​Street Racing Deterred By Metal Plates In Road: Reports

ATLANTA, GA – After two weekends of drag racers doing burnouts to leave skid marks on Atlanta’s iconic rainbow crosswalks, city officials have taken steps to stop the street racing.

Channel 2 Action News reports that city crews installed metal plates in the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Road with the hopes of disrupting spinning tires attempting to do doughnuts in the road.

The last two weekends in February, Atlanta Police have been called to investigate cars spinning out and leaving rubber tire marks across the rainbow crosswalks as onlookers watched and cheered.

Atlanta Police Deputy Chief Carven Tyus last week said that investigators know who is responsible and are looking for the suspects.

“We have identified several individuals and their vehicles,” Tyus said. “We determined that a lot of these individuals were not residents of the city, but simply people who drove into our city to conduct their foolishness.”

Police are offering up to $2,000 in reward for the arrest and indictment of the suspect in these incidents and are asking anyone with information on street racing to call Crime Stoppers. Information can be submitted anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.StopCrimeATL.com. Persons do not have to give their name or any identifying information to be eligible for the reward of up to $2,000