i just heard on the news that the city of L.A. is or is going to be destroying the car of any person caught street racing anyone hear anything about this?

 

In Los Angeles, for example, the police can confiscate street racers' cars and eventually crush them. "We wanted to make a strong statement that L.A. would not tolerate street racing," says Michelle Rodriguez, senior lead officer for the Sun Valley area, Los Angeles Police Department Foothill Division, who's been involved with combating the problem since 1996. "To racers, their cars are everything. If you crush them, that sends a powerful message." Los Angeles has had success with other tough laws, too, including spectator laws (up to six months in jail, maximum fine of $1,000 plus a penalty assessment). Also, the Bureau of Automotive Repair has trained police to enforce laws dealing with illegal modifications to a car's engine and exhaust system. Ontario has had similar successes. "Our street racing is mostly the traditional one-eighth-mile or quarter-mile drag races," Duffield says. "Ordinances for street closures, a spectator law, and vehicle-seizure legislation have worked pretty well. At one large arrest in August 2003, for example, we detained 150 cars, arrested nine guys, and seized eight vehicles. And those are permanent seizures." Many experts agree, however, that enforcement alone isn't enough to turn the tide.



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I have always stayed away from the populated areas. The back roads in the mountains on weekday nights are empty. although i do think that 95% of racers are idiots. I have mixed feelings about this new "law" whats everyone elsees opinion?

 

i read that exact same thing you posted like a year ago or so.

 

I spend most of my time on the road in a minivan with two young children aboard, so I'm going to come down on the side of any law that has the potential to minimize crazy driving on the street. The only place to race is at the track. If you're gonna play in the street, you better be willing to pay the price. I say, crush 'em up!

 

Its to bad that its come to that. I've heard some places sanction off a street and allow it there like once or twice a week. All sanctioned by the police but also its hard to just do it at the track, but with families on the road they have to look out for that aswell. I think more places should consider trying the sanction thing and i almost garuntee that would work.

 

I wish they did that here. It would help a lot. We only have a 1/8 mile dragstrip which no one likes to go to anymore and autocross about once a month. Crushing cars isnt working and i dont think it ever will. I wish they would spend that time and effort to create a place where people could race for a decent price that could be sanctioned be the police or county.

 

While this is a good idea in theory, there are plenty of reasons that municipalities would be afraid to do it. First and foremost among these is the issue of liability. Sooner or later, somebody's going to get injured or killed, and then every bloodsucking lawyer within 1000 miles is going to try to cash in. So ultimately, when it comes to squashing fun things in this country, it's the lawyers' fault.

 

maybe if we setup some kind of cubist dragstrip, that way we wouldnt know if it was a fish or a dragstrip

 

I want the soup concession

 

I think I see a workable business model here!