OCEAN CITY — If Ocean City experiences the same raucous behavior and lawlessness typically seen during the unsanctioned pop-up car rally later this month, it won’t be because the town was unprepared.
The motorized vehicle special event task force reconvened on Thursday for the last time before the pop-up car rally expected during the last weekend in September, followed by the Endless Summer Cruisin event in October, and it appears on the surface the town has all of its ducks in a row. The task force was formed a few years back to begin exploring strategies to address some of the lawlessness and abject bad behavior associated with some of the participants.
On Thursday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Chief Ross Buzzuro, Mayor Rick Meehan and task force members went through an itemized checklist of the initiatives planned for the pop-up car rally formerly referred to as H2Oi and the tamer fall cruising event. The checklist is thorough and appears to have left no stone unturned, from enhanced special enforcement zone legislation to a stronger, and potentially costlier towing ordinance to even more police officers from allied law enforcement agencies outside the area.
A few years back, the town of Ocean City and its representatives in Annapolis were successful in getting state legislation passed that authorizes the creation of a special event zone complete with reduced speed limits and stronger fines, among other things. The first iteration of the special event zone bill was successful somewhat in curbing the illicit behavior associated with the motorized vehicle special events, but lacked real teeth to provide a deterrent for some of the unruliest participants.
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to bad they dont make it uncomfortable for all the thugs on the boardwalk! nice try oc, you still suck!
ReplyDeleteDude. like you old people are no fun.
ReplyDeletewe are going to tear OC up .
Like wow.
Hey mom, is dinner ready yet ?
Why not stop fighting with the younger crowd and being unfair with having events for every single other group. Hot rods, muscle cars, Jeep's, bikers and crafts, and have an import scene. Make money off of the largest disposable income generation out there. Yes you will still have the morons that try and cause trouble but you can't say that all the other groups don't have that bunch. If they get out of line then start towing and impounding. Given the current climate of financial ruin this virus has caused you could stand to benefit from the additional income that "young stupid kids" bring. Just a thought.
ReplyDelete2:20 - try the word “No” - those who obey the law are welcome, and those who don’t are going to get a boot in their ass.
Delete“Chris” - the original event was held outside OC. They were not much of a problem at all. The, a bunch of punk car jerks showed up and crashed the non sanctioned event making a mess of a group that for the most part obeyed the rules. The original H2oi guy moved the event to AC, in 2017.After that, every September became a drunken free for all in cars. Every local I know is sick of it. The police are going to turn OC into a giant parking lot, and put the hammer down on them like they should have long ago.
DeleteEveryone gets a trophy 🏆 in the world of fools there are no losers. NOT!!!!
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