MikeyCB

I was thinking the same: "I'll be happy to give you a ride in my car at the track if you'd like to meet me for the next lapping day."

I don't know California law, but I would say that search and seizure ticketing would not be justified here because being at a street racing venue does count as probably cause. Simply being there is not an indication that you may possess contraband.


You might find a gun in my car that was used in a murder (well, you wouldn't in my car), but if you found it by breaking in to my car with no justified probable cause then you may as well have not found it at all. Inadmissible.

MY04SILVERSTONE

That is some REALLY DEEP .
G'luck to those in Cali.

ace123

wow. this stereotyping of enthusiasts is just generic bigotry.

cops where i live now seem to focus on safety, and its very refreshing. maybe they have crime to fight and better things to do!

i wish there was some real recourse for victims of this sort of thing. and the courts... yeah, sure. saying you have recourse because you can spend 3-4 work days fighting a $200 ticket is just like saying "if you just wait in the restaurant for 3 hours, we MIGHT give you your money back because the food made you puke." that's no recourse.

wizard8100

The average police department is simply a self-perpetuating revenue machine with the long lost purpose of catching criminals and enforcing the law. How many times have you read about or saw a roadblock for silly things like seatbelt laws, and yet when someone breaks into your house, or steals your car, it can take hours, and sometimes days before someone is out to take a report.

Don't shoot any intruders, but if you live, we will be out to take a report at our convenience.

I used to be a cop, and it was the VAST presence of bullies and crooks in the departments that convinced me that I wanted a job that I could be proud of.

Sad but true.

revere

"If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"


Omg. Because its America and I f*ing can. Papers please, I am the police. Go do some warrantless searches on known crack houses and gangs and leave people alone

Spec_Ops2087

I rather spend the money on an attorney then bending over and taking it up the ass by the state!

SheDrivesIt

Something tells me that there is more to this story than what is written up in an "automotive law enforcement abuse" blog.

shotiable

i wonder what the police's side is... this reminds me of the crackdown they did in oakland a little while ago... at least then the cops had reason because they actually videotaped people racing but this is just plain BS

khamza

here in Toronto, their used to be a big car show called dark nights, and after the show cops used to line up one by one giving each person tickets for unnecessary/ illegal modifications! bastards have nothing better to do!

Olegator

that's f***ing stupid, I'm not paying my taxes for that. I think the police dept should get sued for that and I can see the winning case going through.