxes just
    like you and your ignorant red-neck friends, we all have cars as well as
    you.

    Secondly, the little tag line "according to witnesses..." you put at the
    end of this is of your own creation. There were no witnesses that
    claimed any such thing, and that sentence doesn't appear in the report
    you linked.


    On 4/1/2026 3:57 AM, Cars Pay Taxes Bikes Don't wrote:
    NEWPORT BEACH, CA rCo A Corona man was arrested this week in connection
    with a road rage incident involving aggressive drivers and two
    competitive cyclists in Orange County.

    The suspect, identified as Samir Weiss, is in custody after a search
    warrant was served at his Corona home Thursday night, according to the Newport Beach Police Department.

    Officers also seized a blue BMW M3 from Weiss's home.

    The March 21 incident happened while cyclists Ben Byra and Luke Fetzer
    were training for a Sunday race along Pacific Coast Highway and Bayshore Drive in Newport Beach.

    The dramatic footage published to Byra's social media account shows the driver of a blue BMW driving in the road's bike lane and coming up
    behind one of the cyclists.

    The video shows the BMW driving within striking distance of the bike's
    rear wheel.

    The video then shows Byra bunny hop onto the curb in an effort to get
    out of the BMW's path.

    The video shows the driver immediately speeding up and getting within striking distance of Fetzer.

    Byra told KTLA that the person driving the blue BMW wasn't the only aggressive driver on the road that day.

    A person behind the wheel of a red-and-black Corvette joined in verbally
    on the attack, calling the cyclists homophobic slurs as they sped by,
    Byra said.

    "WerCOre just riding single file," Fetzer told KTLA. "Ben is behind me.
    IrCOm in front of him and he comes up to us and starts laying on the horn
    and his buddy yells out the side window."

    Newport Beach police officers took an incident report, but the status of
    the ongoing investigation was not immediately known.

    https://patch.com/california/newportbeach/1-arrested-newport-beach-road-r age-incident-involving-bicyclists-bmw

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    According to other witnesses, the cyclists were riding in the middle of
    the road, weaving in and out of the bike lane and impeding traffic for
    no discernable reason.

    Change the bike laws.


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