Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here it is from the POV of a rider. Up and down the whole night long. Add in the mounted loudspeakers at well over 80 dB (inside the residences). Also what you don’t hear on this video is the deliberate revving and throttling for maximum noise effect (that’s the worst). To be honest, looks like fun from his POV. But how are we keeping 100s of families and 1000s of people (really, at minimum) beholden to the interests of 20-50 people max most of whom are not from DC. Seems to me easy to solve and might require a DMV task force. Why not stick a mandatory tracker on each vehicle and designate areas where to ride, for starters? If I couldn’t hear them or be injured or killed by a vehicle, I wouldn’t mind at all. I might even enjoy a jump or a spin
at a safe distance. If there was a park, people could even get paid.

The trouble is no one is actively working to solve it.

From about 14th minute of this it gets really interesting. I think that’s around U St? Blocking the intersection, riding bike lanes, weaving in and out, just stopping in the middle if the street. Unimpeded. I would add this looks tame compared to what happens after dark. It’s like a cortège v Mardi Gras. Day and night, literally.

Anonymous wrote:Here it is from the POV of a rider. Up and down the whole night long. Add in the mounted loudspeakers at well over 80 dB (inside the residences). Also what you don’t hear on this video is the deliberate revving and throttling for maximum noise effect (that’s the worst). To be honest, looks like fun from his POV. But how are we keeping 100s of families and 1000s of people (really, at minimum) beholden to the interests of 20-50 people max most of whom are not from DC. Seems to me easy to solve and might require a DMV task force. Why not stick a mandatory tracker on each vehicle and designate areas where to ride, for starters? If I couldn’t hear them or be injured or killed by a vehicle, I wouldn’t mind at all. I might even enjoy a jump or a spin
at a safe distance. If there was a park, people could even get paid.

The trouble is no one is actively working to solve it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to set the record straight on the ATVs and dirt bikes because I’ve seen many say things like what’s the harm, they zoom by and gone in 30 seconds. That’s not the case at all.

Where we live in downtown DC it’s Thu-Sun, whole night, every night up and down the street. It’s the noise mostly, but also that you can’t drive out or even walk in the sidewalk safely.

The noise starts at dusk and typically dies down by 5am. It consists of motocross type noise which double-pane windows can’t block. We also have soundproof heavy inserts, still can’t sleep. Our children can’t sleep, neighbors’ children can’t sleep.

In addition, some have loudspeakers mounted at deafening volumes and will park in front to be seen and heard for as long as possible.

Finally, the tricks. Jumping a scooter up and down the street is extremely loud, it sounds like an explosion after explosion, or like when a plane touches the piste. It’s a very loud and impactful thump, thump, thump. It shakes the houses, windows, things fall off the walls and shelves.

Now imagine 20-30 people engaging in this illegally 4 nights out of 7 all at the same time. The next morning, you have to get the kids up for school, go to work, church etc. — I’ve noticed attention slipping, schoolwork slipping.

Noise and sleep deprivation are recognized forms of terror and torture. Add to that a loss of dignity because it’s clear that as a tax paying, law abiding, DC-loving resident, you don’t matter. You rate well below a likely MD resident engaging in an illegal, dangerous and unnecessary activity.

If you are driving you are advised to not cut them off and never show annoyance because some have guns and won’t hesitate to shoot. And that’s is a fact.

There is no reason this is persisting. There can be a park or area away from residences to ride. We can get back to our lives instead of living like this which is not sustainable.

For health and life reasons, this issue has skyrocketed to the top of my concerns, and will feature heavily in how we vote.

It is amazing that Nadeau and some of these wacky ANC Commissioners are completely OK with this

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to set the record straight on the ATVs and dirt bikes because I’ve seen many say things like what’s the harm, they zoom by and gone in 30 seconds. That’s not the case at all.

Where we live in downtown DC it’s Thu-Sun, whole night, every night up and down the street. It’s the noise mostly, but also that you can’t drive out or even walk in the sidewalk safely.

The noise starts at dusk and typically dies down by 5am. It consists of motocross type noise which double-pane windows can’t block. We also have soundproof heavy inserts, still can’t sleep. Our children can’t sleep, neighbors’ children can’t sleep.

In addition, some have loudspeakers mounted at deafening volumes and will park in front to be seen and heard for as long as possible.

Finally, the tricks. Jumping a scooter up and down the street is extremely loud, it sounds like an explosion after explosion, or like when a plane touches the piste. It’s a very loud and impactful thump, thump, thump. It shakes the houses, windows, things fall off the walls and shelves.

Now imagine 20-30 people engaging in this illegally 4 nights out of 7 all at the same time. The next morning, you have to get the kids up for school, go to work, church etc. — I’ve noticed attention slipping, schoolwork slipping.

Noise and sleep deprivation are recognized forms of terror and torture. Add to that a loss of dignity because it’s clear that as a tax paying, law abiding, DC-loving resident, you don’t matter. You rate well below a likely MD resident engaging in an illegal, dangerous and unnecessary activity.

If you are driving you are advised to not cut them off and never show annoyance because some have guns and won’t hesitate to shoot. And that’s is a fact.

There is no reason this is persisting. There can be a park or area away from residences to ride. We can get back to our lives instead of living like this which is not sustainable.

For health and life reasons, this issue has skyrocketed to the top of my concerns, and will feature heavily in how we vote.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vote people. Something has to change.