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Coloradans weigh in on what police should do about street racing
BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — A social media post from Colorado State Patrol Boulder has people weighing in about street racing, reckless driving and what should be done to enforce it.
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The need for speed in the metro area is a sound haunting a number of residents in the Lowry and Aurora area.
'It's troublesome, it's dangerous, I wish they would do it somewhere else,' Bill, a Lowry resident, said.
'You hear the noise every night,' Aurora resident Ed told FOX31. 'We've got a school right down the street from where we live. And I've had people going by my house at 72 miles an hour and probably a 25 or 30 mile an hour zone.'
In total, throughout 2024, the Colorado State Patrol said citizens made 2,000 street racing complaints on the Street Racing Working Group's website, while many more complaints were made to local police.
'Street racing — it is a big problem in Boulder,' CSP trooper Sherri Mendez said.
Mendez told FOX31 street racing reports to CSP doubled so far this year, compared to the same time frame last year.
FOX31 asked about how impounding enforcement works currently.
'If the officer sees the crime, they can tow the vehicle or impound the vehicle and hold it, hold it as evidence,' Mendez said. 'But it's all on whatever is happening or what's going on. The totality of the circumstances, meaning everything that's going on with the investigation. We can't just take a vehicle because someone complained about it, because they have to identify a driver.'
CSP Boulder posted this public survey poll on X.
As of Thursday afternoon, more than 500 people voted:
70% voted yes
16% voted no
13% voted 'depends on the safeguards.'
'These vehicles ought to be impounded immediately,' Ed said. 'And if it were up to me, they'd be impounded for a damn long time.'
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Joey Williams is a part of the car enthusiast community in Colorado. He works to organize events called 'chill-ins' where people can show off their cars on the infield of the speedway instead of out on the street. FOX31 asked for his take on the survey.
'Them impounding the car and taking it from someone, I do not have a problem with that at all,' Williams said. 'Same thing where we tell people if you obey the law, the police, in theory, shouldn't do anything. If you're going to a car meet-up and you're going from one spot to the next, you're just cruising. You should have no problem getting from point A to point B without getting in trouble.'
You can report street racing on the Report Street Racing website.
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