CrankDatVtec

Crushed Street Racing Cars

nearwater4me

I hope that "street racing" means some organized racing, not just a stop light pull.
Cuz if that's the case, isn't it kinda extreme to crush their cars?

Dan

Onehots2k

Damn. In FL, they just reduced the penalties for speed racing. Its the cost of speeding ticket now. It probably wont last for long.

YoZUpZ

I think that this is utter BS and should in no way be legal for the government to seize your car for "racing" I had a few friends who had their cars seized and they were arrested for street racing about a year ago in Charlotte... Way far away from the public in industrial complexes... I mean seriously, chicks on their cell phones and drunk drivers on public roads are a lot more of a danger than people driving fast on abandoned roads. Our governments have their priorities all mixed up. In Texas, you get a $1000 fine, your license suspended for a year and up to 6 months jail time... utter BS

I've had 2 friends killed by drunk drivers... none from street racing... to put it into perspective

vader1

wickerbill

Wahhh. Take it to a track or deal with the consequences. I just wish they would start doing the same thing to drunk drivers.

bjohnston

What's the problem here?

vader1

I thought I read somewhere that at least one of the states crushing cars required that the car have stolen parts. Running stolen parts? Got crushed? Boo hoo.

And I have run in to a boat load of a-hole cops, but I would not make a blanket statement that they are all "pigs".

Penforhire

Isn't this old news? As I recall, the consequences were because of stolen parts in the cars. F'ing thieves should die!

vader1

From CNN today:



The last four years it's been out of control," says Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Kim Miller, public affairs officer for Troop D in Orlando.

In the 10 days ending January 1, four people in her jurisdiction died, including a teen bicyclist just riding alongside the road.

There also have been deaths in other parts of the country.

There's no database tracking street racing deaths, but a Google search hints at the scope. Police say a 21-year-old man was killed while street racing in Copiague, New York, on January 6; a Texas City, Texas, teen killed in late December racing his best friend; a 60-year-old Bakersfield, California, grandmother killed in an accident with street racers in October; a 15-year-old boy killed in an accident with street racers in Elk Grove, California, in June. Those cases are found just in the first 30 matches on a Google search of "street racing deaths."




Yeah I bet the 60 year old woman and the guy on the bicycle were really at fault, and not some moron in a souped up Civic.