Back Road Driving Customers

[Adamski]

Guys,

I was talking to one of my competitors today - the one that has 4 laundromats with tanning service. Anyway, he brought up an issue that I had never considered. He pointed out that very low income laundromat customers often don't have a valid license plate on their car or they're not carrying the required car insurance or their driver's license has been suspended.

So why should we care? Well, according to my competitor, people is this situation will avoid major roads to avoid the local cops. They like driving through quiet neighborhood streets to get where they need to go. So, if one laundromat is on a major street which is only accessed off other major streets; that laundromat would be at a disadvantage to another laundromat that is adjacent to a quiet residential neighborhood ... at least as far as the very low income customers are concerned.

Has anyone else noticed this "back-roads-driving" phenomena? Okay, talk among yourselves.

Larry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Howard]

Haven't run into that, but I have a lot of customers that ride a bike with a sack of laundry on their back, or that pull a cart with laundry in it behind them as they walk to the store.

[AlanR]

As a retired cop I can tell you the official estimates are that roughly 50% of the drivers on the road are unlicensed (including those revoked or suspended). If they obey traffic rules, there is little chance that they'll come in contact with the police unless there's an accident.

[Jefflange]

They don't want to be pulled over for D.W.M.