Some municipalities will require it for the permit.
edit: Also having traffic control could be to comply with their luxury car club's insurance policy. Millions of dollars of cars driving anywhere is gonna be worth the premium.
I'm having a really hard time right now not throwing salt at the ignorance of people sharpening their pitch forks over this.
lol sounds like my neighborhood. All the Karen’s on the street PANIC on 4th o July from small fireworks. Like, it’s only one day of the year, grow up and learn to have fun.
Do you need a permit to drive a caravan through a neighborhood? I guess that kind of makes sense if so, I'd never thought of it. And if so, at what size does the rule kick in? I've certainly been part of 3-4 car caravans before, now I'm wondering if I broke some law.
Probably varies on a very local level (town or county).
I'm guessing that as a supercar group, they have regular meets, and have had experience with any applicable laws or other "gotchyas" to know how to protect themselves.
Or maybe the kid also wanted to see cop cars and they were invited too.
This gives strong pandemic vibes (masks and the social distancing) and I think people were getting really creative to break monotony.
What.. haha dude They’re clearly there as part of the birthday parade. They’re chirping their sirens and playing happy birthday over their mounted loud speaker…
Have you ever seen someone comment “Reddit Moment?” It’s usually a reply to the most typical cliche eye rolling Reddit comments. This is one of those times.
Depends. Something quick like this usually doesn’t require payment or much paperwork, however extended police presence will require both, with variables including area, number of attendees, location, etc
You can just request it. You would not typically have to pay them for this sort of service, as it is ostensibly still patrolling and keeping civic order on public streets.
You may have to pay (permit) if you wanted to actually shut the street down. That'd depend on the municipality's rules.
If you plan any "big" event that has the potential to cause people to call the police on you (like a bunch of noisy cars showing up revving their engines in an otherwise calm neighborhood), it's a good idea to let police know.
I learned what was up learned early on in life. The cops would come to my house when my asshole neighbors would call them over random stuff. Like when I was probably 10 years old the cops showed up because we were “being too loud in the swimming pool” lol. Or bc they didn’t like the way our tree looked. Conversely, the fire trucks would come to my block party just for kicks, drive us around and let us pull the horns, then opened up a hydrant on the street for everyone to play in the water. I hated cops before it was cool but loved fire trucks. I was also really into excavators, backhoes, and dump trucks, now that is some good shit right there. Must’ve had 10 different VHS tape documentaries about fire trucks and dump trucks lol. A simpler time…
It’s a parade of cars during social distancing times for a little boys birthday. Cops most likely got wind of it and coordinated with the drivers for the parade.
Ah. The days of social distancing like this seem so long ago. Makes sense that all the cops are cooperating, basically escorting the cars, for this reason.
We were all going kind of stir crazy with boredom.
This doesn't seem to be a parade though, rather just car owners meeting together and driving in the same direction. I imagine most car meetup cruises don't have police escorts. That said, given the value of the car, you can certainly request a police escort for situations like this. Just got out a funeral (rip gpa), and we had a lengthy cavalcade to the graveyard. My brother and I were both saying how surprised we were at the amount of police. Basically blocked like 4 intersections/lights to get everyone through (like 30 cars). I imagine it's in everyones best interest that a massive surge of traffic is given priority so it can clear the roads for normal travel.
What, needing permits for a parade? We’re watching 8 cars driving down a road
The police cars are adding an additional 50% if traffic. It’s absolute nonsense that they are there, there’s no justification for their presence whatsoever
Car clubs will often get escorts so their convoy doesn't get broken up by traffic. Do you think funeral processions have police escorts so the cops can look cool?
Like that magically means anything at all in this world. Fuck this is hilarious how you are trying so hard to make a point valid through meaningless anecdote
If my real world experience isn’t enough for you, that’s on you and not me. I’d tell you to take an internet break, but I don’t really care what you do or think. Best of luck to you-
I live in a country town in Australia, and the police here will close the streets(on a highway) for a funeral procession, no matter who the person is.
How do I know? My brother(not a politician or anybody famous) had the streets closed for his funeral procession in 2003. Because that is how big his funeral was.
Go cry somewhere else. I’ll continue to personally offend your “heroes” every chance I get and enjoy every minute of it while being young at heart, you crusty old being 😂
I doubt this is a permit situation like some are saying, more likely that the supercar organizer reached out to local PD to let them know what they were doing in case of disturbance calls and such, and the cops showed up to flash their lights too.
You can see the officers waving to the birthday boy.
Having the police there prevents the sad sacks from ringing the police and complaining about the 'noisy cars' in the street.
Every year since 2020, my local town has had Santa do a tour in the back of an old car, and he is escorted by a police car and fire engine.
The police car uses its lights and sirens to let the children in each street know that Santa is coming, so the parents can get them out onto the footpath to meet Santa and receive a lolly from Santa and Santa's Elf and Mrs Clause.
Never made any assumptions about what the kid likes and doesn’t. Way to do some mental gymnastics to justify your creepy need to lust after authority. What a weirdo
I love that you think any display of law enforcement is “copaganda.” I also love that you attempted to paint Reddit as a fan of law enforcement when it’s the largest gathering of anti-police slacktivists.
If seeing kids having fun and people coming out to enjoy a fun thing together is upsetting you then it's time for you to go outside and stay off the Internet
I would say that's a childish mentality but children aren't as jaded. I'm sure you don't do much deep thinking as apparently you think the police are always in the wrong. Which is idiotic.
They showed up and made sure there wasn't any issues and likely legally were required to do so. They joined in the fun and made the day extra special for the kids. Oh those darn cops being nice to kids and doing their jobs. I'm sure that was hard for you to watch.
But hey, at least we have people to yell FTP every time they see something with a cop on the Internet. Not a single original thought in there for some people.
I'm sure most, if not all, of those patrolmen loved that they got to be apart of that and went home to tell everyone how cool it was that night. Probably the coolest thing some of them have done in years.
Cause their first duty is to serve the community. Help the community come together, be neighborhoods that mean something to one another. Police can really help build that culture.
Any time a bunch of people state meeting on the street, especially people with expensive toys they want to show off, they try to get cops over to monitor it.
God damn kid was a menace. He's been organizing street takeovers for the past 2 and a half years (half his life essentially). Finally, they're cracking down on these degenerates!!!!
Because Karen (who’s the HOA president) has 911 on speed dial AND the two million dollar supercar parade can afford private police escorts two or three times a year to avoid issues
This was most likely during Covid. If the mom reached out to a local sports car group she may have also reached out to the local PD who generally would try and accommodate these ‘Drive-By’ style parties that used to happen. It could also be recent for some other reason but unlike what some others said it’s actually most likely not an escort.
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u/ktjtkt Feb 19 '25
Why are there police there?