The Florida State Congress is considering a bill to upgrade the charge for drag racing to a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by fines of up to $1,000 and a year in jail. If this passes they will be able to sieze the cars used in racing. Currently the penalties are $500 and 60 days in jail. There's been a bunch of street racing accidents across the state with many non-racers getting injured or killed. It's too bad that there are so few drag strips around. When I was a kid there were five strips within 20 miles of here. Now there are only two.
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man, thats just sad.
man, thats just sad.
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Yes, but having a limited number of tracks doesn't help, that's for sure. I have to drive over an hour to get to a track.
Yes, but having a limited number of tracks doesn't help, that's for sure. I have to drive over an hour to get to a track.
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exactly.. I have to drive 45min for a decent 1/4mile track.
exactly.. I have to drive 45min for a decent 1/4mile track.
mrrobertstv
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Evertime we have Drag Racing in San francisco someone's wig blows off!!!
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Evertime we have Drag Racing in San francisco someone's wig blows off!!!
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I think it's great they are targeting drag racers. There's no place for that on the street. I am licensed for just about all types of motorcycle racing, and somehow I always manage to save it fore the track. Closest drag strip is 1.5 hours. Closest race track is almost 4 hours. I've said it a million times: SAVE IT FOR THE TRACK.
I think it's great they are targeting drag racers. There's no place for that on the street. I am licensed for just about all types of motorcycle racing, and somehow I always manage to save it fore the track. Closest drag strip is 1.5 hours. Closest race track is almost 4 hours. I've said it a million times: SAVE IT FOR THE TRACK.
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I agree with Kale. Next time you go to the track watch how many people are lining up to race at the first stop light they come to. They are smoking their tires and racing around. And they were just at the track. They do it on the way in too.
Not gonna join in on the whether it is right or wrong debate because, well, you know why.
Police Motto: Be Polite. Be Courteous. Have a plan to hug everyone you meet.
I agree with Kale. Next time you go to the track watch how many people are lining up to race at the first stop light they come to. They are smoking their tires and racing around. And they were just at the track. They do it on the way in too.
Not gonna join in on the whether it is right or wrong debate because, well, you know why.
Police Motto: Be Polite. Be Courteous. Have a plan to hug everyone you meet.
sleeper
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It may not be a cure, but it would certainly help with the situation. You'd still have a bunch of kids out on the streets, but for most it would only take one ticket and they'd take it to the strip. How about a really harsh street racing law, coupled with drag strips?
There are a lot of people around here with fast cars (this being the motor city and all) but there's no place to go to race legally. So you go to someplace like gratiot and go cruising, and you end up racing either on gratiot or on the highway service drive. I went out and did it myself this weekend (got some SRT-4 action, it was about a draw from a roll). There's just no other place to take it.
Now, if they bulldozed a block of crack houses in the ghetto, told everbody that complained about the noise to STFU, and put in a drag strip, with enough cops to stop fights but not enough to stop gambling, you wouldn't have the problem with people cruising, racing, fighting, and crashing on gratiot.
All of my friends have fast cars, or at least cars that they think are fast. They all want to race. They all want to race other street cars, not 10 second track cars. And they want to do it on friday and saturday nights. Most of them (i have two specific friends in mind, who have already demonstrated this) would just run if a cop got behind them and tried to nail them for racing. That's with the current laws. If the penalty for street racing is jail time plus confiscation of your car, why would you ever stop for a cop if you're street racing? If you run and smack up your car then at least you can make an insurance claim. If you run and get away, you can hide, lock down, or disassemble your car before it gets confiscated. If the law were that stringent around here, i wouldn't race at all on the street, but there are plenty of people that would anyway, and this would just give them an excuse to do other stupid things.
When i was in vegas, Chris and i went to the drag strip and watched the street cars race. Apparently their solution is to build a drag strip and open it up to "run what you brung" all night. I didn't see anyone street racing.
It may not be a cure, but it would certainly help with the situation. You'd still have a bunch of kids out on the streets, but for most it would only take one ticket and they'd take it to the strip. How about a really harsh street racing law, coupled with drag strips?
There are a lot of people around here with fast cars (this being the motor city and all) but there's no place to go to race legally. So you go to someplace like gratiot and go cruising, and you end up racing either on gratiot or on the highway service drive. I went out and did it myself this weekend (got some SRT-4 action, it was about a draw from a roll). There's just no other place to take it.
Now, if they bulldozed a block of crack houses in the ghetto, told everbody that complained about the noise to STFU, and put in a drag strip, with enough cops to stop fights but not enough to stop gambling, you wouldn't have the problem with people cruising, racing, fighting, and crashing on gratiot.
All of my friends have fast cars, or at least cars that they think are fast. They all want to race. They all want to race other street cars, not 10 second track cars. And they want to do it on friday and saturday nights. Most of them (i have two specific friends in mind, who have already demonstrated this) would just run if a cop got behind them and tried to nail them for racing. That's with the current laws. If the penalty for street racing is jail time plus confiscation of your car, why would you ever stop for a cop if you're street racing? If you run and smack up your car then at least you can make an insurance claim. If you run and get away, you can hide, lock down, or disassemble your car before it gets confiscated. If the law were that stringent around here, i wouldn't race at all on the street, but there are plenty of people that would anyway, and this would just give them an excuse to do other stupid things.
When i was in vegas, Chris and i went to the drag strip and watched the street cars race. Apparently their solution is to build a drag strip and open it up to "run what you brung" all night. I didn't see anyone street racing.
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Dave,
Every Friday nite in St. Thomas (1.5 hours from Detroit) is run what ya brung. $15. All the runs you want. Lotsa times, there are more American cars than Canadians. Also, they have the same format in Grand Bend, which is only 1 hour or so from Detroit. You should come out with us sometime. It's great fun....
Dave,
Every Friday nite in St. Thomas (1.5 hours from Detroit) is run what ya brung. $15. All the runs you want. Lotsa times, there are more American cars than Canadians. Also, they have the same format in Grand Bend, which is only 1 hour or so from Detroit. You should come out with us sometime. It's great fun....
sleeper
Former LOD President
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Let me know when you're heading out there again. Maybe i'll get a couple friends and head out there. There's a strip about an hour from where i'm at, and two about an hour and a half from here. The problem with anything in canada is that it's at least a half hour to the bridge/tunnel, then i have to wait in line to cross the border. And last time we tried to go one of my friends got turned back, so we all had to turn around.
Let me know when you're heading out there again. Maybe i'll get a couple friends and head out there. There's a strip about an hour from where i'm at, and two about an hour and a half from here. The problem with anything in canada is that it's at least a half hour to the bridge/tunnel, then i have to wait in line to cross the border. And last time we tried to go one of my friends got turned back, so we all had to turn around.
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Stop your whining! My nearest track is 3 hours away! soooo i once in awhile i street race because 2 blocks from my house is DPA ( deer park avenue- 5 miles of straight, stoplighted every 1/2 mile, and its where EVERYONE goes to chill or race. )
but when i move to pa im 1 hour away from a very good track, so i will be there more often.
Stop your whining! My nearest track is 3 hours away! soooo i once in awhile i street race because 2 blocks from my house is DPA ( deer park avenue- 5 miles of straight, stoplighted every 1/2 mile, and its where EVERYONE goes to chill or race. )
but when i move to pa im 1 hour away from a very good track, so i will be there more often.