mob said:its wrong for them to auction off the cars,
Couldnt tell you what the DUI laws are. BUt according to some in the threads, you do stand to lose your car for a DUI. There are also DUI auctions in Raleigh,NC, so Im assuming that if they are not as harsh, they are close. Some people say that politicians are comming down on racing(street, not track) harder than DUI's cause it makes em look good, and generates more revenue. I think that is just the typical younger generation response though. You hear that anytime there is a crackdown on something that is generally associated with the younger crowd. Been that way for generations. I dont know why cops dont sit outside of bars and clubs and do the same thing they did with these kids,instead of roadside DUI checkpoints on holidays. Maybe its a manpower issue. For every street racer in Charlotte, I would venture to guess that there are probably 150 people convicted of repeat DUI's. But how do you keep an alcoholic from driving drunk? Lock em up? Well, them prison space becomes an issue. We know how much money goes into our cars, and these cars are part of our lifestyle, so when someone threatens to take that away, we screamcaseywan said:Not trying to defend street racing in any way, it's stupid, but are the laws against DUI affenders nearly as harsh there, or anywhere for that matter?
Strype said:<===== Has been to court for street racing... No fun
The problem isn't just that the track isn't open. It's that we didn't have the money to get into the track. It's that we got run off from vacant parking lots. It's that we got pulled over because we had a loud car and weren't speeding. It's because we had nowhere to go.
I'm not saying it's right- I've grown up. But, if you treat children like animals they're going to act like animals.
One last thing- I'm talking about 16-20 year olds. If your a 21 year old still out racing with kids who can't get into clubs, bars or don't own their own place... then you belong to the state.
Flame me... It won't change the truth that I lived.
s&k stangs said:Couldnt tell you what the DUI laws are. BUt according to some in the threads, you do stand to lose your car for a DUI. There are also DUI auctions in Raleigh,NC, so Im assuming that if they are not as harsh, they are close. Some people say that politicians are comming down on racing(street, not track) harder than DUI's cause it makes em look good, and generates more revenue. I think that is just the typical younger generation response though. You hear that anytime there is a crackdown on something that is generally associated with the younger crowd. Been that way for generations. I dont know why cops dont sit outside of bars and clubs and do the same thing they did with these kids,instead of roadside DUI checkpoints on holidays. Maybe its a manpower issue. For every street racer in Charlotte, I would venture to guess that there are probably 150 people convicted of repeat DUI's. But how do you keep an alcoholic from driving drunk? Lock em up? Well, them prison space becomes an issue. We know how much money goes into our cars, and these cars are part of our lifestyle, so when someone threatens to take that away, we scream. BUt look at it this way. The state doesnt care how much money we put into the cars. They arent going to make any real money off of em. The only thing that the state sees is that A) There is a law on the books that bans any organized speed compition on public roads. B) This person got caught breaking that law with this car. C) the laaw says that is he is convicted, he loses the car. It is only a car used in an unsafe, illegal activity. Thats all they care about. You think a person getting caught smoking crack should get their crack pipe back? Nothin illegal about owning a glass tube, so why not? Its still his personal property.He paid for that glass tube. BUT, he used that pipe to smoke crack, which is illegal. The only difference between our cars and a crack pipe is how much money we put into our cars.
+1caseywan said:Yeah, my point is just this:
Local authorities are many times way too revenue orientated, they do a lot of stupid things cracking down on stuff that they could really spend their time better elsewhere. A lot, not all, of what they do is just geared towards getting the state more revenue.
For example, I live in Chicago and they just started using these Camera/Radar vans all over the city and suburbs that take pictures of license plates of speeders and people running red lights and stop signs and then you get ticket for $200+ in the mail. Each van costs the city about $150,000! Now it has been proven since they started here in Chicago as well in all other major cities that used this system, that all highway sections, areas, intersections, etc, where they use these camera vans, accidents and vehiclular deaths have gone up by at least 20%. These camera vans generated the city and additional $16 million in the first 6 months and $28 million in the first year of use, and most cities openly admit that they do merely for the revenue.
That being said, I think they invest way too much time and energy in things like this street racing sting just because it generates revenue. Granted if it is a huge threatening problem in an area it needs to be dealt with, but according to that one source in a link above, in the past 17 years in the US there have been a total of 345 deaths related to street racing. I mean come on, how can it really be that big of a threat. Not demeaning the deaths of those 345 or the loss to their families, but I think the 17,000+ deaths per year and 350,000+ injuries per year that are caused by DUI pose a much bigger threat. And if DUI is causing that kind of death toll, who cares what kind of man hours it takes to patrol bars and such, I think money, time, and energy is much better spent there. I mean there has to be more they can do. Bring back Prohibition, lol.
cant forget how one guy done modifications to his 1994 Mustang to make his engine sound bigger. lmaowazazzle said:gotta love how the officer said... "one mustang had a RACING engine in it." what an idiot - i hate cops!
wazazzle said:gotta love how the officer said... "one mustang had a RACING engine in it." what an idiot - i hate cops!
1985 5.0 said:Why so harsh?? Maybe he just read the story and posted what he thought about it without taking 15 minutes to read all the posts.
mikey5.0 said:Whats a racing engine ?he must have read the valve covers and said ahh.. FORDRACING =racing engine
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