The “Cruisin’ Weekend” event that takes place in Ocean City, Maryland every year has turned into one of the biggest gearhead car gatherings on the East Coast. However, the city never intended for it to be such a huge ordeal.
Over the years, laws have been passed to control the situation. Essentially, they seem aimed at drivers who act out or cause a scene, which makes sense. However, the newest proposed law, Senate Bill 878, seems like it might be a bit much.
State Senator Mary Beth Carozza introduced the bill which includes under exhibition driving operating a vehicle in a manner that produces abrupt acceleration or deceleration, skidding, swerving, raucous engine noise, gear grinding or wheels losing contact with the ground. Violations could result in 60 days jail time, a fine of $1,000 or both. Essentially, town authorities could send drivers to jail for quickly accelerating or deceleration among other offenses.
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I’m sure there will be many who complaint for one reason or another, but without serious consequences the behavior seen last year will continue
A state bill will send the fines to the state. A local bill could keep the $$ at home.
How many were injured for such behavior last year. It's not really about safety, it's about control. mary beth carozza is a RINO POS just like hogan
Don’t threaten put the Police Officers out on the street and issue tickets with fines attached....make money for the City!! Kids are going to be kids in the summer.....it happens even when there is no car rallies going on.....see it all the time, just more apparent during these big gatherings!!!
Unless there is a little more specificity in the law it will never stand up to a constitutional challenge.
So when a traffic light changes and you "abruptly" slow down, will that result in a ticket?
At what rate of acceleration or deceleration is the threshold?
How about an area where this is allowed. You will never stop it. You will only anger people the more you restrict them.
If they dont like it they need to offer an alternative or not have the event. Which jailing people for BS will ensure the event goes further south.
USE DRONES
I would like to see OC try to put 2-3 thousand people in jail for 60 days. What would they do build camps or cages to hold them? Let alone the cost of feeding them. Just another stupid idea from politicians. Not to mention if it passes everyone will come down to push the limits.
Im so glad we got those boys in the military protecting our freedom. Then they come home and become cops amd protect our freedom even more. I dont dont what id do without them if they didnt imprison all these civilians for reving engines. Thanks for keeping me safe.
wow..932 and 959am both ignorant and brain washed believe the "cruisin" is the same as the H2o event, they dont have a clue but they want citizens executed anyway. Mary Beth Carnazi will never ever get my support nor vote again, should have know hogan recommended was our sign thats she's a progressive deep inside.
Did you miss the video of the pedestrian being hit?
Some might want to buy stock in auto insurance companies like mary beth. Is car-oozie a communist operative or just her aids? Not worth getting the truth when making new laws or just to lazy? Didnt even bother to get feed-back from the serfs huh, just those that are ready experience at taking from the citizens. Seriously, is she so timid she cant way constitutionality? Clearly she's only listened to the brown shirts that already rape rob and pillage anyone whom dares to attend these crusins now, they already abuse their authority including the bias judge there. Is she too ignorant to actually seek legal advise on such unconstitutional attempts to ignore the already thousands of laws concerning vehicles....or does she just ignore any advise/thought given? With one wave of her queen scepter now ALL vehicles should be exactly alike and ALL people as well should behave and follow her commands....isnt this exactly communism? Remember when communist country used to make all their serfs dress exactly the same, made them all eat the exact same portions of the exact same foods day in day out. Is this what you want for all your serfs mary beth carnazi?
'Cruisin Weekend" should have all the gearheads to assemble somewhere else. I will not go to this NAZI controlled town for the rest of my living days. They want the money they take in but that is all. Hope no one shows up. Let the old foggies have OC and their drunks. IT IS NO LONGER A FAMILY RESORT.
ARE you sure this isn't for H2o ?
You mean the one with the pedestrian in the driving portion of the road
At the h2o International
Duh, hasn't been a family resort for a number of years now.
When did she get on the Bernie bus?
10:06 - so your point is that it is OCs responsibility to provide an area/ setting for illegal behavior? there won’t be an offer or alternative event - obey the law and behave yourself or don’t and suffer the consequences of your actions.
Yeah, next they'll have Hitler in the Christmas parade.
1105am.....you mean the cpl diff times an oc leo ran over pedestrians? I thought they hid those vids?
