As I reported last spring, souped-up motorcycles vrooming back and forth on Cross Street and surrounding side streets in the evenings--and into the early morning hours--has been a problem for several years now. Both my bedroom and living room windows face Cross Street, so it is impossible to escape the cacophony of this (these?) motorcycle bullies. Surely altering motorcycles so they make that much noise is illegal, and obviously speeding is, so I have failed to come up with a reason why these men cannot be stopped by the Police and have their cycles and licenses seized. It really is time for the politicians and Police Department to take this problem seriously, unless you want all the civilized people to move away.

As an example of the problem, it's now 1:45 AM Sunday morning, and I was just awoken by the motorcycle speeding full throttle past my bedroom window.

I agree. We live off of Belmont and this occurs regularly that we would think they were on our street. The traffic problem is very real up here including parking on the corners so you can't get out of walnut street onto Belmont without fear of being in an accident by these speeding motorists.

Just FYI, unmuffled motorcycles have been zooming down Cross Street at regular intervals all morning. At one point, a parade of five cycles went past.

It's 11:15 pm Sunday evening, and an unmuffled motorcycle just blasted past my bedroom window as I was getting ready for bed. Please make this stop. Read the following if you think nothing can be done.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/06/20/thank-boston-police-for-quieter-city/Q45dqfddy4IztgzOUcewrJ/story.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2017/06/26/for-realtors-greater-boston-motorcycle-roar-selling-point/cSLmhZmB0hzlZUMpmjXUZN/story.html

The Malden Police Traffic unit will increase presence and enforcement on this street intermittently.

This morning, he came from ferry street at 630. They are gunning it and speeding

I'm so glad to see this has gotten some traction! The early morning motorcyclist in particular has indeed continued to wake us up without fail each morning. I really hope something can be done to at try and alleviate this issue not only with Mr. Troublemaker, but all the cars causing an issue.

I'll continue to report when they speed past Cross & Tufts so you can discern a pattern of when they are active. It's rare to hear them during weekday business hours. M-Thurs evenings I usually hear them a few times a night beginning around 5 pm to the early morning hours. Beginning Friday around 5 pm through the entire weekend and into the early morning hours of Monday morning, I hear them numerous times per hour, and sometimes they are in groups. I hope you can ticket a good number of them before winter comes, because they will then disappear until spring, and then we will have to deal with the problem from scratch in the spring. Thank you so much for trying to alleviate this problem for us.

Monday, 10/18, 3:40 pm: Cycle with altered pipes has been riding around the neighborhood for the last couple of hours. Called the non-emergency police number and was told they would send someone to try and track him down.

635 this morning, our windows are closed and we are set back off Belmont st and could hear the bike from ferry to Belmont as he was speeding

I've identified the initial troublemaker! Saw him earlier this morning and just now. Blue lights on his bike, dark complexion. Unfortunately our house lies on the straightaway of Belmont so it's prime for gunning it. I'm sure this has been an ongoing issue, as Janet commented, with no resolution. Please SOMETHING needs to be done. I haven't seen police presence by any means, FYI.

In my immediate area, things improved during the day on Saturday (perhaps because someone spoke to them?), but they merely moved their anti-social vrooming-in-circles a couple of blocks toward Main Street (judging from the sound), since we were still subjected to the noise their incessant vrooming in the distance all day Saturday and into the night--with regular vrooms directly past my house. It continued all day Sunday and into Sunday night--with drive-by vrooms happening every five to ten minutes (expecting the next drive-by is almost as bad as the drive-by itself--think dripping faucet), with one last drive-by vroom around 12:30 am Monday. These motorcycles obviously have been illegally altered to make them extremely noisy. In the last few days, I have researched motorcycle law, and discovered that there are three motorcycle shops with inspection stations in the City. Is all this motorcycle traffic the result of having three (of only 10) of the North Shore's motorcycle inspection stations here? Should two of the inspectionlicenses be transferred to motorcycle shops other towns? All I know is that the motorcycle traffic in our neighborhood has to stop. If someone wants to engage in recreational motorcycle vrooming-and-circling, let them do it on a highway or in a commercial area, like the Seaport Area. This is a residential neighborhood and we deserve to be able to enjoy our homes in peace. Right now, we can not, so again I ask that this/these person(s) be tracked down and stopped, and if the problem is being caused by the motorcycle stores/inspection stations, that the possibility of moving the inspection licenses of two of them be transferred to other towns.

Lt. Fortier, it would be much appreciated if you could comment on what is being done in response to our complaints. It's Friday afternoon and the same motorcycles with illegally altered pipes have once again begun incessantly circling the neighborhood, which I expect they will do until the early hours of Monday morning. Thank you.

