Posted on 05/24/2022 5:27:28 AM PDT by lightman
When I lived in the suburbs, we had a guy with a quad tearing up and down the street at all hours of the day.
And who was this guy?
A cop
Other cities just douse the rider with gasoline and burn them alive.
Probably more effective than crushing their easily-replaceable ride.
I am originally from Reading. It is not a place usually associated with innovative law enforcement policies. However, I take my hat off to the city administration for having the guts to implement this simple and effective procedure. Unregistered motor scooters, motorcycles and four-wheelers are a real hazard in PA small and midsized cities. At least this policy of confiscation and destruction reduces the numbers and to some extent punishes the offenders.
ATVs, golfcarts, side x sides, tractors, go-carts, dirt bikes are all normal things to see on the roads here.
How nice for you. I was in the downtown section of the Nation's Capitol for a dressy evening social event recently, when a pack of 12 or 15 ATV riders took over one of the streets near my intended destination. They continued buzzing up and down for hours, ruining the acoustics until 2:00 AM. The sound echoes in the streets lined by tall buildings, and carries for blocks; not to mention the dangers to drivers, local businesses or pedestrians from these gangs.
So odd that they don’t do that stuff in Northern Virginia.
Yep. They are like guns. The problem isn’t the vehicles. It’s the people driving them.
THIS is 2022.
NOBODY stays in jail longer than 24 hours...even on holiday weekends...:)
$1 enough to qualify???
“Seizure of property without compensation.”
Unclaimed abandoned property.
Who is affording? ATVs are top items to steal in our area. Not sure where they end up.
That is heartbreaking.
Two words: stinger missiles.
Or maybe: switchblade drones.
Much more fun!
Good to hear!
Where I live, in rural Idaho, I have about 1/4 mile of property along side 50 mph rural highway. It is a magnet for automobiles and they crash into my fences at least once a year. One elderly woman got spun around 180 degrees in her minivan, which impaled itself on one of my t-posts. She and the vehicle were drivable after I cut her van lose. She waited around for the cops to come give her a ticket.
Your insurance company had no chance of winning because most states make dog owners responsible for where their dog is 100% of the time and 100% responsible for any damage cause by the dog when loose and off your property.
If your dog is in the street and causes an accident, that’s on you, not the vehicle operator.
The only time this is generally not true is in western states that still have areas of unfenced “open range”. You hit a cow, you pay for the cow.
Ha! I have roughly a half mile of frontage and even though the road is meticulously maintained by the county, we get almost no traffic - except for sunday mornings for the small church at the end of the road. My neighbor and I had a four hour conversation in front of his house one day and not a single car came through.
So true.
I live on a f’n farm. Everyone doesn’t live in a suburb on a postage stamp. Why doesn’t “your state” require people keep their ill behaved progeny on their own property?
Yea, you can impound the bike when you cite the rider, but you can’t just crush it.. its not the cities property... City is going to pay out big time for this when its all said and done.
When justice fails, people can and will create justice for themselves. You will be powerless to stop it.
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