Chicago police could soon have a new and powerful tool to combat the epidemic of drifting and drag racing that draws hundreds of spectators to watch daredevil drivers do donuts, sometimes around a circle of burning gasoline.
That incident was eerily similar to what happened in May on Lower Wacker Drive at Columbus Drive, when a driver did donuts and figure-eight stunts around spectators surrounded by a circle of burning gasoline.He said CPD must find a way to stop the daredevils before somebody gets killed — and his ordinance is aimed at doing just that.A West Loop intersection was shut down over the weekend as cars spun tight circles close to a crowd of spectators for nearly an hour.
"When officers responded to the Clinton and Monroe incident over the weekend, they were met with fireworks being shot at them and certainly were outnumbered and did not have flatbed trucks or any of the equipment necessary to engage in the impoundment. This is a way get the bad actors after the fact when we do have resources available."The Fourth of July got off to a raucous start with fireworks exploding, cars doing donuts and police swarming downtown Chicago.
"If you look at these videos … where cars are spinning in circles, they’re almost always surrounded by a couple of hundred people in a crowd. And sometimes, people inside of these circles lighting fires and shooting off fireworks. It is an absolute recipe for disaster and it is just a matter of time before we’re gonna see people killed in these incidents. It shouldn’t have to come to that.
South Side Ald. David Moore even asked whether the ordinance would empower police to impound motorcycles used in wheelies.
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