Earlier this year a dramatic accident at an illegal street race in a Washington DC suburb killed eight people and sent five others to hospital. The reaction of local law enforcement? A crackdown on illegal street racing. In the Polish city of Lodz, police have taken precisely the opposite approach. They have co-opted illegal races, making them monthly public spectacles. The New York Times reports on the phenomenon it a recent article "Where Racing is Fast and Police Aren't Furious.”
