More than 350 vehicles involved in reckless driving offenses have been impounded in Milwaukee in the first year of a measure to crack down on the problem.
Last year, a state law allowed local communities to pass ordinances to let police impound vehicles used in a reckless driving offense. It allows for the vehicle to be impounded when the driver is cited or arrested.
Prior law allowed impoundment only if the driver was the owner of the vehicle and had a prior reckless driving offense along with unpaid fines or fees for that past offense…