• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I grew up in CA in one of the most popular cruising areas around.

    Cruising was simply just being out, being seen, and checking everyone out. Yeah, if you had a cool car it was a bonus, but it never really mattered what you showed up in. Yelling at your friends when you passed, pulling over to grab a burger when you saw some friends doing the same, it was just a big hangout scene. Bumper-to-bumper traffic on Friday and Saturday nights on about a mile or so of road from about 8-11 pm. It was a big tradition for decades in our town, people from outside towns and even larger areas would come hang out.

    No, it wasn’t all innocent. Always some fuckers gotta start shit. Aggro assholes starting fights because reasons. Looked at each other wrong. Revved an engine too loud. Tailgated. Whatever, stupid fuckers. Drinking. Gangs were a pretty big thing and they’d show up and start some gang shit sometimes. Got pretty bad and they lowered the banhammer because they got sick of dealing with the assholes and killed cruising.

    Newsom signed AB 436, which will prohibit cities from enacting new laws restricting the display of customized classic cars by cruising on city streets.

    Not sure what the point is. “New laws”. There’s already a shitload of laws banning cruising, so it seems worthless to stop water that’s already passed under the bridge.

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      1 year ago

      Not sure what the point is.

      He’s getting ready to run for president and wants all the positive press to make him likable by the GQP. That’s the only reason for any of these new laws he has signed recently.

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        1 year ago

        How the hell is this law going to make him likable to the GOP lol? If anything it’s the opposite.

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          1 year ago

          Demographics indicate that repubs are mostly car lovers due to their comservative nature and don’t want to replace cars with public transportation. Cruising is right up there.