Just last weekend I was drag racing in Detroit. I live about 20 minutes from Detroit and heard alot about the drag races. I had been about 3 weeks prior to that visit. There was plenty of compitetion, mustangs, camaros, ricers, vettes etc. This last time I got busted with about 180 or more people, it was like an official drag race damn near. I went down with all the people that were doing the actual drag racing...about 15 or so. We all had to go to jail and post bail for $100. Me of course had some unpaid tickets and ended up paying $2200 to get out. Not only that but my car was impounded and I must pay $3000 dollars to get it out...this total bull ****...damn. What to do?

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3K just to get your car out??? WTF?????

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Call a really good lawyer.

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****...they said if you lose the case they'll take your car and make you pay some more money.

 

I would pay a visit to Walmart and buy a few guns and just take it back.

Please note that people have infact been killed and maimed after following my advice. Keep this in mind.

Robert

 

I have one word for you...prostitution.

Actually, I am really bummed for you man, a car like yours and you have to pay at least half of what it's (about) worth. That's some crap there. It's always our government that has to screw it up somewhere!

So were you actually racing, or were you just there, because if you weren't racing, they can't do jack-$%@$ to you. You were just spectating. Just say you stopped to call the cops, and there is a big injustice being served.

Good luck, I hope you get your car back, it sounds like an awesome car.

-ws6formula-

 

Actually I was racing. I raced an older mustang maybe it was a 84. Blew his doors off the first time, then he wanted a rematch so I blew them off again. I went down there with my brother and he ended up walking home with a $500 spectator ticket.I found out that in Detroit if you sell drugs or pick up prostitutes with your vehicle you only have to pay $900.

 

900 bucks if you sell drugs, or solicit sex.....hmmm, yea that's pretty freaking retarded.

500 bucks if you stop and watch some people race...that's just plain gay.

3000 + ticket, for racing 50 miles over the speed limit. Not reasonable at all, I mean, that is just retarded. What if you weren't drag racing, and went that same speed? They wouldn't impound your car I bet, they would just give you a speeding ticket and toss you in the cell for a few hours. All in all, it doesn't end up being anywhere near as much that you have to pay. I just think they are predjudiced against people drag racing, and try to squeeze every penny out of them. Then they let people go on parole for selling 10 year olds drugs.

Such a crazy world isn't it?

-ws6formula-

 

well I would say you got what you deserved. Just say no to street racing.

 

They charge you that because they'll know you'll pay it. Everyone needs cars to get around, and the government has the legislation to pretty much make any law regarding vechicle operation that they please. Your taxes pay them to hunt you down and collect more money from you. I hear all the time of guys getting the **** kicked out of them, things ripped off from them, and nothing being done whatsoever.

 

I would definitely consult an attorney. Usually an attorney can swamp the police with information requests that the police can't possibly fullfill and then at the hearing the Lawyer files for dismissal because the state or city failed to provide the requested documents. The judge then has to dismiss it. Or more than likely the D.A. will drop the charge or reduce it after getting the records request from your lawyer.

 

I do agree with the fact that that is outrageous how you have to pay about half of what your car is worth in order to get it back. And that is BS how you can just go out and be a drug dealing pimp and walk away paying less than you have to. But....then again racing is very dangerous. Just a month or two ago, here on Long Island, NY, a Vette and a Lamborghini dragged. It ended up a tragedy...the driver and his wife in the Lamborghini were killed...and the innocent driver of the Volvo,whom the Lamborghini hit due to driving head on in traffic to beat the vette, was killed as well.The guy in the vette had several tickets from racing. I am not trying to say that I will not race a couple of times...but it will make me think first about if it is really worth it. The cops are trying to enforce the dragging laws a little bit more due to the deaths occuring. And get this..they tried charging the driver of the vette...(who by the way ended up crashing into some parked bus or sumthing)...for manslaughter or murder something like that. Even though you may not want or think that somebody can end up dying...anything is possible. I do think that the laws are a little too extreme...and maybe they should have some kind of roads opened up for the public on weekends in order to drag. Maybe they can somehow supervise them...like a track. That could be a good idea...it will keep the roads safer, prevent a lot of tickets, and most of all prevent a lot of deaths. Oh by the way I know the aunt of the guy who was driving the Lamborghini...and their family was devastated. So it makes me think if it is really worth racing on the streets.

James

[This message has been edited by Jims83TA (edited August 30, 2001).]

 

First have you all read the above quote???
He had outstanding UNPAID TICKETS that is why his car got impounded!!!
Your a fool for not paying the tickets when you got them!! That is the bottom line!!!
Second if you don't want to pay tickets then why would you want to go to illegal races where ALWAYS the cops will break it up in time!!
If you had paid the tickets then all you would have gotten is another ticket for being there and your car would not be impounded!
Racing cars on public roads is ILLEGAL and it is a crime so the old saying comes into effect:
If your going to do the crime then your going to have to do the time! Or in your case PAY for the time!

