South Bay residents angered by cars, motorcycles racing down Highways 34, 84
Sep 21, 2026
WOODSIDE, Calif. (KRON) -- Those who live and work near Woodside and La Honda say more needs to be done to curb outsiders coming to town to race their cars and motorcycles on Highways 35 and 84.
“We have a select amount of individuals coming from out of the area that are treating this area as a
racetrack, and these are not locals that live here, and it's predominantly people that want to break the law, go very fast, and get their joys doing this," said Andy Kerr, co-owner of Alice’s Restaurant. The restaurant sits at the intersection of Highways 35 and 84 and sports a sign that says, “This is our community no racing.”
“Not only is it locals that have been killed in the last couple of years or severely injured, but we have volunteer fire departments up here," said Taylor Skeels, the Manager at Alice’s Restaurant. "These are customers of mine who are the first people on scene dealing with these traumas.”
“It's truly something that affects our entire community,” he said.
In fact, a group of community members has set up a website called the Safe Corridor Initiative. Those behind the site say in the last five years, there have been more than 800 crashes killing 26 people and injuring more than 1,100.
“It's angering and frustrating, and then at a certain point, it just makes you afraid,” said La Honda resident Joe Krempetz
“I have friends who have kids and stuff like that who just won't drive on Saturday or Sunday. They're like, we're not going anywhere, we're not getting on the roads at all,” he said.
Those calling for a safer roadway says a lack of law enforcement funding has meant few officers are on hand to deal with the situation on any regular basis. Correcting that, they say, is the first step.
“And once you start doing that and start taking some of their cars and start issuing very large fines. That people's behavior will change,” Kerr said.
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