City centre yobs and drunks face on-the-spot fines
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
“Kerb crawling will become an arrestable offence.”
Kerb crawling?
What is this?
It’s called “cruising” in the States. It means driving around looking for prostitutes.
“kerb” is the British spelling of “curb” BTW.
Silly me. I came in here thinking “Wow, I’m not the only Marillion fan!”
Imagine my disappointment. 
Thanks!!
It’s also one of Private Eye’s more colourful contributions to English slang. At least, I think it was PE that first printed it.
Notice, also, that cruising is only just now illegal in the UK. Meaning, of course, that if you went looking for prostitutes, it was OK unless you actually found one. 