I peer through the blinds of my second floor window as an entire fraternity pulls around sorority row, each brother on a scooter, to pick dates up for their infamous date function. Rowdy and maybe a little drunk, the guys take an ironic twist on the idea of a biker gang, and it is truly hilarious.
Nights like these that make me feel very #college. Just witnessing the debauchery I smile and feel infinitely youthful.
Scantily clad dates in tow, the boys pull out of the row individually united as a scooter gang. One unlucky biker rolls through a stop sign. Immediately, a parked police car from the vigilante era earlier this semester (thanks, Gainesville rapist) turns on blue lights and proceeds to ruin the kid’s night.
GPD: Protect, serve and be a total buzzkill.
Via: Gainesville
Scooters are a beautiful and terrible gift to college students. During Summer B, triple scooting in bikinis to Royal Village pool is the most freshman thing a girl can do. It’s stupid as fuck and undeniably fun, almost a rite of passage to Gator babies newly introduced to Gainesville’s scooter culture.
Fast forward a few weeks from Biker’s Bash, and Thomas Coady, a UF student, lost his life in a motorcycle accident in Gainesville. Coady’s friends call it “a true tragedy.”
Only 22 years old, Coady was turning left on NW 34th Street into a red light when he and a pickup truck, driven by retired police officer Tolar Powell, collided, according to GPD. The pickup killed Coady, and his passenger, Halie Lyn Guelfi, sustained injuries that would later cause her death as well.
Guelfi, also 22, was a study partner of Coady’s. His friends Coady say “the whole thing really hit home” — most of them have never experienced an accident – especially for those who ride motorcycles or similar vehicles.
Via: Facebook
Students are injured or killed on a regular basis due to motorcycle and scooter accidents.
As most scooter drivers know, GPD and UFPD pick and choose which laws to enforce regarding students and their mopeds. Driving without a helmet is fine, but if they find your Kymco without a decal at 1 p.m. at Southwest, prepare to be shafted.
I understand that the student body is a cash cow most efficiently used to finance the football team and a new building for the business school — can I take my ProctorU there? — but if you’re going to rip us off, wouldn’t it save face to enforce laws that protect careless college students who won’t care for themselves?
I don’t know about all of you, but I’m sick of reading about deaths caused by preventable accidents.
Perhaps in enforcing laws that are actually around to protect us, the police would be able to instill some level of security and comfort with the students here. Perhaps then we will be able to stop reading about 22-year-olds dying in scooter and motorcycle crashes. Perhaps then we will be able to ride free on a silly date function without fearing death at every turn.
Feature photo courtesy of: Pop Sugar
