It's summer, and the streets are alive with the usual suspects: dirt bikes, those loud little ghetto scooters, and the three-wheeled machines blasting Spanish music with LED lights screaming for attention. You know the ones—folks who seem to have dropped their life savings on making sure everyone notices them. People crashing into cars and leaving the scene.
Last night took it to another level. I stumbled into what felt like a Fast & Furious scene right on Lehigh Street—street racing in full swing. (Dom probably wouldn't bother showing up; he's way too cool for this crowd.) It was intense, and honestly, I'm hoping I don't wake up to headlines about a car flipping and killing people one day. If this keeps escalating, a tragedy feels inevitable.
On top of that, two pedestrians were hit by cars just yesterday. It's not even May, and people are getting struck left and right.
Hey Mayor Tuerk, whatever happened to that Safe Streets initiative and your big Vision Zero talk? You know, the one promising to eliminate fatal accidents by 2030.
I also got swarmed by about 30 dirt bikes and scooters while driving on Union Blvd. I was alone, and it was genuinely unnerving—loud, unpredictable, and overwhelming.
Ive been told by a few people they have seen 100 cars taking over the Sheetz and Wawa on Lehigh Street, with similar gatherings at Woody's on the Southside and the Wawa on Union Blvd. These spots basically shut down: you can't even get gas easily, and it scares off regular customers.
What’s being done about these flash mobs? Appears nothing as always.
How about more patrols in these hotspot areas like Lehigh and Union, and actually delivering on those safety promises instead of letting them collect dust could make a difference before someone else gets seriously hurt. Anyone else seeing this ramp up this spring? Like I need to ask.
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