Race in Fife, lose your car? City is considering it as street racing proliferates Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune
Fife is considering adding a tough penalty meant to hit illegal street racers where it hurts: Impounding their cars.
The city’s police chief, Pete Fisher, wants to propose an ordinance that would allow authorities to impound the cars of drivers found racing or performing other “street exhibition” stunts like doing doughnuts, burnouts or drifting.
Fife, Puyallup, Sumner and other areas of Pierce County have seen a recent surge in illegal street racing. Police departments believe part of the reason for the uptick is due to stricter laws in South King County cities, which is pushing the events into Pierce County.