DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Videos online showed people during burnouts in parking lots, urinating in the street, and getting into fights during last week’s Daytona Truck Meet.
Now the city is discussing possible changes to the annual event that brings more than 35,000 people and their custom trucks to Daytona Beach.
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While some feel it’s a good event that brings people into the area to spend money and can be made better with some changes, others say it needs to go.
The city commission is set to discuss the event and if changes need to be made at its meeting Wednesday night.
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Daytona police said they issued 940 citations during the event this year, which is up from last year when police issued 831 citations amid the pandemic but down from the previous two years of 1,855 and 2,131, respectively.
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