Louisville Police Confiscate More Street Takeover cars

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Like a lot of major US cities, Louisville, Kentucky has been a hotspot for illegal street takeover events in recent years. However, the police department has been trying out a new initiative in the past little while, leveraging an ordinance which allows officers to confiscate cars used in takeover events. It happened again and the department made sure to post about it on social media as a warning.

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According to Louisville Metro Police Department, it confiscated five vehicles recently after the rides were positively identified as being used in takeovers during the Labor Day holiday weekend. We’re sure the owners were shocked when cops showed up along with a tow truck since they likely thought they got away with ripping donuts in an intersection.

Thanks to that city ordinance, those cars will be kept in the police department’s impound lot all the way until March 2025. On top of that, there’s a $1,000 fine for the first offense. That, combined with all the impound fees, is not going to be cheap for these kids. But it’s about the only way some of them will learn.

Reality has a way of kicking in the front door and messing everything up when you’ve constructed a life of fantasy. So many in the street takeover scene genuinely believe they’re doing nothing wrong, that they’re just having some harmless fun, so nothing will happen to them ever.

This should be a wakeup call to those people. It’s not just Louisville where authorities have had enough of this garbage. Other cities and even entire states are pushing back, some rather hard. We think takeovers were tolerated for way too long, but the pendulum is definitely swinging the other direction now.

Louisville police say they’ve already confiscated 25 street takeover cars so far in September. We bet more will be towed away before the month ends. At this pace, all the street takeover dorks will be walking everywhere.

Images via Louisville Metro Police Department/Facebook

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