Crowd control...

[Tribesman]

I understand that the number of people 'crusing' in their pimped-out Eclipse in say Rome is pretty low, but extrapolate a little... How do people in more community oriented socities deal with obnoxious behavior where somebody is acting as an individual to the extreme... they're engaging in very public behavior and their only desire is to annoy as many of their fellow citizens as possible....

A potato works wonders , though a banana goes in easier .

[Seamus Fermanagh]

A potato works wonders , though a banana goes in easier .

Inserted into the car's exhaust pipe to create a stall or inserted into the driver's left nostril to get his attention?

[Peasant Phill]

[a potato or banana] Inserted into the car's exhaust pipe to create a stall or inserted into the driver's left nostril to get his attention?

The object must be lodged in the nostrils (potato or banana doesn't make a difference) as putting it in the exhaust pipe won't do a thing.*


* The mythbusters proved that the only thing sticking a potato or banana in the exhaust pipe of a car could do was creating an spudgun.

[Ronin]

* The mythbusters proved that the only thing sticking a potato or banana in the exhaust pipe of a car could do was creating an spudgun.

The mythbusters are a little late though....

I proved that years ago when I was a small lad of 12.......

let´s do the math....

a bunch of kids with nothing to do + a lemon tree within easy reach + a bunch of teachers cars parked in the schools car park = Science experiment!!!

and indeed....all you get is a giant spud (or in this case lemon) cannon

[Innocentius]

Come to think of it, I've never seen a pimped ride, and I rarely see/hear people playing music in public.

[Spetulhu]

Come to think of it, I've never seen a pimped ride, and I rarely see/hear people playing music in public.

It's more common in places where bored young men use to attend car-related schooling. First buy a cheap used car, order the cheapest possible flashy parts and put it all together. Then buy or steal the components for a car stereo system worth more than your useless car. The end result is a pimped-out Corolla that looks like you wanted a racing car with monkeys beating on huge drums somewhere inside. Low-profile tires, widened wheel housing and lower hull, huge landing platform on the rear, huge chromed exhaust pipe. All seems cool until someone looks under the hood where the original 1,3 liter snotpump is wheezing away.

[FactionHeir]

In London, its usually the Brits who do it, and most of them are in classy looking vehicles, half the time windows closed even. Doesn't really block the noise from shaking floor and windows across the block though, and most people just look at them in a bored fashion while some swoon...go figure.

In China, I don't think I ever experienced said phenomenon. Not even in the expat crowded places. But then the expats and their kids who come here tend to be more careful, while the average Chinese has enough discipline not to do it. I doubt what Husar says would happen though - its quite a bit more liberal here than you think.

In Germany, there are quite a few, maybe as many as in London. Most are Germans in open roof cars. Police doesn't care, sometimes even points and laughs. Locals usually don't care, rarely you get someone shouting at them though.