Street Racers Cars Crushed
 

Anyone else see this??? Not sure how I personally feel about this one, but I guess it does get the point across!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19339955/

"350-horsepower engine
Hoang said he was caught late last year racing his prized car, on which he spent at least $10,000 to get into top shape. The 350-horsepower engine topped out at 160 mph, Hoang said, swearing it could beat a Corvette or even a Ferrari"

I think Hoang needed the reality check for draming honda could beat the vette :):):)

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Now don't be too hard on the young lad, he didn't specify what kind of Vette or Ferrari- he may have been refering to the '54 Blue Flame straight 6 or the 1948 Ferrari 166MM. But then again he might just have been huffing too much N20 (aka Naaaws):rofl:

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I recognize this is a huge problem - and not only in socal - but is anyone concerned about authorities taking property that's not theirs or illegal ?

Create new laws or ordinances, and/or enforce current laws, take the illegal parts, fine the hell outta the person, and take all legal actions available, including prison I guess for repeat offenders - BUT, to seize property and destroy it has me wondering where to draw the line.

Where do 'legal vs illegal mods' end in their minds ....

There are many ways to make a point within the bounds of current laws.

Rant off.

Jim

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albeit not knowing all the details.... I'm on your side!!!

really. A heavy fine would serve the same point. If he were fined $10K for racing I'm sure it would make him think twice about it. Especially after they seize the stolen parts off the car. But my question is, how can you look at a part and know that it's stolen? A transmission, c'mon, you can easily pick one up from the yard and give it fresh paint. Does that make it stolen? :rolleyes:

I have strong emotion on both sides of the issue. If they catch one of these little pricks racing from one side of town to the other, swerving in and out of traffic trying to maintain a speed of no less then 100MPH (we have a "High Rollers Club" here and that is their critia, to maintain no less then 100MPH from one side of town to the other in traffic, about 30 miles), Or if there racing in a warehouse park with people lining the roads forming a human guardrail, then they should have their **** crushed, for that matter they should have their nuts crushed!

The problem is what is construed as street racing. Now for example, we have a guy that is out on a Friday night in his Hot Rod and he is cruising 40MPH beside his buddy on a deserted highway (deserted because it's 3:30 AM). They come to a stoplight, When the light turns green, The buddy car turns left on to another street as the other guy shows his ass and grabs the nitrous and everything else he has, runs it up to about 70MPH (in about 3 seconds,LOL) and then backs out and continues to cruise at the 55 MPH speed limit. The show off gets pulled over by a cop that was on his bumper at the traffic light, the show off did not see the cop (what kind of idiot would not even check his mirror, the cop was probably pissed because of all the nitrous he just got jammed down his throat, ROFLMAO), and gets a ticket for "Street Racing"! Now to me there is a HUGE difference between "Street Racing" and "Exhibition of Speed", or even "Reckless Driving". Under this law, the show offs car could be crushed? Here, they threaten to take you car. To me, that is a little strong punishment for a testosterone filled moment on a deserted highway at 3:30 AM that endangered no one but maybe the show off and his screaming wife.

So while I agree that something has to be done to stop these little pin heads in ricers from rally racing in our neighborhoods and cities, there needs to be some clear line on what is and is not street racing.

As for the show off in my story, he was able to get the "Street Racing" charge dropped, probably due to his maturity (Old Fart). The judge decided it was not really street racing, just a stupid move.

The judge did get a chuckle when he asked the show off why he did this right in front of a cop sitting behind him at the light.

I told him the truth, I told him I did not check my mirror!

Seems like a better idea to slap them with a fine and auction the car off. :yes:

+1. When I lived in Tampa, some of the guys from a local F-body club and I were cruising around (doing the speed limit and everything) and decided to stop in a parking lot to check out one of the guys' new motor. After a few minutes a cop pulls up and tries to write us all up for street racing because we had "sport type vehicles" and there was apparently some street racing that they had busted up 10 minutes further up the road. After some protesting he then tried to cite us for spectating street racing :( even though we had no knowledge of it. Luckily a few other club members showed up, two of which are also cops, and things got settled. Were were pretty POed though.

David