City and state leaders are looking for ways to crack down on street racing, including more severe punishments for people caught racing and spectating.
Kentucky Representative Jason Nemes, a Republican from Middletown, would like to have your car crushed if it is involved in a street race or street takeover.
It’s an approach Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has said he supports.
The Louisville Metro Police Department has almost 70 cars in their tow lot that have been involved in such events. In order to get your car back, you have to go in front of the city’s Code Enforcement Board.
Around midnight on Saturday, August 31, the intersection of 2nd Street and River Road became a smoke-filled, tire-shredding, exhibition of horsepower and a smorgasbord of violations for the police including people who were just spectating.
During a September 27 code enforcement hearing, the board heard from three people attempting to get their cars returned after Louisville Metro Police seized them for blocking a street during a takeover.
Police said there were three street takeover events on August 31, and one of the first cars to arrive at every event was BMW convertible.
One officer said the organizers of these events have radios and coordinate which intersections to shut down as he pointed to a car on a monitor. “I want you to keep an eye on the BMW,” he said during the hearing.
Police seized that BMW convertible with the help of license plate readers, flock and surveillance cameras. The cops thought he was an organizer, but the BMW driver said he was just following a group of cars around the city to kill time on Saturday night. He denied having a radio or getting out of his car because he didn’t know anybody there.
Louisville’s streets as of late have been a playground for street racers. The guy with the BMW convertible will lose his car for six months, pay a $1,000 fine and towing fees.
During the same hearing, two other drivers were handed a similar punishment.
Source: WDRB
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