The Houston injury attorneys at Denena & Points realize that Houston is known as a hot bed of street racing enthusiasm. Street racers come from all over to engage in the foolish contests along Houston highways and out of the way roads too. But although we in Houston suffer the costly consequences of dangerous street racing activity on a disproportionate basis, the problem is statewide.
Our Houston injury attorneys note that on Wednesday evening, a street racer is thought to have run the car of 25-year-old Eric Arteaga off the bridge and into Leon Creek in San Antonio near Old Pearsall Road and Southwest Military Drive. Authorities think that Eric Arteaga was engaged in a race with the driver who shoved his car off the bridge and then fled when he died.
At the last report we found, police had not yet found the racer whose actions sadly killed Eric Arteaga. Arteaga, like many street racers, probably did not consider the possibility that he could be involved in a wreck and die when he began the race. Many street racers, particularly the young, do not consider these possible consequences. And their friends and families are left to mourn after they so needlessly lose their lives.
Professional racers are all too aware that they could die from their love of the race. They work diligently to enhance the safety of their vehicles and hone their driving skills to avoid such consequences. Recently, following an alarming and deadly crash on the professional racing circuit, these drivers campaigned for tougher safety standards at the tracks on which they race.
Our Houston injury attorneys point out that such diligence and concern distinguishes the professional racer from the casual street racer. The casual street racer, with his reckless disregard for safety endangers not only his own life, but also those of passengers, onlookers, and others, like you, who might share the roads at the time of his race.
Learn about the dangers of street racing to you and your family. Read our linked article on the pervasive problem of street racing in the Houston area.