WOW how low...Hitler dressed in a sweet little ole lady costume. Cant let average paople enjoy themselves. Cant possibly let someone taunt the brownshirts with revving engine noises, will recorded engine sounds put you in prison too? Like a true marxist communist that assist in destroying statues of History and education, the not so honorable carrosa must thwart any and all love and appreciation America has with automobiles. Crack your whip and threaten with your chains carooza because youve just insured your one and only tyrannical rane.
Not that it matters because you pretending to be so ignorant that there are many laws already on the books for these type things. Nearly every engine from the era, more so with performance engines...get loaded with carbon and unburnt fuel when used moderately. On occasion they must be "revved alittle to clear this excess or they could stall, foul plugs ect..
I guess we dont dare consider her doing any favors toward the Bill of Rights that is being mutilated by the MGA this session.
I vote no confidence.
What on earth will it cost for your vehicle to be impounded for 60 days? Is she related to those owning impound yards for OC?
Not likely to pass this year but in typical progressive marxist fashion of the Maryland General Assembly....they'll doctor it up real good for next year, maybe include execution for those that have scary fast looking automobiles.
Are they slipping this stuff in while your napping Mary Beth or are you REALLY this BENT?!?!
Who would have ever guessed a little old lady would enjoy terrorizing citizens so much?
The entire city is Riddled with crime and violence. Cops run over jaywalkers, the council members and admins are all realtors, mega property owners or are sleeping with those that are, drunks, drugs, prostitution, foreign aid money, lose limbs for a parking space, even the fire company ripping folks off on the inflated cost of fire trucks and gear. Management companies monopolizing like the mafia to keep work away from outside contractors {so they can use their own people and get a bigger percentage, yes mann realty your the worst} I think the whole town needs to be shut down.
Never pass .....
Heck violent armed thugs dont do 6 let alone 60 days in jail, what the heck is she thinking. I dont think this woman has any respect fore Liberty or Freedom, nor Justice. I hope this cost her her crown and throne.
Pedestrians get hit every year. Some by buses, cars, flying umbrellas.
Those who choose temporary safety over freedom DO NOT deserve either.
Most of you have forgotten what this country actually stood for when it was created. Your all pussies. Please protect me police officer from the loud engine reving and send those kids to jail. Can't wait til the cops turn on you and start sending you to jail for driving 20 mph in a 50 mph. Swerving all over the place, pissy pants, cant see, cant hear, dangerous old drivers, you all should go to jail, for driving like that.
Respect My Authority
We are taking Our Country back. We are beyond resentful towards those that have abused their authority on We The People. No quarter will be given. Nothing can stop whats coming.
How many of you live in Ocean City? West O doesn’t count, who among you live on the island? If you don’t, then stfu.
Finally I get piece and quiet during that week. I take my family vacation during that time and it’s ridiculous so many are killing the earth. We fly into Baltimore and always rent electric car. Thank you
Hahaha, now that's funny I don't care who you are
Why must cars be silenced but the government frowns when someone wants to silence a firearm ?
Sounds like you need a safe space
over react much?
It's amazing these idiots can't keep your children from being exposed to rampant heroin sales but their going to enforce this BS. Maryland is for losers
Don’t like it? Don’t drive like an ass. When did it become someone’s Constitutional right to break the law?
Sounds like you've been tasered too many times ma'am ?...
Mary Beth what happened to inlet filling in with sand ,this is more important the cars.
You should try Sacramento for your vacation this year.
When the law is unconstitutional it's your civil duty to break it.
The H2O kids should get together and have all their cars "break down" on the Bay Bridge on July 4th weekend. You will never win a battle like this against them because the harder you push back against their RIGHTS the more it emboldens them.
Not ma’am, just plain Bunky is fine. Never tasered, just reminding folks that if they aren’t OC residents then stfu. Stay in Mardela Sprangs or either one of the Delmars, or Fruitland, or Pittsville Switch and don’t worry about it.
6:41 the same day illegal aliens became undocumented workers.
Thin blue line
She will ban banana costumes next. Anyone caught wearing a banana costume off with their head no trial!
Just your typical small town ideology, how can we make money. They cannot host the party so they make the money cracking down on the party.
