Tempers flare in war of NC ice cream truck drivers

Don't let the happy music fool you. Ice cream truck wars are raging in Corolla, and it's vicious out there:

Last week, one ice cream vendor called the Currituck County sheriff on another, claiming that three trucks were following her. Another

female driver carries an electronic shocking device after getting harassed by competing male drivers.

Last year, a driver slugged another driver after he was cut off by the other truck. He was charged with simple assault.

An ice cream truck owner found the tires slashed on his truck. He could not prove who did it but believes it was a competitor.

One owner threatened a lawsuit when another vendor painted his trucks almost exactly the same, with spotted cows.

The competitor changed only the color of thespots.

"For the last three years it's been crazy," said Mark Petit, former owner of Udder Delight trucks.

"It's turned into the ice cream truck wars."

He sold the business two years ago to Stanley Lirman. Petit had started Udder Delight in 1993 using trucks painted with the familiar polka-dot cow on the side.

Over the years, vendors have come and gone, but the competition has intensified, Petit said.

Residents have noticed a difference, too.

"I see a million ice cream trucks every day," said Meghan Agresto, a Corolla resident and site manager at the Currituck Beach Lighthouse.

"My kids keep pointing them out to me."

Mary Stile, owner of ice cream trucks under the name of A Plus LawnCare, has asked Currituckofficials to pass an ordinance that would limit the number of vendors and the number of trucks for each com-pany.

She said she knows of at least one company sending trucks to Corolla from Virginia Beach.

"I feel good about this," Stile said of the proposed ordinance. "I'm barely keeping my head above water."

Lirman, based in Dare County, could support such an ordinance, he said.

"I'm making half what I made two years ago because of the competition," hesaid.

Stile has accused Lirman's drivers of harassing and cutting off her drivers. It allegedly was one of Stile's drivers who punched one of Lirman's drivers last year when he felt he had been cut off.

But Lirman said he pays his workers by the hour and not by commission, so they have no reason to be aggressive.

"She's looking in the wrong direction," he said.

Redmond Regulating Ice Cream Vendors - News Story - KTVZ Bend

REDMOND, Ore. -- Ice cream vendors will have to jump through a few more hoops if they want to sell their treats in Redmond.

An ordinance brought up at Redmond's City Council meeting Tuesday evening was unanimously approved, putting several restrictions on ice cream truck drivers.

The issue originally began when the city got two complaints about the trucks' bells being played too loud and too late into the night.

As city workers looked into that initial issue, they realized little was being done to regulate vendors -- and only one had a business license, sparking concern about people whose business is primarily with children.

"When we looked into it, it's one of those things that's so obvious, like the nose on your face," said Mayor George Endicott. "It just suddenly came up and we researched it. We were not giving it adequate consideration. So now we are, and we did declare an emergency, so it goes into effect immediately."

That means from now on, Redmond vendors will not only be subject to background checks and fingerprinting, but also business licenses, caution lights and limit their music levels.

In Bend, the only requirements are to have a city license and food service permit..

Bend Mayor Jeff Eager said Thursday the issue had not been raised to regulate more, and it is not on the agenda.

"There are all kinds of businesses that have people whose primary job is dealing with kids," Eager said. "And the city doesn't subject them to any higher degree of regulation than other people do."

Eager said if the issue is raised, the city would consider looking into the matter.

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