Whats the penalty in your state for street racing
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Burning Brakes
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Whats the penalty in your state for street racing
Just curious if get caught street racing what is the penalty in your state. I myself got caught out here in Canada and almost served 9 months if it wasn't for my lawyer. It did cost me $7500 all said and done and lost my license for 4 months. I had a clean record. Lesson learnt.
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Burning Brakes
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I got caught in Saskatchewan. In B.C. they can take away your car if your going 40kmhr over the speed limit without even street racing. That's ****ed. a speeding ticket should just be a fine. The faster you go the bigger the fine in my opionion.
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It's a cash grab to pay for the integrated cops who's only job is to wright tickets!
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Racer
People who drag race never think about the innocent people who they put a risk. When you run into a minivan with kids in it or lose control and kill someone on the side walk its too late to be sorry.
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Drifting
Some places in Cali take a REAL dim view of street racing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnmjVKlCHB0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnmjVKlCHB0
#12
Le Mans Master
No matter what state you live in, if you get caught street racing your gonna wish you didn't. Between the legal fees and court dates, not to mention the hit your gonna take on your insurance just do yourself a favor and restrain yourself, no matter how bad the ricers or stangs get in your face. Act as if you just can't be bothered and it's not worth beating your car up over, save it for the track.
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Le Mans Master
I don't see why people get so pissy about the penalty for street racing. So many anti govt comments already in this thread. It is not like anyone just knocks on your door one day and takes your car. You make the choice to have your car confiscated. It is not like you dont know it is illegal. Make the choice to race, you are telling the cops it is ok to take your car. You have no reason to then be upset when it happens. Do I speed personally? Sure 10 over maybe. Integrity is doing the right thing when there isnt a chance of getting caught. If you don't like the speed laws, petition the lawmakers to change them. If they dont vote in people who will.
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Burning Brakes
Not hardly, but really, how would you know what I do or do not do? That's one heck of an assumption on your part (and you know what they say about "assume" right?). I'm just saying I don't street race because it just isn't worth the risk and the potential consequences.
You might just want to consider keeping your pie hole shut when you have no idea of what you speak.
You might just want to consider keeping your pie hole shut when you have no idea of what you speak.
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I don't see why people get so pissy about the penalty for street racing. So many anti govt comments already in this thread. It is not like anyone just knocks on your door one day and takes your car. You make the choice to have your car confiscated. It is not like you dont know it is illegal. Make the choice to race, you are telling the cops it is ok to take your car. You have no reason to then be upset when it happens. Do I speed personally? Sure 10 over maybe. Integrity is doing the right thing when there isnt a chance of getting caught. If you don't like the speed laws, petition the lawmakers to change them. If they dont vote in people who will.
Ah what the hell It'll get locked anyway.
One step at a time you are becoming slaves to your government and don't even give a ****. It's not about street racing, which I don't do and won't do, it's about confiscating private property if you don't toe the line.
Take away a person's driving privileges but taking their property is communistic.
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Burning Brakes
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I say street racing should be called street racing in town. What they call racing out of the city limits shouldn't be called street racing. I say if your on a deserted road just you and the other guy all goes. The only people you will kill will be yourself or him. Go to the track same thing. You lose control the other guy gets her too. Why even bother buying a corvette or any other fast car if you can't play to a degree. Street racing has been around since the day the first cars where made, it's a tradition and should be penalized by tickets. If you kill someone then charge as murder but until then just a ticket. That's my opionion. Everybody has there own opionion so keep your opionions to yourselves please. I also agree retiredsfc 97 about the communistic ****. Private property should be your own. I bet you never knew this guys. If you fart even at a cop it's a charge now. It's outta ****ing control with all this bull****. I say do whatever the **** you want and i say **** the government. I'll take my chances. I live my life and so far hasn't been behind bars but going as far as confissgating your **** common. **** you cops.
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I say street racing should be called street racing in town. What they call racing out of the city limits shouldn't be called street racing. I say if your on a deserted road just you and the other guy all goes. The only people you will kill will be yourself or him. Go to the track same thing. You lose control the other guy gets her too. Why even bother buying a corvette or any other fast car if you can't play to a degree. Street racing has been around since the day the first cars where made, it's a tradition and should be penalized by tickets. If you kill someone then charge as murder but until then just a ticket. That's my opionion. Everybody has there own opionion so keep your opionions to yourselves please. I also agree retiredsfc 97 about the communistic ****. Private property should be your own. I bet you never knew this guys. If you fart even at a cop it's a charge now. It's outta ****ing control with all this bull****. I say do whatever the **** you want and i say **** the government. I'll take my chances. I live my life and so far hasn't been behind bars but going as far as confissgating your **** common. **** you cops.
p.s. - It's not the cops who are confiscating your vehicle, blame that on the state legislature. Police are just enforcing the laws they are given to enforce. If the state legislature says it is unlawful to go 5 mph over, the police are bound to enforce that law, whether they agree or not.
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Burning Brakes
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Look at it this way guys. Ok you speed tickets. Ok then i won't speed but then install a nice sterio. Oh now im getting tickets for noise pollution. Ok then maybe i'll put some nice underglow light on my ride. Oh again tickets for trying to imitate a cop. Now i just want to hide from them by now so im gonna tint the windows. Oh f--k again more tickets. Everything guys in life that is fun is illegal. I hope this helps they are scamming us. The system is corrupt. Im gonna street race, i have a killer system already plus underglow and tinted windows which i have got ticketed 3 times already. I aint ripping it off it looks great plus the underglow is great to. If i street race it's out town though. Live your life. if you wanna live by the rules yours choice but a little bit of danger makes me feel alive. Im using my car as it was intented to be used for and that's racing. Please keep your opionion to yourself if you have nothing nice to say thank you.