They are getting that way out here because on the number of wrecks and deaths from street racing. It only takes a few to F it up for every body. If they want to be a hard a$$ about it they can impound your for 30 days and make you pay to fix it and for the storage on the 30 days. Some years back a Buddy and I were both pulled over in our cars going up to his place about 9 pm on a fri. night. He had a problem with his plates and the officer told him to just park it until he got it fixed. He also said " I know you don't want me to look under both your hoods"
Some city's have been sending in under-cover people with hidden cameras to street races to take video and pics of modified cars and their plates. They then get the names and addresses from the DMV and go around looking up the people and their cars. They did this here last year and nabbed 80 some cars this way.

They should go after the real source of the problem: Playstation and Gran Turismo and any other tool that makes tools think they can take 90 degree turns at 120mph. A hand should extend from the joystick and slap the offending gamer each time he tries to defy the laws of physics.

Hey now! That is the whole reason I play! I know I can't do it on the street without a death wish, where can you go and drive without lifting the throttle and get to repeat the scenario when you crash, errr... I mean die? :drive:

I got a solution, raise the age of buying performance parts to 21. That will fix it. :rolleyes:

Mike

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I agree on the Steevo's comments on the Video Gamers mentality. In the past 2 months, 2 MONTHS, there have been 7 local high school kids killed in car wrecks where they were taking curves way to fast and ran off the road. Where does the culpability of the mentally challenged gamer and bravado of being a badass behind the wheel intersect? A Mario Andretti "want to" writing checks that Mr. Gravity's ass cannot and will not cash. Ever.

I put a good amount of the blame on the parents that buy or let their kids buy cars and not teach them respect for them. Just here you go and that's it. Also why are 16 and 17 yr old kids out at 1 or 2 in the morning doing what ever. If you let your kids have cars then you hold some of the responsibilities as to what they are doing with them. Teach them better from the start and they are alot less likely to be out doing these things. If they like racing take them to a track or event some where at teach them the safe way of doing it. I've seen many of these stories on the news with people in the 20's talking about how it took the loss of a good friend or some body for them to get it that it's too dangerous to street race. If only someone had instilled this is them at 15 or 16 then they wouldn't have been there from the start.

here, the cops have a couple "rice" cars, that plain clothed cops drive around, just waiting for some poor fool to pull up along side and blurp the fart can.........instant "speed racing" ticket for the poor fool, however i personally have witnessed the cops in the "rice" cars do the same thing in order to instigate somebody into a speed racing ticket....which i think is a bunch of CRAP.

i have also learned as steve-o pointed out, that driving cars that dont scream for attention seems to work pretty good, along with cars nice that show you #1 have some respect for the vehicle, and probably are a fine upstanding member of the community #2 might have enough money that the meaningless equipment ticket(i.e. front plate) isnt gonna make you decide that the car looks better with one....legal or not.

i personally dont give a flyin f@$% about tickets, if its deserved, fine, i pay it, if not, i give it to my lawyer to take care of. i realize cops are just doin their jobs, i dont have a problem when they do it with dignity, its the power trip a$$holes with a gun and a badge that really get under my skin. ( cop rant complete for "now")

Now that makes way too much sence. :thumbsup: