Tuesday’s vote was the second street racing-related motion the L.A. Brian Kemp signed into law a bill that mandates a minimum of 10 days of jail for drag-racing convictions, and New York lawmakers are considering measures to use speed cameras at night and on weekends in hot spots to capture street racers. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will allow courts to temporarily suspend the driver’s licenses of people convicted of engaging in or abetting street racing on a highway. Two at a time, the vehicles blasted down a Compton roadway scarred by skid marks from past races.Ĭities and states are also stepping up punishments for illegal street racing amid a nationwide uptick in illegal racing and many resulting deaths. Sideshows have become more dangerous because followers and likes are as important now as crossing the finish line first.Ĭalifornia Must Reads: In L.A.’s street-racing scene, ‘likes’ and followers can be just as important as engines and tires
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The platforms have made celebrities out of cars and drivers and expanded Los Angeles’ reputation as a proving ground for car clubs. Instagram Stories, which disappear after 24 hours, has become the marketing tool of choice for many. A big following on social media means a race organizer can draw large crowds to an illegal sideshow or underground race. Instagram accounts, YouTube channels and other forms of social media have acted as a kind of modern-day bullhorn for Los Angeles’ street-racing community in recent years, according to law enforcement officials and members of the racing community.
“It is another tool the city can use to protect Angelenos from the increasingly dangerous nature of illegal street racing occurring throughout our city.”Īfter the city attorney’s report is completed, the council will reconsider the matter and decide whether to move forward. Without spectators, the events lose their appeal,” Rodriguez said. “An ordinance similar to the one enacted in the city of San Jose will be a deterrent to those who attend street racing and street takeover events as spectators.
The motion approved Tuesday will direct the city attorney to report on the feasibility of enacting an ordinance modeled after San Jose’s that would “make it unlawful to knowingly encourage, promote, instigate, assist, facilitate, aid, or abet the gathering of persons as spectators at a street race or reckless driving exhibition.” If enacted, such an ordinance would allow the city to prosecute people advertising underground races on social media. The city took initial steps in that direction Tuesday, when they approved further research on the matter. leaders, Councilman John Lee and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, hope to replicate the measure in Los Angeles. Perpetrators face fines of up to $1,000, six months in jail or some combination of both if convicted. The measure is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation. In the San Francisco Bay Area, where street racing activity has also exploded, the San Jose City Council passed an ordinance in late June that makes it a misdemeanor to promote, instigate or encourage such events online.
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