By Steven Symes 
A Dodge Hellcat driver caught street racing in Florida was found to have an eight-year-old child passenger. We see stories like this far too often and it always blows our minds.
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According to WPEC, 23-year-old Juliette Leon was clocked going 117 mph in a 2023 Dodge Charger Hellcat on Southwest Gatlin Boulevard in Port St. Lucie. That’s about 70 mph over the speed limit, earning her a nice stay at the local police bed and breakfast, otherwise known as jail.
Police observed the Hellat racing another vehicle along the city street. Once they clocked the speed of both cars and caught up to the Dodge, they were shocked to find the tiny passenger sitting inside.
After all, who goes racing with a kid? It’s so incredibly irresponsible and reckless. Street racing is as well, but to do it with a child in your car, that’s just beyond ridiculous.
For some reason there’s a trend with women, both mothers and just caretakers, who take the children they’re supposed to be protecting for wild rides as they street race and run from the cops with kiddos onboard.
We see this from time to time with men, but it seems to be far more of a rarity. Why that is we don’t know, but someone should really dig into the issue one day, then tell us what conclusions they’ve drawn.
In this case, not only did Leon get a ticket for speeding, and we bet it was an expensive one, she was arrested and charged with racing on highways as well as child neglect. That last one is the sort of thing you really don’t want on your record.
If you want to see what your Hellcat or other performance vehicle can do, go to a track and race without a kid riding shotgun.
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