Definition

• Street racing occurs when two cars with similar capabilities race each other down a strip of public road.
  
  

Considerations

• There is organized and spontaneous street racing. When well-organized, the racers use police scanners and GPS devices to track and avoid police.
  
  

Warning

• According to a 2001 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), street racing was the cause of 135 deaths that year. Besides this study, street racing deaths are not tracked on a database.
  
  

Identification

• Street racers are most likely to be male teenagers.
  
  

Penalties

• A driver can be locked up for up to three months for street racing and lose his license. When caught for street racing, the person will likely have a hard time getting reasonably priced car insurance.