ATLANTA — Starting Monday drivers in Georgia caught in illegal street racing will face some serious penalties.
This comes after several drag racing crashes and deaths in metro Atlanta. Channel 2′s Bryan Mims learned under this new law, you don’t have to be a driver to be arrested.
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It’s called Senate Bill 10.
It goes after not only the drivers but people promoting the races on social media and even those using their own cars to block roads for the street races.
This law comes after a local street race ended in tragedy.
Investigators say in March, a street racer lost control and crashed into an SUV with spectators inside on Antioch Road in Troup County.
The driver of the racing car died along with spectator Cory Maddox.
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