Democratic Senator Jason Pizzo of Florida confirmed a video of a decapitated girl throughout a avenue takeover as a way to push for a invoice he's sponsoring that may make the occasions unlawful in Florida.

Throughout Wednesday's Senate Committee, Pizzo confirmed Senate Transportation Committee members movies of vehicles doing doughnuts throughout a avenue takeover. Scenes within the video confirmed tires screeching and smoking whereas drivers went in circles with passengers hanging out home windows, in line with the Related Press. Spectators have been making an attempt to the touch the vehicles, and, within the final scene, a lady's head was seen mendacity on the street.

As one of many members gasped, Pizzo stated, "That is a mom of 4 who was decapitated. They have been leaning exterior the automotive, and these vehicles go astray."

Tons of of spectators often seem on the occasions throughout which vehicles cease visitors in all instructions by blocking entry to intersections, which might make it troublesome for officers to answer accidents and different calls.

Pizzo is pushing for a invoice that collaborating in a avenue takeover as a driver, passenger or spectator could be a first-degree misdemeanor. Fines may very well be between $500 and $1,000, and violators may withstand a yr in jail. The invoice was unanimously authorised Wednesday by a Senate committee.

Road takeovers include stunts carried out in vehicles, reminiscent of burnouts, doughnuts and drifting. In Miami, the occasions are nearly nightly and have precipitated many accidents and deaths not solely in Miami however different cities, together with these in California and Texas.

In Los Angeles, the California Freeway Patrol (CHP) officers are involved, in line with KTLA. "We're at the moment deploying further officers to fight these avenue racing points, and we're not using our Road Racing Process Power in addition to our surrounding legislation enforcement businesses," CHP officers stated early 2021.

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Senator Jason Pizzo of Florida not too long ago launched a invoice that may make collaborating in a avenue takeover as a driver, passenger or spectator a first-degree misdemeanor. A automotive drives alongside a abandoned highway initially of an in a single day curfew that may result in a Delhi state-wide weekend curfew imposed by the authorities to curb the spreading of the COVID in New Delhi on January 7, 2022.Sajjad Hussain/Getty Photos

With most misdemeanors, a legislation enforcement workplace has to witness the infraction to make an arrest with out a warrant, however the invoice would permit arrests based mostly on video or different proof even when an officer does not see it firsthand, Pizzo stated.

Takeovers are sometimes deliberate on social media, with movies of the occasions later posted on web sites like YouTube.

"It's one thing that in my district that may be a enormous downside," stated Democratic Senator Shevrin Jones, who represents Miami-Gardens. "Should you journey down the road, you will see on the intersection there are tire marks in the course of the road the place youngsters play and likewise the place neighbors stroll. It is extraordinarily harmful."

The Related Press contributed to this report.