r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • Feb 19 '25

Miscellaneous / Others A birthday he'll never forget 🎂🏎️

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u/AlvinsCuriousCasper Feb 19 '25

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.

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u/OneSensiblePerson Feb 19 '25

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.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Feb 20 '25

Speak for yourself. I had hella steam backlogs to catch up on.

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u/photosendtrain Feb 19 '25

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.

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u/CraigJay Feb 20 '25

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

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u/Full_Review4041 Feb 20 '25

It's probably to comply with their luxury car club's insurance policy. Police get contracted $$ so they're obviously gonna do it.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

Being part of the parade isn’t traffic control. This is showboating for propaganda.

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u/D3dshotCalamity Feb 19 '25

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?

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

Funerals only get escorts over highways, not city streets.

I know from experience, so don’t try the whole reddit BS

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u/thekuler Feb 19 '25

I just drove in an police-escorted funeral procession 2 weeks ago.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

🤷🏻‍♂️

😂

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

Guys! The one guy did a thing!! Guys!! Look!!

I love how this is pissing all of you off 😂

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u/thekuler Feb 19 '25

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-

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u/D3dshotCalamity Feb 19 '25

Funerals only get escorts over highways, not city streets.

They do for high-profile funerals, like politicians, military, or police officers.

Source

I know from experience, so don’t try the whole reddit BS

"Trust me, bro" as a source is the only Reddit BS here

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u/Minute_Sympathy3222 Feb 20 '25

Not true.

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.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

😂 there it is!! There’s the thing! Called it.

Literally says “hired” in the source too and yall here arguing as if it’s law that this must happen in every city town and village 😂

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u/D3dshotCalamity Feb 19 '25

When did I say it was a law? When did I say they weren't hired? Is "Y'all" in the room with us right now? Because "Y'all" sure ain't me.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

Dude. Yall is everyone trying to comment on what I said with failed “actually” arguments

Also, what is the whole point of what you posted then if it adds nothing to any point being made? 😂

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u/D3dshotCalamity Feb 19 '25

You said that the police being there wasn't traffic control, and I explained that large groups of cars (Like clubs going to a show, or funeral processions) will often hire a police escort to keep the group together so they all arrive at their destination at the same time. It's not to "Indoctrinate the youth to love the police" or whatever you think.

I can provide my own "Trust me bro" source of me being a car guy, and I've been to many large shows where huge clubs will arrive with police escorts (That they hired) so they can all park together.

I don't know what anyone else said to you, but that's all I said.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

Absolutely never. 😂

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 😂

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u/Colley619 Feb 20 '25

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.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

Cops wanted to look cool and took advantage of a situation, like always.

Could have easily done this without lights and sirens and without half of the force showing up.

Edit: I absolutely don’t care about anyone’s attempt to make themselves feel better about their love for authority in replies to what I said.

I’ll double down on what I said every time. 😘

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u/legallypotato Feb 19 '25

Probably made the little kid happy though.

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u/Minute_Sympathy3222 Feb 20 '25

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.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 20 '25

Copaganda. But you all don’t like when that’s pointed out so idk what else to tell you.

Justifying it doesn’t change the intent.

🥱

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 20 '25

😂

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

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u/SoOnAndYadaYada Feb 20 '25

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.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 20 '25

I love that you think I care about what you think 😂

Selfish much?

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 20 '25

Couldn’t care less yet… here you are 😂

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u/wutchamafuckit Feb 19 '25

Cops wanted to look cool and took advantage of a situation, like always.

Dude what has the internet done to your brain

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

Oh, go cry somewhere else

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u/wutchamafuckit Feb 19 '25

Looking at your comments here, seems like you're the only person crying. But hey, at least you sound tough.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

Crying? Na. Laughing at people attempting to upset me or offend me or attack me for my personal opinion is more like it.

The fact that any of you think you could say something to get me to, “oh.. yeah.. cops are great!” Is just fucking hilarious

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u/RedditNotRabit Feb 19 '25

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

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

It absolutely doesn’t upset me that this awesome kid got to see something amazing for his birthday.

He didn’t ask for cops. FTP. Always.

Suck it.

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u/RedditNotRabit Feb 19 '25

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.

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

😂

What a waste of time that was for you to type

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u/RedditNotRabit Feb 19 '25

That's true. Too many words for you in it

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u/OneOfTheWills Feb 19 '25

🤷🏻‍♂️ 😂