With MLK Day parade canceled, less ATV and motorcycle riders expected to crowd roadways [The Miami Herald]
Jan. 14—Groups of mostly young Black men on motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles are once again expected to take to South Florida’s roadways on Monday during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. It’s an annual turnout that many riders say is an act of social defiance meant to honor the memory of a legendary Philadelphia biker whose murder seven years ago remains unsolved.
But the event, known as “Wheels Up Guns Down,” also has disrupted traffic and angered other drivers.
So law enforcement from all over South Florida plan to use the latest technology — from radar-equipped planes to cameras and GPS trackers on the ground — to identify riders racing illegally on highways or committing major traffic infractions that could endanger other motorists, like popping wheelies or doing donuts on highways.