The attitude of the police towards street drifters depends on the situation, said Deputy Kozitsky 
of how tired the residents are. Aleksey Kozitsky, a former navigator who imported Japanese cars in the 1990s and now a Primorsky deputy, spoke about this within the framework of the special project “Russian Fast and Furious”.
“There are residential buildings everywhere. This is a peculiarity of Vladivostok – there is no industrial zone where you could safely ride. Therefore, all the places where the guys drive are mainly in residential areas. And when they start to drive often, there are many complaints. Then already the leadership of their subordinates says to take action. It may end badly, but basically it all ends with a preventive conversation and promises that we will not be like this anymore, “Kozitsky said.
At the same time, according to him, due to police actions recently, drifters began to take to the streets less often.
Drift is a technique of cornering in a car using a controlled skid at the highest possible speeds. Sports drift originated in Japan and gained popularity in Russia in the early 2000s, after the release of the movie “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”. Back then, Russian drifters started out as underground racers, and now they organize world-class competitions.
The special project “Russian Fast and Furious” is dedicated to the life of motorists in the Far East and the unusual automotive culture that began to form in the region back in Soviet times. Already in the 1980s, the first Japanese cars began to be delivered to Primorye. Over time, a huge car market emerged in Vladivostok, which reached its peak in the 1990s. The active development of the automotive culture influenced the formation of the interests of young Russians and contributed to the appearance of the first Russian drifters in the region.