Lawmakers are trying to crack down on street racing in Tennessee.
A new proposal allows offenders to lose their driving privileges and possibly their car. This proposal comes after a deadly drag racing crash on Magnolia Avenue which left one man dead and injured two children in June of last year. Right now, drag racing is a Class A misdemeanor.
State Representative John Gillispie says he thinks his proposed bill will help stop drag racing. He initially introduced this bill last year, since then he’s added language that says the money earned when the drag racer’s car is sold at auction would go to the state’s traumatic injury trust fund.
