Street Racing
Street racing is the frequently illegal racing of motor vehicles on public roads and highways. These high-speed races, usually with untrained drivers, can result in fatal crashes that have the capacity to inflict damage on innocent people not participating in the race. Private drag strips have been set up for people, at their own risk, to legally race on. In 2006, California state highway patrol issued 697 citations for "speed contests". There is no official statistic kept on street racing deaths. Street racing can become an addicting habit for many drivers.
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