San Francisco sideshow crash ends Market Road Cycles enterprise

Officers responded to Market and Franklin streets shortly after 3 a.m. in response to a report of a vehicle crash with a building and arrived to find damage at a business, a San Francisco Police Department spokesperson said. Paramedics also responded, treating the driver for minor injuries. Impairment due to drugs or alcohol did not appear to be factors, police said.

SFPD’s plan to tackle illegal sideshows has been widely criticized as a failing effort. Although the department created a special response unit to address the roving stunt-driving exhibitions, it has been hampered by limited staffing, with many of the incidents happening on weekends. The focus on disruption and dispersion contrasts with other Bay Area police departments, which cite participants and tow vehicles en masse.