It is a summer scourge in France's suburbs that has left young people dead and injured amid complaints that the government is failing to act, reports the BBC.
Youths on motorbikes, scooters and other vehicles have taken over streets, carrying out high-speed stunts in what have become known as urban rodeos.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says 2,200 arrests have been made this year.
And he has promised that every police station will carry out at least three "anti-rodeo" operations every day.
Only this week a 19-year-old man was killed when he lost control of the motorbike he was riding in Marseille.
Local reports say he was doing a wheelie on his powerful new 650cc bike in front of a friend when he lost his balance, hit the pavement and crashed into a pole. He had no licence and no insurance.
"We know from witnesses who were there that this young man was evidently doing urban rodeo with a high-powered motorbike and lost control," said local police prefect Frédérique Camilleri. "It's truly tragic and my thoughts go out to his family and friends because it's traumatic for everybody."
But it is not just the bikers getting caught up in the deadly races.