Lowriding had been outlawed across the U.S. Now, it’s making a comeback — and nowhere more fashionably than in Albuquerque, thanks to a passionate group of locals.
Never knew they were banned. Grew up going to car shows and meets and there were always homies pulling up with their Dayton’s and drag plates. The cops would just sit at the corner and make sure the meet didn’t turn into a takeover but no one ever got arrested/impounded (which is pretty amazing for Central Phoenix).
Didn’t know they were banned. Just thought they didn’t do them here because the roads are so full of potholes that never get fixed. TIL.
All. My. Friends know the lowrider.
Wait these were banned? In Seattle Cap Hill on Sundays iirc there were nighttime street parties with hydraulic lowriders. They’d line the suicide lane, blast music, and do the hydraulic car dancing
Today I learned what a suicide lane is, what a wild idea. Turn lanes like that I’m familiar with but I’ve never heard of it being a passing lane
I always heard it called the “chicken lane” when you had wide roads you were trying to make a left across but couldn’t get all the way over.
Oh my god, how were those ever a thing
Ah, yeah I suppose turn lane is more accurate here. I grew up somewhere with the suicide lanes because rural farming highways but not really turn lanes because my town had a single traffic light that people ignored anyway and just used it like a stop sign lol. Never got used to saying turn lane
I can’t read the article because of ads. But I vaguely remember when they were outlawed, it was supposedly due to them being road hazards. Was that all propaganda?
Post-WWII, white folk saw groups of Mexicans having fun with cars and decided it was a nuisance, or had some connection to gang activity, or a bit of both. Heaven forbid people be allowed to show off their custom cars by driving slowly and safely down the street.
