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DAVID - There are bad eggs in all walks of life. I don't think anyone is disputing that..
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Joe: I agree 100%, every profession has it's bad side, I was trying to point out that there are some in law enforcement that think they are God and can do whatever they please,right or wrong, I think that number is small, but still there...........
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The bill will instruct police officers to SEIZE your vehicle and take away your license for a year if they see rapid acceleration, fast driving, burning tires, or street racing. They won't impound it. They will TAKE it and sell it at a state auction! Not only that, but it loosely defines the term "street racing" to include just about anything. Revving your engine at a stop light can be considered taunting or promoting a street race. Again, it is up to the police officer's discretion. If you have a car that could be seen as "souped up", you'll be targeted. If you are justwatching someone displaying any form of "street racing", you are equally guilty because you are promoting illegal activity!
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there is a similar law in Louisiana, I'm not 100% sure, but I think they can impound the car for 30 days at your expense, I'm 100% that they can suspend your license for 1 year, fines are stiff and you can get up to 30 days in jail for the most severe cases.....I know one guy that is a "dedicated" street racer, he got caught, they didn't take his car, but took his license for a year...he needed that and more.......
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well i to have a story.....
i have been driveing for 36 years...i got 3 speeding tickets when
i was 19 and i havent had one since....
i have never caused an accident and have only been in 1 and that
was when i was a kid when my dad was driveing....i have come close though
i have driven for a liveing more than 15 years of the time i have had my
license and have seen a lot of stupid crap happen on the roads....
i have a respect for cars and what they are capable doing when being
misused....i have seen the blood, guts, and gore....death by auto is ugly.
just be safe and considerate of others.
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This coming august, I will have been driving 40 years, been in 3 accidents, one with dad driving (not his fault) one with my sister driving (her fault) and this past september I was driving and got t-boned by an idiot in a flatbed truck, pretty nasty, totaled my car and sent me to the hospital (not my fault),I've been actively road racing for the last 7 years with no on-track incidents at speeds up to 150 mph......
Since 1994, I drive an average of 50,000 miles a year, and the only people that see more blood/guts/gore and death by auto accidents than me are cops....I'm in the insurance auto claims industry, I see on average 1,000 wrecked cars a year!!!!!!!!! I deal with cops on a local/county/state level daily as part of my job......the 14 years prior to that, I worked in an auto body repair shop fixing those wrecked cars, so, I can say I've seen it all in the last 30 years...................
David