Street racing tragedies end too many innocent lives on our roads.

Street racing is not a game and it is a dangerous, reckless activity putting too many innocent people at risk. Motivated by car racing games such as Need for Speed , Grand Theft Auto and many more. Movies also have a big impact on these kids, Fast and Furious for example with the latest Tokyo Drift creation. Who are people that enter these illegal street racings? Most of them are in their late teens and early twenties.

Customizing these cars can be expensive and often exceeds actual value of the vehicle. Too many times now racers loose control of their cars crashing into other vehicles often hurting innocent people. Many of these cars are seized by police and in some cases get destroyed. Drivers caught taking part in illegal street racing face numerous convictions resolving in criminal charges and loss of license for those convicted.

In May 2006 Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that he will introduce legislation to crack down on street racing (this will be updated once put in place).

There are many legal racing clubs you can join and race on tracks and not on our roads. For list of drag racing in Canada please visit Drag Race Canada and for motorcycle racing visit Canadian Motorcycle Drag Racing Association, in Alberta visit MHDRA (Medicine Hat Drag Race Association), for snowmobile drag racing in Ontario visit COSDRA (Central Ontario Snowmobile Drag Racing Association), in British Columbia visit MRP (Mission Raceway Park).

Do the right thing and race on the track not on our streets.