Most Ontario car accident lawyers will tell you that street racing can be partially blamed for the increasing number of fatal car collisions. Street racing has been a part of America's pop culture for decades. Movies like "The Fast and the Furious" have helped create a whole new generation of street racing enthusiasts. Many of these Ontario street races cause deadly car accidents. Even bystanders are often seriously inured and killed as speeding cars careen out of control.
Since 1998, attendance at street races in Ontario has skyrocketed. Thousands of teens and young adults meet in these deserted streets after 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and race until dawn. Ontario Police estimate that on some weekend nights, there is more traffic generated by street racers on surface streets than on the adjacent Interstate 15 Freeway.
Street racing in Ontario has been a problem for decades. The activity has been fueled by the accelerated growth of an industrial sector on the eastern side of the City. The long, wide streets, which are virally empty of traffic on weekend nights, draw huge crowds of young street racing devotees.
Fortunately, the police are "on" to the streetcar racers. Last October, Ontario police stopped an illegal street race on Airport Dive just west of Etiwanda Avenue. Approximately 100 officers from the San Bernardino DragNet Task Force swooped in from both sides of the street to nab the racers. As many as 187 young people--many just spectators--were arrested, 47 of them juveniles. In addition, 73 cars were impounded for 30 days, and it will cost up to $400 plus the cost of the citation for violators to get their cars back.
The State is also getting tough with Ontario street racers, imposing automatic six-month prison sentences and a $1,000 fine for a conviction. If someone is personally injured, violators could face several years in prison for manslaughter. Ontario has recently added another painful penalty--the option of crushing impounded cars caught in illegal street racing. The strategies seem to be working.
These races have no doubt contributed to many of the car accidents in Ontario recorded by the California Highway Patrol in 2006. That year, there were 21 car accident deaths in Ontario and 1,321 traffic accident-related injuries. Motorcycle accidents killed one and injured 34. DUI collisions took their toll, accounting for 11 fatalities and 118 injuries. Five pedestrians were killed and 50 were injured.
The deadly consequences of street racing can not be overemphasized. A new Liberty Mutual/ SADD (Students against Destructive Decisions) study revealed that between 2001 and 2006, 804 people were killed in street racing incidents.
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