Fined $151 and 3 pts for watching street racing
 

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Time to organize legitimate races at the drag strips! The local track here has non elimination bracket racing catering to street racers every Friday and Saturday night.

Quick lesson. Don't break laws and you don't get tickets! Whether the law is legitimate or not is up for the higher courts to decide.

Did my share of street racing when I was young but we did it in a place where there was no way anyone would get hurt. Road had no cross road for miles and the road got blocked at both ends when a run started. I agree the track is the right place to run but there aren't tracks everywhere because of people wanting them closed for noise. We lost 2 tracks in our area in the last few years.

That said this is just plain BS. Ticketing people for watching and putting points on their license is something that should be taken to court and make them get it declared either legal or illegal.

The only track for 35 miles is closed early every night it is open because of noise constraints.

One screwy aspect of this is that most of the people there are just there to hang out with friends and aren't racing or doing burnouts, etc.

More random people do burnouts in front of my house than out on that roadway. Between the attention my GTO and my neighbor's Mustang gathers, everybody that drives by is showing off when they leave the four way stop in front of my house.

I have friends who streetrace like this. I don't even go to the meets because it's been illegal to watch for quite a while.

I know a guy who spent 6 months in jail for streetracing, too (although I assume it was aggravated by some evasion as well).

^wow.

Police state!

lawlz, idiot.

Street racing is illegal. Its like watching any other stupid, idiotic, and dangerous crime and doing nothing about it. Take a lesson from the 17 year old who's smart enough to stay away.

Those $20 toss pillows on page 3 are hot!




Seriously though, nothing in the article about building a track, or about problems with the existing track being closed.

And street racing does not compare to murder, rape, etc.

Fucking nazi.

Street racing totally and easily kills more people every day than drugs, cigarettes, and criminal murder.

Fucking PLEASE.

The ONLY reason its even remotely a problem is because like everything else, a few fucking idiots ruin everything for everyone. If it wasn't for those three stupid ------ ass piece of shit movies this topic wouldn't even exist!

That's as cool as the $180 ticket I got for "spinning in parking lot". That's right. I got a ticket for spinning in a snow covered vacant parking lot in Wisconsin.

Street racing is dumb, but there are groups who organize it safely on empty stretches of road. They should get a little credit for that, maybe like a nice $100 fine with no points. But not for watching.

Ha!

I got "pulled over" in a parking lot doing the same thing about 10 years ago. Fortunately it was the parking lot of the company where I worked, and I had my employee ID badge on me. No ticket, fortunately. I just explained (truthfully) that having just moved from Florida I'd never driven in snow before, and was having about as much fun as a kid with a new toy.

Wait aren't parking lots considered private property?

Around here they are. As long as you're in a parking lot usually they act like they will end your life but end up letting you go.

Yes, They are. A friend and fellow board member and myself got pulled over 20 minutes and 8 miles later for cutting "Cookies" in a private parking lot that was 100% totally and completely empty on a holiday afternoon. Stupid pigs will be more than happy to write tickets for it, but won't give one flying motherfuck if someone jacks up your car (same shit happened to him, SAME fucking parking lot... 4000$ in damages) or runs into it. "Nope, we won't come to private property." Fucking worthless, cops are.

they cant ticket you on private property dude. You shoulda been like listen here buddy the most you can do is tresspassing wich i doubt you can get to stick so get your stupid fat donut eating ass back to the meth whores you left when my car gave you a hard on.
I would love to see the wording on the law they cite in charging these florida people, its probly vague as all get out. Some rich motherfucker prob had his daddys vet showed up by a fast miata and he decided to get his daddys freinds the cops in there to show them a thing or two.

Same here, except it was $210. Disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle. My insurance rates just finally came down after 3 years.

Maybe I'm just getting old but:

2 spectators killed in street race June 22 north of Baltimore.

I used to drive like and idiot, street race, and do all sorts of stupid shit. If I want to go fast now I'll hit the drag strip.

Frank

Fellas, I got a $350 (fees and ticket) fine for PARKING on the side of the interstate during a storm and almost lost my license over it. Short version - Pulled over to the side of the road behind 5 other cars in one of the worst rain storms I have ever seen (including a few hurricanes I have been through). I fell asleep waiting on the rain to stop and when it did everyone else pulled away but me. When I didn't pay the ticket (wrote to the judge and he was not hearing any of it) they pulled my driving privileges in VA and then called SC. SC told me I would lose my license if I didn't pay the ticket and all associated late fees, additional fines, or whatever they were. If they want your money, they will get it...

It is illegal to do burnouts, donuts and related BS in private parking lots in Georgia. That's a state law. I've read the book and seen the law in print. It is also illegal to put on tires of a different size than original, to modify the ride height, or to have tires/wheels extend out past the fender in Georgia. I've read it myself. My buddy was a cop and I got to spend some time with the state statute book.

I've never checked on the statutes regarding this in Florida. It is illegal to have an exhaust any louder than stock in Florida. I heard a judge read the statute to a Honda riceboy in court once upon a time. I was in for speeding again.

Ouch. At least a DC w/motor vehicle doesn't get you any points! I've gotten two of them -- one for the spinning and another for racing. Very lucky on the racing one.

I got out of several tickets years ago because of street racing. Driving a Peugot 504 deisel the first time. The turn signal stalk is on the right side of the steering column. The headlights are controled by moving the left side stalk up and down. I want to turn left ahead, I move the left stalk and turn the brights on. Turns out no left turn is allowed at that intersection. I signal right, which turns the lights off. I turn right at the next street to come back around the block - the old 3 rights make a left move. Cop pulls me over. I can't find proof of insurance. Driving without the lights on. Didn't signal the turn. Left my damn wallet at home. Cop swears he heard tire squeal when I turned - complete BS. He's writing up every infraction. Separate tickets for each one. He walks back to my car to have me sign them.

He gets the call. Street racing 1 mile away, both cars went off road. He tells me it's my lucky day runs back to the car and speeds off. Telephone pole involved at least one dead. This was around 1982.

Street racing isn't new, it goes back to the very beginning of the automobile. What's changed are how fast the cars are and how big a nanny the Gov't has become.

The burnout, donuts, and all that sucks but I have had it happen personally. I looked at the cop all stupid at first cause I was on private lot. He then informed me that there was 6 different motoring vehicle tickets that can be giving even in a private parking lot. It been 5 years since then so I totally don't remember what all of them are but reckless driving is one of them, got that one twice. :facepalm:

Never heard of the modify ride height or tires. I do know there is a law about the minimal height of headlights. Back when mini trucks were really common one local city would pull over any mini truck and check for anything they could find that wasn't up to the codes.:jerkit: