dirt-graffitiHere’s one reason to keep your SUV clean. Some ‘artist’ decided to decorate the back window of this Ford Explorer I saw in traffic this weekend.

If it were just a matter of running through the car wash when this happens, it would be no big deal. However, the general graffiti problem is nearly everywhere these days. Vandals tag sides of buildings, overpasses on the interstates, railroad cars, billboards and just about any surface that you can spray paint. The cost of this vandalism is millions of dollars per month in my area alone.

Last week, a local called police to alert them to taggers that had climbed up on a billboard. When the police arrived, the taggers fled, but left a car behind. The police traced the vehicle registration to a residence and dispatched a team with a warrant. Police discovered dozens upon dozens of photographs taken of the vandalism. These punks are proud of the shit they do.

I have to laugh when the only punishment these creeps get is that they have to ‘pay restitution’ to the owners of the property they vandalized. Good luck on collecting the 35,000 to 50,000 dollars in damages from these illiterate graduates from the public school system.