| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 12:06:56 AM | | if i was modding a car, i'd rather deal with the cops pulling me over and making sure i was driving legally, than have some schmuck mow down another pedestrian. | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 12:12:40 AM | | Cops are using anything to do with modifications to give a person a VI ticket... I will say there are a lot of modifications that have been performed poorly out there.. but still if a cop isn't educated on whats safe and whats not for the most part its become a huge hassle that is singling out a person for acting on there freedom to express them selves.. | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 1:13:13 AM | as publius once said so long ago
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Who will guard the guards?) | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 1:42:17 AM |
If you read what I had to say you'd understand that a LOT of people these days are getting tagged for street racing just for having a modified car...
Its always been that way, just happens to be with "street racers" now, prior to that it was souped up muscle cars, before that "street rods". This is nothing new! Don't you think the cops do the same thing when they see "Sports cars" like porsche's ferraris what have you? Drive down the highway,in a volvo wagon and a 911 see which one gets the ticket, even if they are doing the same speed.
Deal with it, there will always be a type or types of cars that are "tagged".. | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 1:49:23 AM | @ louis
i think the separation here is that "street rods" were fast cars built by those who did not have the $$$$ for sports cars. The old rodders made the cars fast thru hard work and ingenuitive designs on relatively standard equipment. When you spend 2000 hrs on building up a car you know it well and don't put it to stupid risks
Now, we have cars that the only way to build them up to that level is alot of money which all too often coincides with a lack of respect for the general public (mom and dad buy buddy boy an $80'000 rocket) so these guys race in stupid, high density locales and are getting people killed. Since the media shows every case this happens the police are being pressured (cause people won't accept that buying buddy an $80k car lead to the crash when he had no respect for the car or others) to put heads on a platter thus "villianizing" the few actually valid rodders out there who do race responsibily. | |
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Posted: 12/10/2005 7:37:39 AM | Couple of pennies for the record....for whatever that is worth.
First, the police have nothing to do with the motor vehicle act other than enforce it. Street Racing is defined under the motor vehicle act (and all of it's penalties) written by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles. The only way a cop can enforce anything under that act is when they can prove a violation. (amazingly, not as easy as one might think)
Guilt by association has been a fact of life for as long as there have been people passing judgement on one another. It was that way when I was growing up, I taught that to my kids when they were growing up...etc....etc....etc. There is very little that can be done about that. If you are hanging out with a bunch of druggies, people will think you are one, drinkers...the ditto....dress like a skater...you are one....etc...It is a fact of life that is not fair.......NEWSFLASH.....Life isn't fair!
All I can say to the OP....if your friends are doing nothing wrong...eventually the police will quit pulling them over. | |
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Posted: 12/10/2005 7:49:43 AM | | People should wake the fuck up and see how we are being stripped of our legal and civil rights by communist outfits like ICBC and the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.ABOLISH ICBC NOW!!!! | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 7:57:04 AM |
First, the police have nothing to do with the motor vehicle act other than enforce it
this is where police them selves need to be educated... They aren't trained to be an automotive technition how are they suposed to know whats safe and whats not when it comes to a vechical... | |
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Posted: 12/10/2005 8:22:32 AM | I dont think it is fair for "the Man" to be hassling guys who drive around in modified cars as suspects in street racing. SOME people just enjoy driving their rides around town, and racing them on tracks on the weekend.
I'm friends with a few guys who all have 300hp+ 5.0 Mustangs. They compete in slalom and open track events with their cars. THAT is where they give'r! ON THE TRACK!!!
Mission Raceway has a "Street Drag" on friday nights in the summertime, but often times these "Fast and the Furios" guys can't be bothered to drive out to Mission for a 1/4mile race.
There needs to be a "closed off" 1/4 mile strip somewhere in town for the kids to race where they wouldn't be putting anyones life at risk but their own!
To promote racing on "THE STRIP, NOT THE STREET", the police should just immediately confiscate the licenses of any drivers "CAUGHT", (not "SUSPECTED Of"), racing on public roads. | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 9:17:23 AM | Well for the record, anyone caught street racing has both their vehicle impounded and they are prohibited from driving...on a first offence they lose their vehicle for 48 hours. On a second offence they lose their vehicle for 30 days. The license can be anywhere from 15 days to 3 years depending on their driving record.
Interesting enough most of the drivers CAUGHT street racing are under 20 years of age, so if they got their license at 16 less than 4 years driving experience. Great that these EXPERTS are out there proving their stuff...usually on public roadways with little or no regard for anyone else using those streets.
You only have to lose one loved one to a drunk driver or street racer to put things into perspective.