Another update, I hope this isn't falling on deaf ears. We were yet again awoken by the motorcyclist who feels the need to gun it and make the loud "popping" noise right when he reaches our house. He goes by SO fast, it's incredible. And it's always super early in the morning, between 4:30-5:30am. Again I will say, I haven't noticed any police presence for this issue. I know there are more pressing issues the police have to deal with, but maybe some other sort of enforcement would be a good start - lower speed limit, flashing speed limit signs, etc.

Members of the Malden Police Department's Traffic Division have increased patrols in the Belmont Street area. Officers can stop and cite any motorists driving too fast or mufflers that are too loud. As far as signage and lights are concerned, the neighborhood residents should reach out to the ward councilor and request these issues be brought in front of the traffic commission (which meets once a month). Flashing lights and signs cost money and funding would need to be provided in order to get approved. Police officers are only able to handle observed driving infractions and unfortunately some of the overnight MC's that you hear are going undetected due to the times and randomness. If there was a neighborhood MC that everyone was aware of we could speak directly to that person.

Lt. Fortier, this MC is every morning at the same time. They are racing up Belmont approximately at 630 each morning. We can hear it starting at ferry street

I submitted a comment earlier this week providing an update on the Cross Street Vroomer, but it was blocked by whoever is controlling this stream. In it I reported that the motorcycle vroomed past my home on Cross street (between Ferry and Main) from 2:00 pm Saturday, 10/28 to 1:30 pm Sunday, 10/29 at approximately 10 minute intervals–please note that that is a full twelve hours, and that is not unusual of late. Lieutenant, picture yourself trying to spend a relaxing weekend day at home while a motorcycle bully vrooms past both your living room and bedroom windows. For me there is no escaping his mindless noise, and the anticipation of the next drive-by is almost as bad as the drive-by itself. If you could provide the name and number (not just the general police number) of the person in charge on Saturdays and Sundays, I could let them know when this man begins. Then, if a police car could sit out of view for an hour or so, it's possible that they finally could find out just who is doing this. You can hear him coming a couple of blocks away. The Vroomer did not appear at all this past Sunday, and it was Nirvana--the difference between living in a civilized neighborhood and one that is controlled by a bombastic bully. BTW, I took a cab home from the T last month and mentioned the problems the Cross Street Vroomer has been causing for years, and the driver, who it turned out lives on Judson Street, said he's also been driven nuts by the Vroomer, who he said vrooms down Judson Streets also and that, if he could, he would run out and pull the bully off his noisy toy. The driver was in his thirties, so he was not some stereotypical cranky old guy.

So the noise is caused by the same person over and over again Vrooming around? The Malden PD dispatch line is 781-397-7171 and press 0 to speak to an officer at any time.

Thanks for responding, and for the number. I'll call it next time he does loops like he did Saturday. It's my impression that it is one person, but I have seen two--and once even five--together, so it's very difficult to interpret. I'll try to pick up details of the bike(s) and helmet(s) to make IDs easier. Thanks again.

I have security cameras around my house and for some reason they have yet to catch him via motion sensor (they catch the occasional raccoon though! Maybe he goes by too fast?!). He goes by my house so fast it would be useless to call the police, by the time they dispatch he'd be long gone. I will keep my eyes out, hopefully between the few of us we can identify him. I'm also taking the suggestion for the speed limit sign enforcement to the city hall meetings, good idea. Thanks for being involved Lieutenant, glad to see this is at least being paid attention to.

As previously mentioned, I'm sure that the cold winter months will nullify any MC traffic complaints for the time being. The Malden PD will be equipped with more traffic enforcement officers come next spring to address this issue once again.

Could this issue be held open so we don't have to re-create a narrative of the problem in the spring? Whoever is assigned the issue in the spring will be more likely to take it seriously if he sees this extensive history.

Please see previous comment.

Acknowledged

This is happening on Echo street as well at 6:05am every single morning. Will disappate with the bad weather but needs to be addressed here too.

Now that the weather is warming, the motorcycles and motor bikes are reappearing, so this matter needs to once again be dealt with (and, hopefully, finally eliminated this year). At 1:30 am this morning I was woken by a motor bike zooming through the neighborhood (it sounds like an industrial-strength chain saw and is the same sound of the one that would zoom around the area for twelve hours each weekend last summer, so it must be the same person), and several souped-up motorcycles have already passed on Cross Street as of 1 pm today. This once was a quiet residential neighborhood, but has been blighted by motor vehicles of all kinds deliberately made ear-shatteringly noisy, some with pounding stereos, usually speeding, sometimes idling for ten or fifteen minutes at a time just below my living room and bedroom windows. Could we please have an update on what the police and the City will be doing to end this auditory assault? Thanks very much.

Could I please have a response to my March 31 request? Thanks.

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