Councillors look to crack down on unsanctioned car rallies after south Windsor incident
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An unsanctioned car rally close to Windsor International Airport caused a crash over the weekend — finding ways to prevent these types of meet-ups from taking place is no easy task according to some city officials.
A video posted to Facebook shows what appears to be a car rally with a large crowd gathered around. They are looking on as two cars do donuts in an intersection with screeching tires.
At one point in the video, two cars collide — severely damaging the front end of one car, while the second vehicle speeds out of frame. The incident took place on Wheelton Drive, where tire marks were still visible on the pavement Monday morning.
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"Frankly, it is a very challenging issue to enforce," said Ward 9 Coun. Kieran McKenzie.
"Windsor's not unique in terms of having stunt driving being being an issue that we're dealing with ... But still I think there's some some merit in us turning our minds toward what else could we do to try to make our streets safer and and to try to curtail some of that some of what's disturbing our residents."
Windsor police did not return requests for comment. It is unclear whether there is a police investigation ongoing. There have been no reports of injuries.
McKenzie said that last term of council they strengthened bylaws that target excessive noise from vehicles. But he's also spoken to police about the issue.
"There's a challenge with respect to being able to, even if the charge was brought forward, to have that ... stand-up in court in terms of the way that you can gather evidence.
"It's one thing to increase fines that's, frankly, the easy thing to do."
McKenzie said he would ask staff to bring forward some information about technology in place in other cities, like automated noise radar and other ways to address the issue.
But excessive noise and stunt driving are also issues downtown, the ward councillor says.
Ward 3 Coun. Renaldo Agostino says the city is adding a gate to riverfront lot 16 so that people must pay before parking to gain entry. He'd also like to see more speed bumps in the area to help curtail dangerous driving.
"It's a combination of of technology, some infrastructure work and hopefully some some smarter brains from some people out there doing things that they shouldn't be doing," he said.
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