NC lawmakers hope to crack down on reckless driving, street racing

TURNED ON TO GET PUSH ALERTS

LIKE THIS ONE YOU SEE HERE THE

APP IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD THIS

VIDEO. MAKE JAN EASY. IT'S A

BMW AND A MOTORCYCLE.

>> THEY'RE GOING SO FAST.

THE RACING HERE ON THE BELTLINE

IN WAKE COUNTY. IT'S A VIDEO

THAT HAS GONE VIRAL AT THIS

POINT. IT'S CAUSING SOME

CONCERN WITH FOLKS KNOW NOBODY

WAS INJURED. THERE WAS NO

CRASHES. THIS TIME. BUT WE'VE

SEEN THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR END

BADLY OR DEADLY IN THE PAST.

WRAL'S MONICA CASEY SHOWS US

THE PUSH FROM STATE LAWMAKERS

TO CRACK DOWN ON RACING AND

RECKLESS DRIVING TO MAKE OUR

STREETS SAFER.

>> HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS AND

THOUSANDS OF LIKES THIS VIRAL

VIDEO WAS POSTED ON INSTAGRAM 2

DAYS AGO. IF THE DRIVER CLAIMS

TO BE GOING 130 MPH PASSING A

STATE TROOPER ON WHAT LOOKS

TO BE 4.40. IT'S ONE OF MANY

ON HIS PAGE, INCLUDING THIS

STORY POST OF HIM STREET RACING

WITH A MOTORCYCLE. I REACHED

OUT TO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL

ABOUT THAT VIDEO AND THEY SAY

THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. WE KNOW

BEHAVIOR LIKE THAT ON THE ROADS

CAN BE DEADLY.

>> HERE'S THE PROOF. THIS CASE

CLOSE TO HOME. 49 YEAR-OLD

MORRISVILLE RESIDENT ARMIEN

ROSHNI KILLED COMING HOME FROM

HIS JOB AT TARGET.

>> HE WAS HIT BY A 16 YEAR-OLD

DRIVER BELIEVED TO BE STREET

RACING. IT'S ALSO AN ISSUE IN

GASTON COUNTY. SIX-YEAR-OLD

LIAM LAGUNAS KILLED WHEN A CAR

STREET RACING SMASHED INTO HIS

FATHER'S VEHICLE. LIAM'S LAW OR

HOUSE BILL 246. AIMS TO CRACK

DOWN ON THAT BEHAVIOR. THEY

LOST CONTROL THAT.

>> ONE VEHICLE HIT THE OTHER

VEHICLE, LOST CONTROL, CROSSED

THE MEDIAN.

AND BASICALLY THE MODISH THE

CARD THAT LIAM WAS RIDING IN.

>> IT PROPOSES FELONY CHARGES.

IF SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED

OR KILLED STREET RACING AND IT

WOULD RAISE THE PENALTIES FOR

RECKLESS DRIVING CAUSING

SERIOUS INJURY.

>> LIAM'S LAW ALSO INTRODUCES

THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER

PENALTIES FOR HIT AND RUN

CRASHES, INCLUDING THE

POSSIBILITY OF LOSING YOUR

DRIVER'S LICENSE PERMANENTLY