alnielsen

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More than 1,000 cars lined up for illegal event: FHP

More at: http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Massive...032565.html?dr

monchie

Street racing won't go away soon, people will still street race no matter what.

Jake33

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THIS is real street racing

nycgps

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wait, let me get this straight

so about1k people were there, cops ALWAYS lie about numbers so let me give that a 50% discount, 500 ppl were there. i would say only about 10-20 cars were racing.

since when its illegal to just watch? oh i mean drive pass a public highway? and they caught maybe 1 dude?

wow

and people put a lot of money so they can go 120mph? that's it? total ricer failed. to win a race, u actually need a good suspension and most important is a set of good and balanced brakes. not 1000hp. sad

Socket7

It could probably be called an "unlawful assembly" because people were street racing, thus making everyone there a 'criminal' worth arresting and sending to jail while they decide that you won't be charged with anything(I miss our constitution).

Sarcasm aside. They probably only caught one person because that was the only idiot doing a burnout when the cops rolled up and went *Whoop! Whoop!* Everyone else probably scattered immediately, and having made street races seem to be a bad place to hang out to a lot of people, the police didn't go to the trouble of arresting a whole bunch of people they can't charge. The hoon doing burnouts when they rolled up will have the book thrown at him (Since he's the only one they have proof of doing anything wrong).

I spent over $30,000 to go faster then 120MPH. I bought a new, stock, RX-8

nycgps

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lolllllolololol

i really want to know what they gonna charge the poor dude with

if he was doing burnt outs like u said, the best they can do is reckless driving. big fuxking deal.

i dont agreed with street racing, i think they are retarded, but when u make movies like 2f2f to a bunch of ppl who cant tell between realitiy and movie, and u dont provide an area where they can do all kinds of stupid **** they want(a track) and if they kill themselves there no one gets sued, then this is what is gonna happen ----- they do it on public roads and endanger the others

alnielsen

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The problem being, you didn't pay the right people to be able to go 120.

The FF series of movies is a reflection of what already existed. Not realistic, but a reflection never the less. In the process, it generated a bunch more wantabees.

The article said the made at least one arrest. It didn't say only one arrest. It sounds like they had plenty of time to prepare. Maybe they weren't ready for the quantity of people and cars. When the ants scatter, how do you focus on one?

RIWWP

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If there were even half of the people noted, I'm betting they simply don't have the resources on hand to arrest even a quarter of the people there.

I'd bet that they handed out 100+ citations (A viable option if the charge is a misdemeanor), and if the "at least 1" does actually mean "1", then it was probably for something else, like outstanding warrant, possession of something they weren't supposed to have, etc...

To be honest, in a crowd of 500 (or 1,000) street racers + spectators, I'd be shocked if ONLY 1 of them had an outstanding warrant.

In my days catching shoplifters, about 1 in 3 had an outstanding warrant. Not suggesting that it would be that high, but certainly higher than the 0.2% or 0.01%. Though those with warrants may have been some of the most motivated to run when the police showed up, and thus less likely to be caught in the net


I am reminded of that news story a year or two ago from CA, with the reporter standing in front of the police station holding an ebay ram-air intake tube and goes on to say that "this turns an ordinary car into a missile capable of terrible destruction" (or something like that).

Not sure if the street racers or reporters disgust me more, but neither of them gets of the hook.

ShellDude

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Hate to make this political but suggesting it is somehow the American Taxpayers responsibilty to provide for a safe racing environment is like suggesting we are responsible for unemployment and the homeless... Oh snap!

alnielsen

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Who is suggesting that there should be government run venue? There is a drag strip in Miami already, so this isn't going to help anyway.

jsight

I don't believe anyone meant that it should be taxpayer funded. That's the strange thing about this to me... if there were a thousand people involved, why couldn't they find somewhere to do this legally?

These guys put serious money into these cars, and I would think there would be some better options available for the kind of resources that 1000 people could bring.

ShellDude

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I'm sure it was unintentional but I couldn't help but read it that way. Unless the Fast and Furious Producers are the ones responsible... If that's the case I've got a track right up the road from me they can pay my way on.

Socket7

Hit the nail on the head.

Drag strips and tracks require proof you own the car and that it is safe to race. You might need to add a roll cage, or a racing harness. They might even make you wear a helmet and be SOBER if you want to drive. How am I supposed to pick up chicks if I'm wearing a helmet that ruins my hair and I'm not blowing a 0.4 BAC?

Who wants to put up with all that safety crap?

My kinda people, that's who puts up with all that safety crap.

The idiots who are unwilling or unable to go to a drag strip will always race illegally, no matter how many venues you give them because they can't be bothered to pass the safety inspection.

RIWWP

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If you could get a drag strip to waive the "all body work securely attached", you might get a higher portion of the street racers to run there

ken-x8

The old hot rodders did find a place to do this legally. First the lakebeds, then drag strips. People who gather in the street for this kind of thing have no rational excuse.

Ken

TeamRX8

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it's 0 to 120 mph in the 1/4 mile, not just 120 mph

nycgps

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i never said government should fund this, but whenever someone tries to open a track, u get all these government restrictions and tree huggers to come out and give u a big fat no, even when the track will be setup in the middle of nowhere.

not saying that a legal track would stop ppl from illegal race, but when u dont have a choice ppl will just do it illegally, just the matter of time.

alnielsen

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The largest environmental reg, when it comes to race tracks is noise.

ShellDude

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Al... It took the guy who opened the track up by me 5 years to appease the local community and you are right, it was all about noise from what I've read.

Bamsterman

I used to live over by Miami and within a half hour away from one meet is another getting ready to head out and race. From what I've been told, back in the day (I'm only 23) cops used to "supervise" street racing. One of my friends dad used to take his Chevelle out. He said cops were always there and never gave em any serious issues...

nycgps

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That's why most tracks are usually build in the middle of nowhere.

but guess what, next thing they gonna say is oh u have all these cars going cat less is no good ...

Well, I think back in the day people actually more behave, they just want to have fun and will avoid getting others in trouble (or hurt)

Now? people don't give a ****, even just regular driving, they cut into ur lane whenever they felt like to, txting while driving, putting make up on while driving, etc etc.

Rx8Les

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Lol!! This thread has gone far... Actually this is not the first time they try to bust that special racing meet! That spot has been there for so long, Don't you think they know is happening, but they can't do anything about it, illegal street racing is not gone stop anyways, here or anywhere. I guess after they get so many calls they decide to pass by just so that everyone leaves! That was past Wednesday, and two days later (Friday) the place got full again...

Aseras

There were built in the middle of nowhere. Then some developer found some cheap land no one wanted out by that racetrack and threw up condos and mcmansions. The smuggles who move in are shocked, shocked that there's noise from the race track across the street from their gated community.

PaPaBear

In South Florida there is a track called Homestead Speedway. There are clubs that have track days at Homestead Speedway. Invest in a club event instead of a drag racing ticket and more expensive insurance.

Karack

people have to pay to get their cars up to 120mph? wow. i thought even a stock civic could do that...

anyways, street racing has been done for longer than almost all of us have been alive and it will continue to be done after we are gone.