LA citys simpleminded solution for violent street takeovers mercilessly mocked: They gonna drift around it

Compton’s latest weapon against violent street takeovers is getting laughed at online.The city has installed rubber medians at major hotspots in an effort to keep drivers from turning intersections into donut zones — a simple-minded solution that critics say won’t stop anyone determined to drift.“They gonna drift around it,” one critic wrote.“All that’s gon do is make them show how they can drift around it,” another said.But the jokes come with an inconvenient fact for the skeptics: street takeovers dropped 45% during the first and second quarters of 2026 compared with last year, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.The drop followed the installation of the rubber medians in Compton and its unincorporated areas.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story “We are on an elimination campaign,” city spokesperson Marcus Harris told CBS.“We want to stop all the street takeovers in the city of Compton.”The sideshow problem has plagued Compton and Los Angeles County since the 2020 pandemic.In 2022 alone, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to nearly 500 street takeovers in Compton.City officials first tried “Botts’ Dots” to deter the drivers.They were ignored.The new rubber medians are a much tougher obstacle.They physically block drivers from freely spinning their cars through intersections and performing donuts without risking damage to their vehicles.At Alondra Boulevard, where the city installed the barriers in February, staff said they have not seen visible tire marks from drivers doing donuts since.Harris said the city has installed the medians at three intersections:And Compton wants to take the crackdown much further.“We’re looking forward to installing another 30 intersections to ...