LA Cracking Down on Street Racing and Intersection Takeovers

The City Council approved a plan calling for beefed-up enforcement and physical barriers such as raised center lines.

Vehicles drive over skid marks left by drivers doing burnouts and "doughnuts" on Bellevue Avenue in the Angelino Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Aug. 26, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

The Los Angeles City Council is cracking down on street racing and intersection takeovers, advancing a list of proposals to combat the lawlessness at a Feb. 6 board meeting.

In a 12–1 vote, council members approved the proposals, with Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez casting the only dissenting vote.