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DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING?
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POLICE MAY
KNOW---AND THEY'VE SET UP A
SPECIAL PATROL TO WATCH THEM.
KMBC 9'S NATALIE MOULTRIE HAS
MORE ON AN AGE OLD PROBLEM THAT
HAS POLICE ON THE MOVE.
ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND--TE ENS
FROM ACROSS THE METRO--MEET IN
'UNDISCLOSED' SPOTS IN KANSAS
CITY--TO SATISFY THEIR NEED FOR
SPEED--THEY COME WITH SUPPED UP
CARS---AND MOTORCYCLE S--FOR
ILLEGAL STREET RACES--- POLICE
SAY THE AGE OLD PROBLEM HAS
GOTTEN MORE DANGEROUS AS CARS
GET FASTER--AND TEENS GET
RISKIER. THAT'S WHY KANSAS CITY
POLICE HAVE A DRAG RACING
PATROL--TO TRY AND PUTTHE BRAKES
ON STREET RACING. 57;09 mustang
puling out revving engine.
FRIDAY --JUST BEFORE
MIDNIGHT---SUPPED UP CARS ARRIVE
AT A POPULAR KANSAS CITY
HANGOUT--38TH & KENTUCY---DOZENS
OF TEENS FILL A BUSINESS PARKING
LOT--WATING FOR THE SHOW TO GET
ROLLING. A SHOW WE'RE WATCHING
FROM THE BUSHES WITH POLICE----
WITH THE HONK OF A HORN--IT'S
ON. TWO DRIVERS COMPETE FOR
BRAGGING RIGHTS--IN AN ILLEGAL
STREET RACE. THE WEEKLY RACES
DRAW WHAT POLICE SAY IS A
CULTURE OF ITS OWN--A CROWD OF
THRILL SEEKERS FROM THOSE TOO
YOUNG TO DRIVE--TO PEOPLE IN
THEIR 30'S-- every weekend
basically different spots, if it
gets broke up..the go to another
spot it's all about speed for
them who can go the fastest the
quickest SGT. TODD MARKS HEADS
UP THE KCMO POLICE DEPARTMENTS
KCMO POLICE DEPARTMENTS DRAG
RACING PATROL--HIS GOAL --- TO
STOP THE ILLEGAL STREET
RACING--BEFORE ANOTHER YOUNG
PERSON DIES. MARCX SAYS IN THE
LAST THREE YEARS--6 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED IN KANSAS CITY FROM A DRAG
RACING RELATED WRECK. go go BUT
FOR NOW--POLICE TRY TO BUST UP
THE ILELGAL STREET RACES---YOU
CAN SEE THE TEENS SCATTER and
SQEUAL OUT AS THIS COP CAR
ARRIVES. car squeals out
GETTING THE RACERS TO
SCATTER--ISN'T A SOLUTION TO
KC'S DRAG RACING PROBLEM---IT'S
JUST A TEMPOARY DETERENT---MARCX
SAYS TO REALLY SIDELINE the
RACES--THE LAW NEEDS MORE
HORSEPOWER. I think the
ordinance needs to be changed it
needs to be strengthened I think
it needs to be a litte more
severe MORE SEVERE COULD MEAN
TOUGHER FINES FOR DRIVERS--
24:26 to send the message that
one it's unsafe, just because it
hasn't happened to you, yet, it
very well may happen to
you.24:32 MARX ALSO WANTS A NEW
LAW TO SPELL OUT THAT
SPECTATORS--THE TEENS WHO GATHER
TO WATCH THE STREET RACES--ARE
ALSO BREAKING THE LAW --MARCX
SAYS SPECTATORS KEEP THE RACERS
ROLLING. LIKE THESE TEENS WHO
LEFT THE FIRST DRAG RACING
SCENE--AND MOVED TO THIS SECOND
HOT SPOT--41ST and NORFLEET.
police are taking names and
giving out parking tickets
because even though these teens
weren't drag racing, police say
they were set up to get started.
POLICE CAN ISSUE PARKING
TICKETS- - BECAUSE THIS STREET
HAS NO PARKING SIGNS AND OTHER
OBSTACLES SPECIFICLALY SET UP TO
DISCOURAGE DRIVERS FROM RACING
HERE---BUT IT DOESN'T KEEP AWAY
THEM TEENS LIKE 15 YEAR OLD
TIFFANY SMITH. I out here for
the first time with brother and
friends I was watching street
racers 16 YEAR OLD IAN
HIGGS--SAYS HE KNEW THE COPS
WERE OUT --SO HE WASN'T DRAG
RACING ---THIS TIME-- its like
an adrenal rush, uh, I mean we
arent' stupid about it or
anything, we don't weave in out
of cars, we
do it where we know its good
straight road and nobodys coming
we ..Do it safely, the way I
look at it HIGGS THINKS POLICE
SHOULD GIVE STREET RACERS A
BREAK-- i dont' think they see
it form our point of view, sure
it's against the law, but if we
go out to a track it's like 20
to race, not everybody can
afford that every single weekend
BUT THE TICKET THEY GOT
TONIGHT---NEARLY 40 BUCKS...YET
THEY GOT TONIGHT---NEARLY 40
BUCKS...YET NO ONE IN THIS
MOSTLY UNDERAGE CROWD--SEEMS TO
REALLY MIND THAT THEY'RE
BREAKING CURFEW--OR THAT POLICE
BUSTED THEM. SO OFFICERS GAVE
THEM AN EARFUL.. you guys may
not be causing trouble tonight,
but when you start hanging got
more people, we've had some bad
things happen , people shot
17;23 if what you're doing, you
dont' want to be seen on the 6
o'clock news, then maybe you
ought to think about not doing
it 17:28 MARX HOPES THIS TIME
HIS MESSAGE WON'T FALL ON DEAF
EARS--- THAT AT LEAST ONE TEEN
WILL TAKES THIER RACE TO A LEGAL
TRACK-- AND NOT SEEK THRILLS ON
the STREETS OF KC. POLICE SAY
SOMETIMES THERE AS MANY AS 200
SPECTACTORS AND DRIVERS AT AN
ILLEGAL STREET RACE--AND THERE
HAVE BEEN SHOOTINGS, FIGHTS AND
OTHER PROBLEMS AMONG THE CROWD.
THE FINE FOR STREET RACING RIGHT
NOW IS UP TO 500 DOLLARS OR UP