Street Racing takes another

Well yesterday in our area another person was killed by street racing, he was an innocent man driving down the street. He was killed and left behind 3 children the youngest 7 weeks old.

Street racing  the fascination of speed and death that we have seen in movies and watched many stars die from racing.

On this website it shows the results from street racing
 nhra.net /streetlegal/  stats.html

As a result, city and state ordinances have been issued regarding illegal street racing. Though laws vary, here are some penalties faced by street racers:

You can be arrested and have your car impounded for 30 days.

If convicted of street racing or aiding and abetting a street race, you can be imprisoned for up to three months and fined up to $1,000. Spectators are subject to penalties as well.

Your driver's license can be revoked.

Your car insurance may be cancelled or the rates dramatically increased.

Cars in and around illegal street races are often issued equipment violations.

So here in our city we have signs posted no cruising, if you get caught they used to make you park you car and they took your keys for 24 hours, if you were a minor they would call your parents to come and pick you up, however the car could not be moved for 24 hours.

I can only hope that in the future that these racers understand that they need to keep it on to the track and not the main roads. It is , fun to race, but do it on safe grounds.

Our study of street racing fatal crashes has three main findings. First, street racing was a factor in a small percentage of fatal crashes. Secondly, street racing fatal crashes not only involved excessive speeds but also often involved alcohol and occurred on urban surface streets (that is, urban non-interstate or non-freeway roadways). Third, street racers tended to be male teenagers with poor driving histories. These findings may help with the identification of target populations and the development of intervention programs. injuryprevention. bmj  com

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