Next time pay to go to the track it is cheaper.

Hope you get the car back!

 

You would think a filthy pig like you would be at a donut shop instead of in the net.You cops have gotten way too big of head.Nobody should pay 3000 for tickets or racing.I live in america **** I'll do what I want.If I get caught then ten more gets away.You'll never win this is the USA.

 

Oh by the way I'm not a cop and I've had my fare share of tickets not to mention my license suspended too!

BUT I ALWAYS PAID MY TICKETS AND NOT LET THEM GO LIKE THE GUY ABOVE! THAT IS WHY HIS CAR WAS IMPOUNDED!!
AGIAN I'LL SAY IT IF HE PAID THE OUTSTANDING TICKETS BEFORE HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE CAR IMPOUNDED AND FINED $3000 MORE DOLLARS.

READ EVERYTHING AND JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO!!

And stop acting like your shoe size and act more like your age .... well in your case act like an adult!!

It doesn't matter if ten more get away but it does matter when you get caught blaming the cops for doing their job!
GROW UP!


[This message has been edited by Ski89Z28 (edited August 31, 2001).]

 

First of all Ski89Z28 $100 of that $2000 was for tickets and the rest was for beating some ******* up on the internet. Anybody who was racing got there car taken. Between 15 and 20 people or more had to pay $3000 +.

 

Like I said "Do the crime pay the time"
And don't get made at me for your stupidity!

You don't want cops to do their job but if someone stoled your car then it is different! Then you want the cops to do their job!!
You want to race and not get tickets? Go to the track!
And as for wanting to beat my A$$ ... GROW UP and stop being mad cause YOU did wrong!!
I'm just saying it as I see it from your post!
Also when I was caught doing 105mph in a 55mph zone and lost my license and had $500 in fines did I get mad at the cop? NO! I knew I did wrong and took it like a man and told friends and family I was wrong too. And listen to how stupid I was!

[This message has been edited by Ski89Z28 (edited August 31, 2001).]

 

Hold up ski man I never said that I was going to beat up anybody I said I did. You keep talking this **** about doing crime and time...I never said that drag racing wasn't wrong. I understand all of this that is happening and I deserve to pay something put not that much thats all i'm saying...please stop blazing me!

 

Cool man.
I know how you feel.
Just learn by your experience.
I've been there and done it too we just have to bite the bullet and learn by it.
Like I said I feel sorry for you and I hope you get the car back soon.

Good Luck!

 

The only reason I will probably pay the money is so that those *******s won't make a fortune off my car. I already have to sell my sportsman II ported cyl heads. (thank *** I didn't put them on yet)

 

Yea, I loved to go and watch some street races too but I can't afford to pay anymore tickets and the cops are busting all around here too since the movie F&F.
And besides I'm just getting my Iroc fund up to some good cash to do some more mods. hehe.

Let us know what happens and Good Luck, again.

 

Thanks. I'll let everybody know what happens next.

 

I'm sorry about what happened to you,I hope you get your car back,It sounds like it's a really nice Z.What happened to you is spreading like a epidemic across this country.Just a few weeks ago in orlando there was this big story about some kid who either got killed or seriously hurt while street raceing one night.Now i hear that they are trying to make street raceing like a felony offense to try to keep it from happening.Like While it's true that you should have paid your previous tickets,The cops will come after you alot harder then they would some sack of sh#t drug dealer or some scum bag pimp because they know most times the average citizen that has never been in trouble with the law is more likely to pay those stupid fines that they impose on you,Where as the above mentioned sacks-of-crap won't.I'm always hearing "law enforcement officials" saying that street raceing is getting to be more and more of a problem,Well maybe if you stop closeing so many tracks down,it wouldn't be so much of a problem!!! I live about 2 miles away from the don garlits drag raceing museum,And i hear he wants to open a track around here,But he's haveing so many problems with the county and state that it may not happen.In the mean-time,The closest track (gainesville)is over 40 miles away,As a result,On fridays,saturdays,And sundays I know of at least 3 street race spots,and get this,These guys race DURING THE DAY on sundays! Plus theyre's another spot that is primarily for bikes,So that's 4 spots for street raceing in a county that's not even that big! You would think that that would tell these moron-law makers around here that a track is DEFINETLEY needed,But they don't see it that way.

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I agree, the closest track to me is about 40 miles away in the middle of nowhere. If they had one right in the middle of the city i'm sure street racing would decline drastically. I wonder how much it would cost to build one, but then again I can bet there would be to many people opposed to building one in the city no matter how much money you may have.

