09-06-2009, 03:08 PM
I don't know the answer to your question.
Just want to say that when I lived in Hilo we had drivers without mufflers cruising up and down the arteries near me at very high speeds every weekend night, often at 2-3 am. So loud you could hear them coming from a long ways away.
I called the Hilo police once about the problem, and the officer I spoke to said he had the same problem at his house (on one of the arteries). He acknowledged the problem, but had no plans to do anything about it. I said, you could give them tickets. He said, sounding surprised, I guess I could.
My thinking was that if they set up a speed trap and ticketed the guys, after three tickets you don't have a license and your insurance gets real expensive. Some of them might desist after getting a taste of expense and hassle. However, that is not the way the police think here. They just say "boys will be boys."
Point being that living on a public road with traffic laws didn't help us one bit.
Just want to say that when I lived in Hilo we had drivers without mufflers cruising up and down the arteries near me at very high speeds every weekend night, often at 2-3 am. So loud you could hear them coming from a long ways away.
I called the Hilo police once about the problem, and the officer I spoke to said he had the same problem at his house (on one of the arteries). He acknowledged the problem, but had no plans to do anything about it. I said, you could give them tickets. He said, sounding surprised, I guess I could.
My thinking was that if they set up a speed trap and ticketed the guys, after three tickets you don't have a license and your insurance gets real expensive. Some of them might desist after getting a taste of expense and hassle. However, that is not the way the police think here. They just say "boys will be boys."
Point being that living on a public road with traffic laws didn't help us one bit.