THIS SEEMS SORT OF STUPID TO ME....BUT HEY IT IS THE CITY THAT PUTS YOU ON HOLD WHEN YOU CALL 911 (See comment at end) Officials Closing Tulsa Road For Illegal Street Racing TULSA, Oklahoma - The eastbound Port Road between East 44th Street North to North 74th East Avenue will be closed for the production of the reality show Street Outlaws from 3 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday, and it was the city councilors that signed off shutting down the street. Its a series about illegal street racing. Tulsa Police officers will be helping out here with the show Saturday night. It’s an area of, primarily, businesses and police said theyve all been notified the shoot will shut down traffic for 15 hours. Street Outlaws, Discovery Channels reality series said to be about illegal racing on public streets. The show will be racing into Tulsa Saturday; there will be plenty of security then as well. The show is paying ten off-duty Tulsa police officers to patrol the set. It’s also hired an EMSA crew and a fire truck, requesting firefighters bring the Jaws of Life. Street Outlaws has already made its mark on Tulsa by a number of tire marks on the street. According to city records, the show was here in June filming, but on a smaller scale. “This is a city street with a speed limit sign on it,” one woman said. She said Port Road is used as drag strip most weekend nights and she thinks filming the show in Tulsa is a bad idea. “It is dangerous,” she said. “Theyre promoting young people to drive vehicles fast.” The westbound lanes of Port Road will be open periodically between races. The show didnt have to pay to shut down the road, but they did pay for the emergency personnel and crews that put out the road-closed signs. ************************************************************************** If my memory is correct I remember when an 18 year old girl was killed on her way to church by a couple of illegal street racers. Well what do you know ......I found the story. Tulsa Street Racing Wreck Victim,18, Dies TULSA, Oklahoma -. An 18-year-old woman died following a street racing accident in South Tulsa. Police say she was an innocent victim, who was killed when two cars were racing and crashed into the teens van. The crash occurred Friday night at 81st and Delaware. ***************************************************************************
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:24:20 +0000
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