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WELL, ONE WEEK AGO THIS WAS THE
SCENE IN EAST BROAD STREET IN
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV
AND AN ATV.
POLICE TELLING US THIS ALL
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. POLICE TELLING US THIS ALL-
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. STARTED ELLING US THIS ALL-
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. STARTED WITH G US THIS ALL-
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. STARTED WITH A US THIS ALL-
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. STARTED WITH A GROUP S ALL-
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. STARTED WITH A GROUP OF LL-
COLUMBUS A CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND AN ATV. STARTED WITH A GROUP OF DIRT
BIKES AND FOUR WHEELERS IN
WHITEHALL BEFORE ENDING IN THIS
CRASH THAT LEFT THE DRIVER OF
THE FOUR WHEELER IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
THOSE SCENES OF BIKERS AND FOUR
WHEELERS RACING THROUGH THE
STREETS ARE BECOMING A COMMON
SIGHT FOR MANY IN COLUMBUS AND
OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AND UP UNTIL NOW POLICE SAY
THEY HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME
CRACKING DOWN ON THEM.
BUT AS TV'S BRITTANY BAILEY
REPORTS WITH PHOTOJOURNALIST
SCOTT DOELLING THAT'S ABOUT TO
CHANGE THESE DAYS WHEN THE SUN
GOES DOWN, THOSE ENGINES REV
UP.
WE'RE TALKING MOTORCYCLES,
MOPEDS AND ATVS.
SURE THEY CAN BE LOUD.
THEY CAN BE FRUSTRATING.
BUT POLICE SAY THESE DRIVERS
ARE ALSO ACTING RECKLESSLY AND
THEIR ACTIONS COULD BE BOTH
DANGEROUS AND ILLEGAL.
YOU OFTEN HEAR THEM LONG BEFORE
YOU SEE THEM ON GROVEPORT
STREET KILLING YOUR BOY IS JUST
BELIEVABLE AFTER MY TRUCK DID
NOT MAKE THAT MUCH MORE.
THEY'RE HAVING FUN BUT THEIR
FUN IS AT A COST OF OTHER
PEOPLE'S FUN AS WELL.
MARK BILDSTEN SAYS THIS GROUP
THESE PICTURES WEAVING INTO
ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND POPPING
WHEELIES LATER RAN INTO HIM
LITERALLY WITH AN ATV ENDING UP
BENEATH HIS TRUCK.
MY VEHICLE NOT BEING THERE,
THEY KIND OF SPLIT UP INTO THE
SIDEWALK AND INTO THE PEOPLE I
ALMOST GOT HERE BUT ALSO WITH
THEIR TWO CHILDREN ALMOST GOT
HAD TOO AND THEY WERE COMING
FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER SO
THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T FROM THIS
AREA AND NOW THEY HAVE A BAD
TASTE OF COLUMBUS IN THERE NOT
BECAUSE OF THAT.
LISA DEFENDIEFER IS WITH THE
CAPITAL CROSSROADS DISCOVERY
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
REPRESENTING MORE THAN 750
DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS.
WHAT THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
DRIVING THE WRONG ONE WAY
STREETS OR DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS
ARE RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND I
THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY
THEY THINK SOMEONE'S GOING TO
END UP GETTING KILLED.
YOU'RE ON A SMALL FAST VEHICLE
OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT WITH NO LIGHTS ON.
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
HE'S CERTAINLY NOT MINCING
WORDS HERE.
THAT'S COLUMBUS POLICE
LIEUTENANT TIM MEYERS, ACTING
COMMANDER FOR PATROL ZONE THREE
PROBABLY FIVE TO ONE.
THIS IS THE MOST COMPLAINED
ABOUT ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TALKING MOTORCYCLES,
MOPEDS AND ATVS ENGAGING
LIEUTENANT MYERS CALLS RECKLESS
OPERATION SOME ARE NOT STREET,
OTHERS DON'T HAVE MUFFLERS ALSO
ILLEGAL AND MANY MORE DON'T
HAVE LICENSE PLATES ALSO
AGAINST THE LAW.
DON'T TALK ABOUT LAWS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT LAW PHYSICS
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUND
MOPED VERSUS TWO THOUSAND POUND
CAR.
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT WELL
FOR THE PERSON THAT'S ON THIS
MOPED.
BUT WHAT ABOUT ENFORCEMENT?
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS
COMPLICATED.
GOING AFTER THESE STREET RACERS
DOESN'T FIT INTO SPEED CHASE
POLICY BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.
IN FACT, POLICE ARE ANNOUNCING
A NEW CRACKDOWN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMANDS ON
OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES.
CERTAINLY THIS IS SOMETHING
WE'RE NOW FOCUSED ON AND THERE
ARE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS
THAT THEY'RE WE'RE WORKING ON.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SHOWY BUT
WE ARE GOING TO START DOING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ENFORCEMENT ON
THIS POLICE PLAN TO FIND THESE
PEOPLE, CHARGE THEM AND IN SOME
CASES TAKE THEIR VEHICLES WHERE
THEY COULD END UP RIGHT HERE IN
THE IMPOUND LOT ANY ENFORCEMENT
WOULD BE WELCOME I'M SURE BY
THE COMMUNITIES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED
BY.
SO THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION BECAUSE ONCE THAT
STARTS HAPPENING, ONCE EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS THAT, YEAH, THERE'S
A CONSEQUENCE FOR THE ACTION,
YOU KNOW, THEN HOPEFULLY THAT
THAT DISAPPEARS.
WHAT I WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND
WHO ARE ENGAGING IN THIS KIND
OF BEHAVIOR IS WHEN YOU'RE
DOING THIS YOU ARE RISKING YOUR
BODY, YOU'RE RISKING YOUR
PROPERTY AND YOU'RE POTENTIALLY
RISKING YOUR FREEDOM.
AND IF YOU KEEP DOING IT
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO CATCH
UP TO YOU.
POLICE TELL US THEY WON'T JUST
BE GOING AFTER THE DRIVERS WHO
COULD FACE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES
FELONIES IF THERE ARE INJURIES
.
BUT ANY PROPERTY OWNERS WHO
HOSTED THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY
COULD