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New York reported more than 1,000 drag racing complaints in a six-month timeframe in 2020. By Istock
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Illegal street racing cases are reportedly on the rise as streets emptied by the pandemic offer would be racers seemingly vacant spaces to race.
Cases apparently surged in New York, Georgia, New Mexico and Oregon, and several illegal street races led to the deaths of bystanders, officials have said. “Illegal street racing puts lives at risk and keeps us up at night,” Hoylman said. “While there’s been less traffic during the pandemic, some drivers have used this as an opportunity to treat our streets like a Nascar speedway,” New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman said.