going to kick out and share
their opposing viewpoints
CHANNEL 2 INVESTIGATES HAS SPENT
SEVERAL WEEKS UNDERCOVER
CHECKING OUT A CRIME THAT HAS AN
INCREASE.
>> STREET RACING AND THOSE
PARKING LOT PARTIES THAT YOU
SOMETIMES SEE AND MORE THAN A
PUBLIC NEW ANSWER.
AS YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT AND PROPERTY
ARE GETTING HURT AND PROPERTY DAMAGES.
eisenbaum. DAMAGES.
eisenbaum. HERE’S CHANNEL 2 INVESTIGATORS
WHEN SOMETIMES IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT.
PEOPLE MOSTLY YOUNG MEN SOME
UNLICENSED AND UNINSURED ARE
RISKING THEIR LIVES.
>> WE HEAR ILLEGAL STREET RACING
WE IMMEDIATELY THINK THAT
HORRIBLE NIGHT WHICH WE LOST OUR
PARENTS.
>> 60-YEAR-OLD JESSE AND HIS
WIFE WERE KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN
A CAR STREET RACING RAN A LIGHT
AND BROAD SIDED THEM.
>> INDIVIDUALS JUST DON’T THINK
ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF WHAT
COULD HAPPEN.
>> AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING.
MANGLED CAR AFTER CAR PEOPLE OF
ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE
INJURED AND KILLED FOR WHAT.
>> THEY’RE NOT EXPERIENCED
DRIVERS.
THEY JUST LIKE THE SPEED AND THEY WANT TO BE THE NEXT YOUTUBE
>> Just check youtube and THEY WANT TO BE THE NEXT YOUTUBE
>> Just check youtube and
you’ll find dozens of videos of
SENSATION.
2 WEEKS AOG ON SHALL WATCHING
TON AVENUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,
CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,
THIS WAS THE SCENE.
STACKED ON THE MEDIAN AS
HIGH-POWERED CARS SPEED PAST.
AND THEN SUDDENLY WHAT CAN
HAPPEN DOES HAPPEN.
THAT IS A SPECTATOR GETTING HIT
BY AN OUT OF CONTROL CAR.
AND WE DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW THE
GUY IS BECAUSE NOBODY CALLED FOR
HELP.
BUT SECONDS AFTER THIS HAPPENED,
THE DRIVER LEAVES THE SCENE. >> SHERIFF IT IS IN CHARGE OF A
>> SHERIFF IT IS IN CHARGE OF A BRAND NEW CRIMES
got their work cut out for them BRAND NEW CRIMES
got their work cut out for them
for 3 years running Street
racing calls for service have
gone up in every hcso district
and Montgomery County has fewer
cases put the same troubling
MANY OF THE SAME FOLKS WHO ARE
FLYING DOWN THE STREET --
PARKING LOTS ARE ESPECIALLY
POPULAR DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BECAUSE THEY’RE EMPTY.
BUT POPULATED STRIP MALLS ARE
JUST FINE TOO.
OVER A SERIES OF VENT WEEKENDS
CHANNEL 2 INVESTIGATES WENT
UNDERCOVER TO CATCH FOOTAGE OF
THESE GET-TOGETHERS.
THIS DANGEROUS MANEUVER IS
CALLED FOOT SURFING. SOMETIMES COPS GET HERE IN TIME
SOMETIMES COPS GET HERE IN TIME
AND SOMETIMES THEY DON’T.
>> HAPPENS TO BE 70 MILES PER
HOUR --
>> WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL
RACING, THE GRAND PARKWAY
BETWEEN I-10 AND 290 IS A
FAVORITE.
A 20 MILE STRETCH AND ANOTHER 17
MILES OF 290 BETWEEN THE GRAND
PARKWAY AND THE BELT WAY IS ALSO
POPULAR.
BUT THERE’S NEVER A SHORTAGE.
PEOPLE GETTING HURT.
PEOPLE GETTING KILLED.
>> INNOCENT BYSTANDERS THAT HAVE
NOTHING DO WITH THIS --
>> MY KIDS WILL NEVER GET TO
KNOW MY MOM AND DAD.
THEY’LL NEVER GET TO IMPART THAT
WISDOM.
IT’S NOT EASY.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THE POWER
AND DOES SEIZE CARS INVOLVED IN
STREET RACING.
ACSO HAS TAKEN 4 THIS MONTH AND
THAT DOES BUM PARENTS OUT WHO
HOLD THE TITLE TO THESE
VEHICLES.
WE HAVE A SAFER LEGALITY TERPB