Street racing surged during the pandemic. L.A. now wants to crack down

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Street racing surged during the pandemic. L.A. now wants to crack down
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As activity continues to surge, cities are scrambling for new tools to curtail illegal racing and sideshows.

to use speed cameras at night and on weekends in hot spots to capture street racers.

LAPD Cmdr. Al Pasos, who oversees all of the traffic bureaus, said the city and department are examining a number of measures to reduce the dangers that come with street racing. UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said the constitutionality of a law criminalizing the online promotion of illegal racing events would hinge on the specificity of the speech in question.

A Times investigation found 179 people had died in speed contests in Los Angeles County from 2000 to 2017, and investigators have said street races have become an increasing concern in recent years. Police often struggle to capture drivers and spectators at large takeover scenes because a handful of police cruisers is no match for the crowd of drivers leaving a 300-person sideshow.

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