IF YOU WATCH IT, YOU WILL PAY. THAT’S THE GIST OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVED BY THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT. THE ORDINANCE GOT A 6-TO-3 APPROVAL VOTE AND MAKES IT ILLEGAL FOR YOU OR ANY OTHER RESIDENT TO BE A SPECTATOR AT A STREET RACING EVENT. PASSAGE OF THE MEASURE IS THE CITY’S EFFORT TO BRING AN END TO STREET RACING BY TAKING AWAY ITS AUDIENCE.
THE MEASURE WAS PROPOSED BY COUNCILOR BRAD WINTER AFTER SEEING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING STREET RACERS ON BALLOON FIESTA PARKWAY. APD IS CONCERNED PEOPLE COULD BE HURT WATCHING THE CARS RACE … BUT WILL FINE THEM UP TO 500 DOLLARS OR 90 DAYS IN JAIL IF THEY’RE CAUGHT. MAYOR TIM KELLER STILL HAS TO SIGN THE AMENDED TRAFFIC CODE INTO LAW.
