On the first day of Bike Week, the chief of police in Daytona Beach shared video of a motorcyclist driving over a draw bridge while it was going up. See the surveillance footage in the video player above. “Bike Week shenanigans have officially commenced,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said in a tweet sharing the video. Young said it happened on the Main Street drawbridge. He asked people to be safe during bike week and “smarter than this guy.” This year, for the first time in Bike Week history, Main Street is closed to everything except motorcycles for the duration of the event.Officials think it might help control the crowd. There seems to still be plenty of people at the event regardless. The crowd is swelling in the heart of Daytona Beach and at other venues including Destination Daytona.There are no limits on people outdoors though some business owners are obligated to keep the indoor crowd at 60% occupancy.However, few people at the event seem concerned about coronavirus and not many were spotted wearing masks. “We masked up for a year, followed what we were supposed to do for a year. I think most people have either had it or moved on by now,” one person said.Officers are on patrol at the various locations though they say they are not the social distance police. Instead, they’re just at Bike Week to keep the peace and keep an eye out for bad behavior.
On the first day of Bike Week, the chief of police in Daytona Beach shared video of a motorcyclist driving over a draw bridge while it was going up.
See the surveillance footage in the video player above.
“Bike Week shenanigans have officially commenced,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said in a tweet sharing the video.
Young said it happened on the Main Street drawbridge.
He asked people to be safe during bike week and “smarter than this guy.”
This year, for the first time in Bike Week history, Main Street is closed to everything except motorcycles for the duration of the event.
Officials think it might help control the crowd. There seems to still be plenty of people at the event regardless.
The crowd is swelling in the heart of Daytona Beach and at other venues including Destination Daytona.
There are no limits on people outdoors though some business owners are obligated to keep the indoor crowd at 60% occupancy.
However, few people at the event seem concerned about coronavirus and not many were spotted wearing masks.
“We masked up for a year, followed what we were supposed to do for a year. I think most people have either had it or moved on by now,” one person said.
Officers are on patrol at the various locations though they say they are not the social distance police. Instead, they’re just at Bike Week to keep the peace and keep an eye out for bad behavior.
