It's vaguely reminiscent of 'Rebel without a cause' if ya think about it. but it's lot more dangerous. This must be the 'usual suspects' second most fun thing to do, even though these kids don't all look too 'usual', if ya get my drift (pun intended). A massive swarm of young street racers took over an Atlanta intersection in the middle of the night last Sunday, where they did donuts, drifted and raced one another as the wild video footage shows.
Police were dispatched to the intersection at 1:30 a.m. for a crowd gathered around cars “driving recklessly, blocking the roadway from citizen motorists, laying drag, and performing illegal drifting maneuvers, also known as ‘donuts,'” according to the Atlanta Police Department.
I used to "test" my vehicles on an abandoned stretch of Rte 66.
ReplyDeleteThere need to be stiff penalties for this and enforced.
ReplyDeleteWhat needs to happen is for law enforcement to catch as many as they can each time and confiscate the vehicles. Not impound - confiscate. Attendance at these gatherings will drop.
DeleteI hated spinning my tires as it wore them down and I did not have the money to replace them.
ReplyDelete