I used to live on the island full time, and didn’t mind the cruisers, classics, corvettes, and the bikes, but the H2oi crowd comes for two reasons. They either come to see the show, or be the one seen and it all gets recorded for their 15 minutes of digital fame. There is a collective mentality that they can do whatever they want and that it is their right. Then they shout and rant and rave that their constitutional rights are being trampled on after they are caught.
Take the cars to an impound lot. End of problem.
lots of ado about nothing!
No cars of any sort across any of the bridges those weekends. All visitors, residents and workers into town on shuttles.
For fun the buses and trams can drag race up Coastal Highway and roll coal at intersections. /sarc
How’s life Connor? Guess like your Dad, you’re going broke? Misery loves company.
10:55 have you been in the weed again??? Who got executed during the H20i rally??? People get killed j-walking all year long in Ocean City! You have lost your coherent thoughts...leave those “joints” alone comment later today!!
Naw.... no way they would think about that, but the impound lit piece would really put a wrinkle in some ones day
I didn't know she was a lackey of the good old boys in OC when I voted for her. Kinda sways my opinion of her. Just looks like another RINO in Maryland. I hope she has an opponent in the next election that I can back.
Wow where are the comments condemning this behavior when H2O came last time? It will pass as it should. OC will go for the fine to bring in revenue not the 60 days.
I can’t wait for H2oi! I’m prepping my popcorn and cam now - it’s gonna be cataclysmic!
It’s a bipartisan bill - everyone is sick of the behavior those idiots bring each year. I’ll bet that once the reality of serious fines and points are issued it will get quiet fast
my predictions for h20i:
traffic to single lane with the other two lanes for police/fire/emt
massive fines and points from bill 878
crushing impound times and fees
police will move all spectators taking the crowd out of it (more fines)
Gridlock for three days will take all the fun out of things
the locals will all complain
the hotels will make their money
after last year, and the comments at pressers, the town has now backed itself into a corner and has to so something
i think my predictions are about the only thing they can do without turning the whole place into a police state.
Rickie - this is on YOUR watch son.
Bet not
mary beth is not really that informed as she likes to project
7:49 - just how is the proposed legislation unconstitutional? I’d love to hear your take on it.
Yep - that certainly would serve the purpose and may have been the reason why that event was moved.
there's a easy solution here, if it passes. Move it out of that city and let another area reap the benefits of the sales and revenues that it generates. Let Ocean city do without it. All want to be safe but I think that kind of fine and that amount of jail time is ridicilous and over reach and should be called out as such. Carozza this is not what you were elected for. If the people wanted that they would have voted for Mathias.
Feb 16 4:18, Carozza is a state Senator, Not Ocean City so it does not matter if you live in OC. If she was a representative of just OC then ok i could some what see your point, but she is not. This would be on that state level. So we will not stfu as you suggest.
Can you believe the National Guard was considered to address this problem? First they would be told exactly what to do,which would equate to rules of engagement.Then the state and local police would blame them for everything that went wrong.
Um.... yeah....and every one of them would receive a citation for every infraction and a time frame to have all corrected. Nothing could go wrong with that plan brainiac
10:16 - what are you talking about? It was never sanctioned in the first place. The original group did this in West O and it grew out of control. The leader of the original H2oi group saw the problems and moved it to NJ - the others who caused the problems took it as a badge of honor and continue to come back to see how much chaos they can create.
11:56 - I don’t know if that was ever a real consideration or some people just spouting off, but I seriously doubt that would happen. It would give the town a serious black eye and lots of unwanted attention. I would guess that fines and points will be more likely, along with a whole bunch of cars being impounded. I also expect the whole thing to wind up on line, and the town will have at least as bad of a time as last year if not worse. These kids are out to make a point that they think they are in control, and the town didn’t help itself with Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (Meehan) leading the charge with his big mouth. I also expect that there will be some sort of major problem that happens and everything will go nuts. Good weekend to be out of town and watch it on the news
Another female trying to make very poor political decisions . Mary Beth please think about these things , hell you may get 60 days if you rob a bank.
I’ll take drunks over heroine users
You gotta let these losers they’re not going to win if the National guard is needed send them in
Impound the cars for any infraction. That will get thier attention.
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