A. Definitions:
SPEED CONTEST: The operation of one or more motor vehicles to conduct a race or a time trial, including, but not limited to, rapid acceleration, exceeding reasonable and prudent speeds for highways and existing traffic conditions, vying for position, or performing one or more lane changes in an attempt to gain advantage over one or more of the other race participants.
SPEED EXHIBITION: The operation of a motor vehicle to present a display of speed or power. Speed exhibition includes, but is not limited to, squealing the tires of a motor vehicle while it is stationary or in motion, rapid acceleration, rapid swerving or weaving in and out of traffic, producing smoke from tire slippage, or leaving visible tire acceleration marks on the surface of the highway or ground.
B. Prohibitions:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for a person to knowingly engage in a speed contest on a street or highway.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for a person to knowingly engage in a speed exhibition on a street or highway.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not, for the purpose of facilitating or aiding or as an incident to any speed contest or speed exhibition upon a highway, in any manner obstruct or place a barricade or obstruction, or assist or participate in placing any such barricade or obstruction, upon a highway. A person who violates any provision of this section, commits, pursuant to section 10.1.103 of this chapter, the offense in which the person aided, or the commission of which the person facilitated. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude charging a person under section 10.1.103 of this chapter for otherwise being a party to the crime of engaging in a speed contest or engaging in a speed exhibition.
C. Exemption: The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of a motor vehicle in an organized competition according to accepted rules on a designated and duly authorized racetrack, racecourse, or drag strip. (1968 Code §6-5-7; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 06-201)