Evo Street Racers: Press Release Beat The Heat

CURRENT ILLEGAL STREET RACING STATISTICS PROVE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CAUSE.

Source: Evo Street Racers Research Dept..
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Update / Revision: N/A

Often Evo Street Racers receives requests for illegal street racing staticstic's. It has been found that the current illegal street racing statistics are GROSSELY inaccurate. Not only are they inaccurate but they undermine the severity of the illegal street racing problem which makes pursuing and perpetuating current statistics all that more detrimental to the cause (of deterring the illegal activity). The concern relating to statistics is that most law enforcement agencies in America do NOT specifically identify the act of illegal street racing rather note it on citations as “Speeding, Reckless Endangerment, Exhibition of Speed, Contest of Speed, ect.” Without having a universal specific term to identify the act of illegal street racing it becomes assimilated into larger speeding categories thereby making it near impossible for an agency to define statistics let alone compare states or formulate trend composite reports. Considering that over 70% of the populace speeds on the American highway system it is easy to understand why the statistics are easily skewed. It may take up to three to five years of consistent laws and enforcement in a state for statistically significant information to be derived. With effective lobbying it the goal of Evo Street Racer for the continental United States to adopt a common term to categorize the activity of illegal street racing to better assist policy makers in their decisions and develop a better understanding of this societal disease.