This is completely ridiculous. Twice in 6 hours?
In my town, the failed attempt to curb 'cruising' on Friday and Saturday nights hasn't work and has totally screwed up traffic flow because the street lights are timed so that you hit every light red. It used to take about 5 minutes to go through the center of town. Now it takes easily twice that long. There's something I've wondered about this: isn't it desirable for a kid who is 'cruising' to hit every light red? I would think so. That way, they can yell to people at the intersections and spend more time calling attention to themselves than if they were moving through the intersections at 35 MPH. This anti-cruising stuff benefits nobody and screws up traffic flow 7 days a week because the cops want to curb cruising on Friday and Saturday nights.
I don't really understand why the cops are so against cruising anyway. The kids are doing whatever they're doing in public where they can be watched. How is driving them underground going to help lessen minor crimes?
The police forces are seriously over-manned if they have the manpower to check every license plate and see if the same one comes up again in a 6 hour period. Otherwise, they're grossly neglecting their other duties, which I suspect is really the case. There's no reason to go after murders, rapes, and muggings when there's (Gulp!!!) kids driving their cars up and down the street.
I've been hearing a lot of stories about 45 year old moms and dads being ticketed for cruising because they're out picking up their spouse and kids at different locations and times and pass a police checkpoint a few times in an evening.
From what I've seen, law enforcement's attempts to curb cruising inconvenience everybody and benefit nobody. The cops need to find a different priority.
Fund raiser!
Many years ago the town I lived in was successful.
The downtown area promptly began to decline.
Now this town has an annual cruising festival to bring people to the downtown area and generate revenue.