Compton’s newest weapon in opposition to avenue takeovers is getting roasted on-line — however it’s working

Compton’s newest weapon in opposition to violent avenue takeovers is getting laughed at on-line.

Town has put in rubber medians at main hotspots in an effort to maintain drivers from turning intersections into donut zones — a simple-minded resolution that critics say gained’t cease anybody decided to float.

“They gonna drift round it,” one critic wrote.

“All that’s gon do is make them present how they will drift round it,” one other mentioned.

However the jokes include an inconvenient reality for the skeptics: avenue takeovers dropped 45% through the first and second quarters of 2026 in contrast with final 12 months, in keeping with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.

The drop adopted the set up of the rubber medians in Compton and its unincorporated areas.

“We’re on an elimination marketing campaign,” metropolis spokesperson Marcus Harris advised CBS. “We need to cease all the road takeovers within the metropolis of Compton.”

The sideshow downside has plagued Compton and Los Angeles County because the 2020 pandemic.

In 2022 alone, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division responded to almost 500 avenue takeovers in Compton.

Metropolis officers first tried “Botts’ Dots” to discourage the drivers.

They have been ignored.

The brand new rubber medians are a a lot more durable impediment.

They bodily block drivers from freely spinning their vehicles by way of intersections and performing donuts with out risking injury to their automobiles.

At Alondra Boulevard, the place the town put in the obstacles in February, workers mentioned they haven’t seen seen tire marks from drivers doing donuts since.

Harris mentioned the town has put in the medians at three intersections:

• Alondra Boulevard and Central Avenue
• Lengthy Seaside and Compton Boulevards
• Wilmington Avenue and Stockwell Road

And Compton needs to take the crackdown a lot additional.

“We’re wanting ahead to putting in one other 30 intersections to discourage them from doing any sort of erratic driving,” Harris mentioned.

“However when you obtained a half mile over on Wilmington and Greenleaf, you’ll see how the road takeovers are tearing up our streets,” he mentioned. “The one distinction is that right here at this intersection, there aren’t any rubber medians.”

“It’s about time they’ve accomplished one thing about it as a result of it’s uncontrolled,” longtime Compton resident Willie Breaux advised CBS. “I haven’t seen one take over. It’s been actual gentle, which helps the town with the police division, the hearth division to get by way of to assist any person in want.”

Metropolis engineer Jack Gong mentioned the rubber medians ought to final no less than 10 years, making them a cheap solution to fight the takeovers.

Compton is 72.9% Hispanic or Latino and 24.1% Black or African American, in keeping with official US Census Bureau figures.

Town’s median family earnings is $78,465.

After all, the web had a lot to say concerning the metropolis’s new anti-sideshow technique.

“Thanks from the home-owner within the space!”

“Hate this s**t. No one voted for these.”

“Been had these on a whole lot of streets in Compton, been with my gf for 2 years, she dwell in Compton and so they’ve been there the entire time.”

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