Sturgis rally Headcount

[Sully]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - This year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally drew more than 460,000 vehicles during the 10-day event, according to a count South Dakota transportation officials released Tuesday.

The count represents a decrease of nearly 8% from last year but showed that many were undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic. Sturgis officials said they expected fewer people to show up this year, estimating they would see between 250,000 and 300,000 people during the 10-day event.

Most people didn't take significant precautions against COVID-19 infections at this year’s rally. A few people wore masks and some said they were avoiding crowds, but many others packed close together at bars and rock shows.

The South Dakota Department of Health issued a warning on Tuesday that one person who spent several hours at a bar on Main Street in Sturgis has tested positive for COVID-19 and may have spread it to others.

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With people traveling to the rally from all over the country, the mass gathering has raised concerns it could become an epicenter of infections that are hard to track, but spread quickly as rallygoers travel home.

The city releases an estimate of rally turnout after the event every year, based mostly on the weight of the trash generated. Last year, the estimate tracked closely with the number of vehicles counted: 499,654 vehicles entered Sturgis, and city officials estimated 490,000 people came to the rally.

Anniversary rallies, like this year’s 80th, usually attract larger crowds. In 2015, the city estimated that nearly 740,000 people came to the 75th-anniversary rally.

The city plans to conduct mass COVID-19 testing in an effort to catch outbreaks.

[hogcowboy]

So they almost doubled their low estimate. Cool. Shows most bikers aren't being controlled as much as some would want.

[bikerbillone]

Think Antifa showed up, that was stupid, too bad the cops did not let the bikers take care of business.

[trike lady]

The Sturgis Rally + Antifa = Semi Protest and 0 Covid19, as no one gets Covid19 at protests. I'm using some oddball fuzzy math like the politicians. Go to church/political rally/beach there's Covid there and Burn, loot, riot no Covid. It knows where to go its engineered so well.

[desertclassic]

The Sturgis Rally + Antifa = Semi Protest and 0 Covid19, as no one gets Covid19 at protests. I'm using some oddball fuzzy math like the politicians. Go to church/political rally/beach there's Covid there and Burn, loot, riot no Covid. It knows where to go its engineered so well.

I like it, preach it Sister.

[MikeyTX]

The numbers are highly suspect based on their count method. There are only two primary ways into and out of Sturgis proper. The third, which is used primarily by the locals, goes east towards Rapid City, over the pass, using the old two lane. The highway dept uses those rubber hose compression counters as do most states. They take the counter numbers and apply some fuzzy math formula to try and extract real numbers. When we were kids, we'd jump up and down on the hose to change the count. If they really wanted true numbers, they would need to use "cow tags", embedded with an RFID chip. Sadly, that won't happen.

[rhino 2]

The numbers are highly suspect based on their count method. There are only two primary ways into and out of Sturgis proper. The third, which is used primarily by the locals, goes east towards Rapid City, over the pass, using the old two lane. The highway dept uses those rubber hose compression counters as do most states. They take the counter numbers and apply some fuzzy math formula to try and extract real numbers. When we were kids, we'd jump up and down on the hose to change the count. If they reallocation wanted true numbers, they would need to use "cow tags", embedded with an RFID chip. Sadly, that won't happen.

200,000 ....400,000 What’s a few hundred thousand more or less amongst friends..😁...

[MikeyTX]

Wonder if they use removed fingers ?

[rhino 2]

Wonder if they use removed fingers ?

....Huh.....Im old Mikey you have to Splaine things to me, And do it Sloooly