Aldermen aim to have the city impound cars involved in street racing.
Spectators record a driver while the car"drifts" on Lower Wacker Drive in Chicago in 2015."Drifting" is a style of street racing.
The Pedestrian and Traffic Safety committee advanced the legislation that would allow Chicago police to impound vehicles they believe were involved with drag racing or drifting, even if the owner is not present. The full City Council will vote on it Wednesday.Before the vote, lead sponsor Ald.
A 17-year-old boy was running to and from a vehicle to throw fireworks at the cops, and one officer was struck, the police statement said. The teen was arrested about an hour later at the 500 block of West Taylor Street and charged with felony aggravated assault of a peace officer.
“Oftentimes, these people are dumb enough to post it in high definition on social media platforms,” Reilly said. “They’re actually busting themselves. So let’s avail ourselves of their wonderful footage and use it to take their cars away.”
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