The Associated Press. "Driver in Long Island Street Race That Killed 5 Gets Jail Sentence." The New York Times. The New York Times, 20 May 2016. Web. 23 May 2016.
This article was written by the associated press of The New York Times about Cory Gloe a driver who participated in a street race on Long Island that killed five other teenagers and was sentenced to six months in jail and probation. Justice Terence Murphy of State Supreme Court nevertheless granted Gloe youthful-offender status because he was 17 at the time of the crash. The judge said he thought justice would be better served by not sentencing Gloe to prison for what he called an error in judgment caused by “juvenile ignorance.” “It’s been offered that movies like ‘Fast and Furious’ …show more content…
The staff offer readers information about real life issues like street racing. In their article they interview many people who have and or did race but but aren’t “morons” about racing. The people they interviewed knows how dangerous it is and because of this majority of them have set rules of racing for example never racing busy streets day or not, or never race with someone in the car. These racers would never put someone else’s life in danger other than their selves because they know its dangerous. Most of the races also mention that they would go to the “sticks” which is their term of the countryside and would race their since people are not usually in the area. These racers are also from Canada so some of them would also race on the border of USA and Canada so that if they are getting chased by the police once they cross over they would just turn around and let them go. One racer does mention that people who are trying to act cool in front of their friends does not deserve to be driving because they are putting people lives at risk and these people are the “morons” but their will always be morons in the world that you can’t stop and they constantly put innocent lives to …show more content…
The purpose of this document is to review how does police and the law handle street racers and it is also a checklist for analyzing a local street-racing problem. It explains the responses and presents evaluative reports on police responses to street racing. It also explains that street racing is the logical extension of youths’ love and attraction to motor vehicles and the competitive nature they have to measure their vehicle performance by the speed it can do and their driver skills. Most street racers organize elaborate racing functions that involve people to be lookout for cops, timekeepers, and involve people who have police scanners to warn the racers before they race starts. This document also ecplains the harms that involve with street racing which include vehicle crashes, unnecessary loud noises, and excessive deterioration of public
This article was written by the associated press of The New York Times about Cory Gloe a driver who participated in a street race on Long Island that killed five other teenagers and was sentenced to six months in jail and probation. Justice Terence Murphy of State Supreme Court nevertheless granted Gloe youthful-offender status because he was 17 at the time of the crash. The judge said he thought justice would be better served by not sentencing Gloe to prison for what he called an error in judgment caused by “juvenile ignorance.” “It’s been offered that movies like ‘Fast and Furious’ …show more content…
The staff offer readers information about real life issues like street racing. In their article they interview many people who have and or did race but but aren’t “morons” about racing. The people they interviewed knows how dangerous it is and because of this majority of them have set rules of racing for example never racing busy streets day or not, or never race with someone in the car. These racers would never put someone else’s life in danger other than their selves because they know its dangerous. Most of the races also mention that they would go to the “sticks” which is their term of the countryside and would race their since people are not usually in the area. These racers are also from Canada so some of them would also race on the border of USA and Canada so that if they are getting chased by the police once they cross over they would just turn around and let them go. One racer does mention that people who are trying to act cool in front of their friends does not deserve to be driving because they are putting people lives at risk and these people are the “morons” but their will always be morons in the world that you can’t stop and they constantly put innocent lives to …show more content…
The purpose of this document is to review how does police and the law handle street racers and it is also a checklist for analyzing a local street-racing problem. It explains the responses and presents evaluative reports on police responses to street racing. It also explains that street racing is the logical extension of youths’ love and attraction to motor vehicles and the competitive nature they have to measure their vehicle performance by the speed it can do and their driver skills. Most street racers organize elaborate racing functions that involve people to be lookout for cops, timekeepers, and involve people who have police scanners to warn the racers before they race starts. This document also ecplains the harms that involve with street racing which include vehicle crashes, unnecessary loud noises, and excessive deterioration of public