Another checkpoint was conducted by the Myrtle Beach Police last Tuesday. There are three more scheduled for this year's bike rally. The other ones will be during Memorial Day bike week.
This last one we not very eventfully, base on previous checkpoints. Only 23 citations were handed out. And of those, 16 were for violations regarding licenses and there was one equipment ticket. A few were for drugs and a couple outstanding warrants.
There is nothing unusual about having checkpoints while the bikers are in Myrtle Beach. Its become a common practice. Its interesting to note that with two new ordinances, one requiring bikers to wear helmets and the other for the bikes being too loud, neither one occurred at the checkpoint and no tickets were given out for those.
Quite a number of people are not happy with the checkpoints and actually think they do more harm than good. There is also a great deal of objection with the police targeting the bikers. They come here, they are by and large well behaved, they spend their money in our community, and then they get targeted by the police.
I wonder if they have checkpoints this week in Shallotte.
(843) 946-0099. Attorney Robert Johnston.
Myrtle Beach
