Street Racing
Fast cars, loud exhausts, and secret races, this is what you get at an illegal street race. Racers gather from all around to race their custom built cars against one another. Although, the police break up the races almost every night, the racers still race night after night. Illegal street racing is a dangerous way of life. "Bender said there were 16 deaths and 31 serious injuries due to illegal racing in 2002" (Filice). That is an astonishingly large number of deaths and injuries for just one city. Street racing just does not occur in one city there are races being held all over the world. Although this phenomenon occurs world wide, California seems to be a centralized racing area. There has been an alarming rise in street racing since the releases of the movies "The Fast and the Furious" and "2 Fast 2 Furious". The release of these movies has caused law enforcement and the
"Corona passed an ordinance in May that allows police to seize the cars of street racers. RaceLegal is a program that provides a safe environment for racing in San Diego. But the funding would have to be extensive. $1,000 fines, suspended licenses and a 30-day car seizure tallying $1,300 in storage fees. "Many racers at the track admit being former street racers. One of the ways that governments are trying to stop the racing is through the large amount of fines and charges. WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE" (Quoted in Gathright). But in the same respect they also are living a dangerous and sometimes fatal life.
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