Anyone who feels the need for speed should go blow it off on a track for that purpose, as many who have posted here state they do. Too far to travel to get there, oh well then I guess they need to get a little older or a better paying job so they can afford the gas and time to get to where it is legal. The thrill for some folks is the combination of speed and pushing the limits of the law. So....if they get caught....it is their ride and license on the line...(which is the risk they take) | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 10:08:01 AM | | well...... last nite...3AM.... another high end sports car involved in a suspected street race, came to an abrupt halt when he plowed into the ditch on 152st, reportedly, he had 3 passengers in a porche when he skidded out of control, if this a$$ wants to take his own life so be it, but he put 3 "friends" in the hospital last nite. The other car suspected of "street racing" dissapeared into the night. | |
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Posted: 12/10/2005 12:07:30 PM | For the innocent track racers.
Rumor has it that if the cops catch you street racing you are banned from Missionraceway for life.
They know where to hit you where it hurts dont they.
Listen to the squeeling tires leaving on the public streets after the fri night street legal races at Mission.
If you live in Richmond and work how are you suppose to make it to Mission on a fri night before they have a full car count at 5 or 6 o clock?
What style of driving will a young person do riding home if he drove that far to Mission and could not get in to race?
Drivers should have a safe place to test there cars they built that is accessible(location/time) to them to keep them off the street.
Things that come to mind.
Are you cool if you burn out your tires in frt of the Java hut or A&W causing the cops to shut it down and spoil it for everyone?
A street car is just that, a street car, and should always be drivin on the street in a safe defensive manner or at the dragstrip where it is safe and you can find out how slow your car really is :).
Some stock new factory cars are so fast they would need a helmet/ roll bar installed just to pass tech./safety inspection at the race track.
Put this fast(so called) street car in the hands of a young nonexperienced driver without a roll bar on the public streets,..ouch!
Old Rod or a new import, does not matter, and has been modified the police have the right to make you park it/tow it if they see it as unsafe for the public streets and you need to get it certified before driving it again.
Get it certified before driving it.
A race car should be towed to the track,or driven to and from the track only.
Once and a while maybe a car show or a date,testing,drive on the street.
Cars are 4000 pound bullets.
Stud(class 1,zero points,zero tickets 10yrs.)tires
Happy Holidays!
Drive safe! | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 4:44:28 PM | Old Rod or a new import, does not matter, and has been modified the police have the right to make you park it/tow it if they see it as unsafe for the public streets and you need to get it certified before driving it again.
How is a cop suposed to deam a car unsafe if he is not even qualified to work on a vehical?? If you note me mentioning about a friend who got a ticket for having no rear bumper skin on his car.. this shows just how uneducated the police officer was about the laws they are suposed to be upholding... If you don't believe me here is the section right out of the motor vehical act
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject: Damn cops
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I was late to work today cuz I was pulled over by some power tripping lady cop. Who said “ to her my car was unsafe “ cuz it had no rear bumper.
But I do…..
According to the motor vehicle act, a bumper is that plastic and metal reinforcing behind the “ bumper cover” key word cover not the actually bumper which she said I was missing.
Haha
So u know this one if getting fought.
Definitions
49(4) In this section
"bumper" means a device designed to be affixed to the front and rear of a motor vehicle of the passenger car type and capable of preventing or minimizing the damage to other parts of the motor vehicle; (« pare-chocs »)
Which means that plastic part that is riveted on to the frame of the car and that is AFFIXED to the frame so you cant take it off with screws
(3) For the purpose of subsections (1) and (2), components that are
commonly known as bumperettes or overriders are not part of the
main structural component of a bumper or of the projected vertical
Which means that plastic part or in my case fiberglass “cover” is not part of the componets of the bumper it is just all cosmetic stuff. So it has no protection in an accident.
stilllooking.. I drove by that accident this morning on my way into work.. It was a very horrible sight... Just goes to show that it doesn't have to be a person with a modified car to cause such an accident... | |
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| Suspected street racing..
Posted: 12/10/2005 6:12:51 PM | Cops are using anything to do with modifications to give a person a VI ticket... I will say there are a lot of modifications that have been performed poorly out there.. but still if a cop isn't educated on whats safe and whats not for the most part its become a huge hassle that is singling out a person for acting on there freedom to express them selves..
Your right, the cops are not able to tell if a vehicle has been modified SAFELY, hence the vehicle inspection ticket is handed out... really, what do you expect.
Working in the trade, i have seen some bizarre modifications that scare the crap out of me, i have no problem with people getting pulled over.... better than pulling them out of a ditch, or some innocent persons drivers door.
Veh inspection tickets have been around for 30 plus years... i know i got a few back in the mid 70's in my 69 s/s chevelle, and there were manditory veh inspections then, once a year.
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Posted: 6/24/2009 12:01:31 PM | lol i got arrested for street racing. I doubled the speed limit and got pretty abused by the officer. In court i showed my scared wrists from the handcuffs and the judge actually let me go free
so sorry for the bad rep guys... my bad | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 12:23:41 PM | It's really too bad law enforcement could'nt just shoot the no mind that gets caught street racing....
One less jerk off on the road...... | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 6:20:48 PM | We dont care!
I hope you get tagged, towed and busted.
Find another hobby. Get a life. Try mountain biking. Or isnt that ..macho..enuf for you? | |
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