| Street racing can be an popular past-time for bored | | | | To combat illegal racing, many professional racers and |
| youth or car enthusiasts alike, but presents a clear | | | | law enforcement community members have come |
| danger to these drivers and everyone else on the | | | | together to promote legal racing at sanctioned race |
| highway. While Hollywood images and video game | | | | tracks. So long as a driver registers his or her vehicle |
| experiences of street racing are commonplace, | | | | and follows the track's regulations, these sanctioned |
| high-selling affairs, the reality of illegal racing is entirely | | | | tracks allow prospective racers to drive their vehicles |
| different. The hero may never wreck their car, despite | | | | at whatever legal levels they want to drive. Naturally, |
| ridiculous speeds, and the gamer may take a head-on | | | | illegal modifications, which are often used in street |
| crash in stride, but real drivers in real cars can be | | | | racing, are still illegal, regardless of the track setting. |
| injured at even low speeds and doing marginally | | | | Street racing is absolutely reckless, no matter how |
| unexpected maneuvers in traffic. | | | | skilled a driver claims to be. Racing at fast speeds can |
| The culture surrounding street racing has existed for | | | | cause a driver to dart in or out of lanes with a turn |
| decades. European races originally used main | | | | signal, stop abruptly, make wide turns, and accelerate |
| roadways, not necessarily warning pedestrians or | | | | to a degree that poses a threat to the mechanical |
| other drivers caught in the path. In America, street | | | | integrity of the car. |
| racing developed heavily in California and Florida. In the | | | | If you want to learn more about the injuries illegal |
| case of California, this eventually spawned drag racing, | | | | racing can cause and what kind of liability can be |
| which has gone on to use separate tracks and | | | | assigned to a racer, contact an experienced car |
| specialized high-speed vehicles that would be | | | | accident attorney. |
| impractical on a regular highway. | | | | |