Lowrider cars aren’t just cars, they are much more than that. They have meaning behind all the cars and to the owners.
In 1982 lowriding became illegal because many people would use lowrider cars for gang violence, especially in the Hispanic community. People would fear that if they saw a car pass by they would be hurt.
My opinion about this law being lifted is good for me and others because people can now cruise without being pulled over for driving a lowrider. People would get pulled over because they assumed it was a gang affiliation. This caused a stigma amongst the lowrider community because people associated lowrider owners with bad people.
Lowriders are beautiful cars to be shown for their beauty and for Mexican culture. Car shows are to show culture to Mexican power and brown pride.
In the late 90s, it was thought that people drove cars like this to be aggressive or just to cause trouble, but it’s never been for that reason. There were people who were in gangs and then there were people who showed respect while driving these beautiful cars. But people in gangs would use lowriders to do drive-bys and cause gang violence.
This law being lifted is a good thing because people can now enjoy their time out in their lowrider without any trouble or getting pulled over by police. But it’s a good thing for Mexicans because now we can have more car shows to continue our culture surrounding cars and to bring in new people into the community. Our Raza is to be respected as well.
I took this picture a while back because it shows that cruising isn’t a crime but to show respect to our nation of brown power.
I feel like it is great to finally have this law lifted because a lot more cars can be shown out and about and ready to shine.
The pics I took were at a downtown car show for people to lift the law to cruise without getting arrested or pulled over. A lot of people even came around to support the culture and to lift the law.