Out of Cali, found on CNN today. Warning, the video on this page may be disturbing to fellow EF owners

News10.net | Sacramento, California | Local NewsSpeedsters to Scrap: Sacramento County Starts Crushing Street Racing Cars

 

crush DUI cars too?

 

this is all bs ... suspected street racing cars...such as intake headers and exhaust can get your car crushed even if your not racing... i say we of tr ban together to get a pledge lifted against this as it is set to be coming to florida in aug of 08 its pure bs as i know they dont do this to dui victims all they do is impound there ish and sometimes they dont even dothat sometimes they will release it to a family member... anyone else on here wanna get a page going to reject there bullshit...

 

If you're caught street racing it's one thing. But for those of us who don't, but have mods done for the track...that's a WHOLE different story. I don't agree with the crushing of cars period...but why punish those of us who stay off the streets?

 

It's rather unconstitutional and the only reason that this isn't being fought is that it takes money to fight. I can understand the confiscation of property if you've turned said property into a drug lab, but this is far from that. I'm just waiting for someone to be falsely accused of this crap who has a big fat loan out on their car. Once the insurance companies and the financial industry gets involved, look out.

 

...Just don't street race? I'm pretty sure cops won't prowl the streets looking for modified cars. If they're reasoning "I/H/E = Street Racing" then they'll have to crush Rams, Silverados, and F-150s, not just Hondas, Nissans, and Mitsus. It'll be an INCREDIBLY tough sell that's easily defensible in court. It would be impossible to draw the line. How would an intake and headers on an Accent make it a "race" car, when Mustang GTs, Chargers, Camaros, and a slew of other cars are capable of DOUBLING the highest speed limit

If, for example, it's your third violation, you've been to court, you've payed the fines, and they STILL catch you doing it. I'm pro-crush. But if they get you once for a spur-of-the-moment chance encounter at a red light....it'll be a tough sell to the judge to crush your car. Especially if it is your daily to get to work and whatnot.

But seriously, if you've been caught by the police multiple times...enough times to warrant something like this...you deserve it.

 

i swear to god if this comes to florida, and they think they are going to crush my car and me not fight it? they have another thing coming, i will be arrested because of resisting arrest and battery on a police officer because i will not let some shit like this rest. Why do we get penalized for other people who race? we have aftermarket parts, so automatically we all streetrace? fuck the police. this is out of control. "Cars who are suspected of streetracing" you better have fuckin proof i raced or dont touch my shit or i will own the mother fucking police dept. If this is the case, im going to run my shit all fucking day no from now on... those fucking pricks.. fuck them

 

Oh my...what have I started???

 

cool now more ppl will just run and get in car crashs and cause deaths and property damage cool y0!

 

There is the key phrase. enough times to warrant something like this. The problem is, cops really do just roll around looking for reasons to pull over "those kinds of cars" trust me, I've been pulled over plenty of times, just so the cop could "take a look" at my basically stock car. Most of those stops resulted in a street racing ticket/court date. Everyone one of them was thrown out becuase it was stupid. Ever since they got rid of that law, I've not gotten pulled over for those stupid ass reasons. All it would take would be to give the cops back that power and they will abuse it just like they did last time. I agree, if you get caught several times, in the act of street racing, then your car should be taken away for a given amount of time. There is no reason to crush the car. What good does that do? Really, think about it. What would that accomplish, other than ecouraging the street racers to run from the cops. Why not just impound the car, and in a few months, sell it at the auction like they already do? And I would only agree with that, if they can define street racing as something more than "trying to overtake another vehicle" I'll be damned if I loose my car cuz I was merging on the interstate.