Street racers aren’t criminals. To me, being a criminal means intentionally hurting people, scamming, stealing, or exploiting others. Street racing is illegal, sure, but most people do it as a hobby because they love cars and racing and just becuase you break the law doesn’t make you a “criminal”. I hate how games like Need For Speed always paint racers as villains when the reality is way less black-and-white.
Not exactly. Most countries differrentiate between different types of laws, and criminal law is just one subsection. That’s why e.g. parking in the wrong spot is breaking a law, but it’s not criminal.
Street racing is in most countries part of criminal law, because it’s something that’s especially bad and dangerous.
Drug usage is in many countries in the realm of criminal law, and it’s quite controversial whether it should be there, thus many countries move it out of criminal law.