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No Cruising Zones in the US

  • 09-07-2010 4:55pm
    #1
    jock101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭


    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/756601375_166d340739.jpg?v=0

    I have seen this crap around the States, in recent years.:confused:
    What do you think of this Fascism, and how long until it hits the streets here! Criminalising driving around an area! What next?:rolleyes:


Comments

  • #2
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Its to stop kerbcrawling, drug dealers and other unsavoury behaviour...


  • #3
    jock101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭jock101


    djimi wrote: »
    Its to stop kerbcrawling, drug dealers and other unsavoury behaviour...

    Yeah well thats called Policing, harassing innocent people for driving on public roads which they pay for the privelege of using. If you want to drive up an down a street like Dame street here for example, and you obey the speed limit and drive normally. What the F#*K has it got to do with some nosey copper?:mad: If they are up to something take the reg and observe, anyway drug dealers etc.. will probably be known anyway!:rolleyes:


  • #4
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    jock101 wrote: »
    What the F#*K has it got to do with some nosey copper?:mad:

    Because it makes you look guilty, thats what...


  • #5
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,761 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    jock101 wrote: »
    Yeah well thats called Policing, harassing innocent people for driving on public roads which they pay for the privelege of using.

    No motor/road tax in the US.


  • #6
    jock101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭jock101


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    No motor/road tax in the US.

    Running a vehicle and the cost of it!:rolleyes:
    You know what I mean?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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  • #7
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I don't mind. Then again I don't cruise/boyrace.
    Don't think they'll get you if you're just going round a few times looking for a parking spot.


  • #8
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    No doubt ANPR cameras would be utilised that would spit out automated summonses just like the toll plazas.

    Difficult one in the courts to prove, someone could be looking for their pet dog or child that has gone missing. :p


  • #9
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    I don't see what the issue is.

    They can put a limit on how fast you can drive through an area, they can insist that you wrap a piece of fabric around you bfore you start to drive your car, they can paint yellow lines on the road to tell you where you can and can't park your car. How are they any different from this particular restriction?


  • #10
    rebel.ranter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    What of you were ferrying people to & from a party?


  • #11
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    If you pass the zone 4 times in an hour picking people up at a party, maybe they should be walking home!


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  • #12
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    What of you were ferrying people to & from a party?

    ^ Tell them to get a bus or taxi.


  • #13
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    several of the cities I lived in had these laws (santa clara, santa cruz in ca, and tempe az are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head) and if you ever tried to go anywhere on a sat evening you would see why. its just a gridlock of 16-21 yr olds (then they can drink so it stops:)) driving up and down in their daddies cars with their mates. its like being stuck in a boy racer meeting without any nice cars to look at!
    I agree that there are too many laws in the states (land of the free me arse) but this one I do agree with.
    The cops will stop you and give you a warning before any action is taken though (happened to me a couple of times while I was looking for a place to park) the're ok if you have a decent reason and you dont take the piss.


  • #14
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    jock101 wrote: »
    Running a vehicle and the cost of it!:rolleyes:
    You know what I mean?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    :rolleyes:


  • #15
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    jock101 wrote: »
    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/756601375_166d340739.jpg?v=0

    I have seen this crap around the States, in recent years.:confused:
    What do you think of this Fascism, and how long until it hits the streets here! Criminalising driving around an area! What next?:rolleyes:

    In some US states if your caught drinking under-age you loose your licence.
    -Chris- wrote: »
    I don't see what the issue is.

    They can put a limit on how fast you can drive through an area, they can insist that you wrap a piece of fabric around you bfore you start to drive your car, they can paint yellow lines on the road to tell you where you can and can't park your car. How are they any different from this particular restriction?


    Over here they tell you you have to carry a certain type of passenger.

    When on a learners permit

    Driving is a privilege not a right so they can do as they please.


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