County cracks down on street racing viewers

The Fulton County Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to create an ordinance that targets those who gather to watch illegal street racing and driving exhibitions.

Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, who represents part of southern Fulton and brought forward the county ordinance, said this is an issue of public safety. Abdur-Rahman has said she’s seen the tail end of an exhibition where a driver doing doughnuts barely missed spectators.

“This is to keep someone from losing an arm, a leg or an eye,” she said Wednesday.

The new law punishes the hundreds of attendees who learn where and when to gather often from social media posts.

Abdur-Rahman first publicly discussed the measure two weeks ago, days before Gov. Brian Kemp voiced support for new penalties against anyone organizing, promoting or participating in street racing.