Proposed legislation and speed bumps are part of a plan targeting street racing and trick driving in Birmingham.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and several state legislators announced Tuesday that they have been working on a bill to combat street racing, which has been a recurrent problem in Birmingham.Woodfin joined Sen. Rodger Smitherman and Rep. Allen Treadaway and Rep. Rolanda Hollis to discuss the proposed legislation on Tuesday.
Smitherman said he’s witnessed dangerous reckless driving in downtown Birmingham. “I was down at Publix, between Third and Second Avenue South; I was standing on a balcony, and I’m looking at these people on Second Avenue and 20th Street doing donuts, so I had a chance to see it my own self, personally,” Smitherman said. “On Third Avenue, I’ve had a chance to stand on a similar balcony and see people at night racing up and down the street just like it’s a drag race.
Birmingham police are trying to combat the problem, but can’t be in all the places where street racing and trick driving is happening, he said. “It has all the officers’ attention,” Woodfin said. Woodfin has said that Birmingham Police gave out 89 citations for reckless driving in 2020, 146 in 2021 and 57 this year from Jan. 1-July 31. Drivers showing off by doing stunts like spinning out and doing donuts has been an increasing problem, Woodfin said.
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