Copycat drivers are turning LA streets into racing hot spots

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Nearly every night, drivers speed down the street outside Rene Favela's home in Angelino Heights, Los Angeles.

"People drive through at 2 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon," said Favela, who moved into the neighbourhood just north of downtown Los Angeles 17 years ago with his wife, Bella.