West Lawn residents want change amid disruptive drag racing. An alderman wants the Chicago City Council to allow police to impound cars involved.
CHICAGO -- The sounds, the antics, the speed of recent gatherings in West Lawn has some eager for change.
"They have a red light I'm trying to get across and they are flying through so my concern is that I'm not going to make it home one night after work because of the irresponsibility of these drivers," Dissette said. "I can't tell you the number of times I've been woken up 1:30, 2:30 in the morning and sometimes it goes on for almost two hours," said resident Pat Glatz.that would allow police to impound cars involved with the drag racing and drifting be approved Wednesday in the city council.
The activity at 71st and Pulaski has calmed down with a new fence and barricades, residents said. They added that the activity has shifted a little south in the Ford City Mall parking lots, where rings and debris remain. It may be from a stunt in which cars do tricks inside a ring of fire.
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