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UPDATE: Driver Crashes After Allegedly Racing on Newhope - Fountain Valley, CA Patch

 

Racing cars has been around for as long as there have been two cars on the street.  People always want to know who has the fastest car and best driver.  Racing on city streets is very dangerous.  While I support the idea of young people having a place to go to race cars, the city streets are not that place.  Local open spaces can be made into raceways with little investment in infrastructure.  Small entry fees can be paid to support medical and fire response.

 

Those who perform street races place not only themselves in danger but average citizens too.  They drive without proper safety equipment, without helmets, and without fire or medical response readily available.  People who participate in street racing need to be arrested, and their cars impounded.  I recommend using air units whenever possible because they are fast enough to follow street racers and can follow a second car while a ground unit stops the first.

 

Street racing is often advertised on line, on Facebook, and other social media.  Have your DARE officers and juvenile officers keep an ear open for potential street races.  Certain locations often become hang outs for street races and you should patrol them often.  Use two units when possible and come in from two directions at the same time, it makes it harder for them to run away.  Street racing is a lot of fun, until someone gets killed, that's what the SGT Says.