 

actually where i live we do have a track not to far away, 20 miles. And yet we still have over 200 people at the street races. It seems that at the track you only get the serious racers we got the people that run around the 8's in the 1/4 so most of the ricers and basic street cars dont go out there. I personally go out there every couple weeks and have won a couple hundred dollars but i can see why alot of the other people would rather go to the street races because they wil only let the street cars go inbetween the other cars races when they are getting tuned. that is on friday, saturday the wont let any cars in that are over a 9 second car

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I have to say, the cops are out to **** us out of our hard earned money and they don't care who it is... I got ****ed out of 300 dollars because I missed a stopped school bus that was letting the ******* high-school hicks off the bus in a line of cars waiting to go through a police registration check point. I guess I don't blame the cops rather the judge that sat behind his bench and ignored anything I had to say... I could have bought text books with that money and perhaps had some money to live on but hey, he didn't give a ****... Well, I guess the best lesson you can get out of this drag racing fiasco is to pay tickets when you get them and do a better job of not getting caught in the future. There should be legislation to set up drag strips and the such and they shouldn't be owned by specific people that don't let street cars run, it should be like the ADA (americans with disabilities act) and we shouldn't be discriminated against because we can't run a 160 MPH quarter mile...

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hey cam28_boy, where do you live near detroit? when you say you live 40 miles away from a dragway are you talking about milan? There are PLENTY of races here near detroit that arent police infested. gimme a shout out at irocman90@aol.com and we'll talk.

 

40 miles? I've driven 2-3 hours to get to a strip, for more than one season. Okay, I live 7 miles from the strip now. And, it costs $25-50 to run. Either/both well worth it compared to $3000 impound fees.

It is also safer; there's no arguing about cheating; real time slips with incremental performance data; you can win legitimate money; certainly no worry about cop raids (cops race at most tracks, in fact); season points races; making good friends; good contacts for parts, machine work, etc.

Don't blame the cops. The impound is due to bureacrats and corrupt politicians. I take no pleasure reading about kids killed in street races (and it happens a lot), and even the hardest-core cops don't enjoy pulling bloody bodies out of wrecks.

I don't intend to flame, and I hope you can get your car back for less than the $3000, but it really is time for you to grow up. Driving 40 miles to a real track is nothing.

Moderators/Administrators: Perhaps it's time to change the title of this forum.

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I hate to say it but I think you kind of deserved it. Im not saying that I never race on the street, but when I do its between me and the car next to me NOT me the car next to me and a number of spectators. That cant be safe for anyone considering you are racing on open (I assume) public roads. You should be happy you didnt kill someone watching and face some real trouble. And what did you expect after Fast and Furious came out, cops to get easier on street racers?

 

i got busted about 4 months ago in orlando for street racing. I took my race car out there on the trailor and when i got there i unloaded it and tried to fond some ricers or stangs to race me with no luck i went to go load it up and the cops came. so my buddy took the truck and i drove the car out. i got pulled over but he only gane me a ticket for illegal equitment. I was lucky i only had to pay 800 bucks and he let me keep my car. though after some kid almost died in a crash a few weeks ago they have been busting every body bad lately.

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I personally think that there are too few drag strips around..the closest one to me is in NH. Which isn't terribly far but it's a few hours to drive there. They need to have more legal strips around..They don't have to be big tracks where NHRA and IHRA races go down but atleast a place for the street racers to go. Charge a small fee and you'll be amazed at how much street racing will decline. For example..let's see..you have a track where many people go and race on a daily basis then all of a sudden people start building houses around it. They in turn complain of the noise. So what happens? The strip which was there before they decided to build gets closed. In turn this just takes the people from the tracks to the streets. and why not? The racers lost their place to go and race. They were there before those houses were developed..But hey what do I know..?

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Yeah im gonna agree, i think street racing is pretty addictive.... when you pull up to a stop light on an open road and a blue/green/red honda starts revving (<- if thats what they call that) at you.... i alwasy smile and just feel like it is my duty to put him in line!

 

Well, for you boys who don't understand the difference between drag racing and street racing, Darwinawards.com has some Darwinisms just for you! Here are a few for you to consider.

1.Population control volunteers.
2.Death comes to all men, but some just can't wait.
3.Stupidity is self-correcting.
4.Making the human race smarter, one idiot at a time.
5.Die and learn.
6.Too stupid to live.
7."Splat" happens.
8.And the winner is ... eliminated!

If the above mentioned Darwinisms upset you instead of making you laugh your *** off, they apply to YOU.

Steve

 

Yes, I agree. We need to have more tracks available. I have to drive 2 hours just to get to the nearest track and I live in A city that has too many street machines to not have a Track to go to. I like it When I see Honda's and other ricers at the track... runnig 17's......it kinda puts them in their place. How hard is it to get a Small business loan....I think it is about time someone opened up a Track in this town.

 

Well I paid the $3500 dollars to get my vehicle out and I doubt if I ever race it on the streets again...its not worth it. I'm probably going to get ready to put it up for the winter in a couple of weeks. I've already spent my supercharger and 383 money so no more mods for this year...owe well...thanks everybody for your commits and concerns.