[Unit 5302]

srv1, Sorry I give a rats *** about what's going on. Some things get me more ticked off than others. One group are people who get up on a soapbox preaching about how we need to control everybody and everything.

fried chicken, get a clue. I live near the Twin Cities, not where most of the crap is going down, but that's besides the point. The point is, it's getting like this everywhere. To your point about street racing. Should it be legal, or illegal. I don't think the term should exist in the law books. Bust people for reckless, or careless. You don't need an additional law just the crack down on racing. By the way, no, the government shouldn't have the power to crackdown on whatever it feels like, however it wants. Get a clue. Why not make jaywalking a felony too? By your idea, the government has every right to do so. It's in OUR constitution that they do NOT have that right. It's called cruel and unusual punishment. Maybe I have it better than people in other countries. I'm sorry, but I think "good enough" doesn't cut it. People who do, and then let it slide find out "good enough" isn't so great when you don't take care of it. You're the one who came after me, anyway. What's a matter? Unit didn't lay down and take a spoon feeding of liberal ideas from you... sniff sniff.

Belle, you're guilty of street racing, and a felony in Florida. Weren't you going to move there? Hmm... maybe you'd like the view from inside a jail cell while they haul Shiloh over to an impound lot for auction because you were using your power a little? Any attempt to gauge a cars performance, whether in an actual race, or otherwise is considered street racing there. Might have been a specific county, not statewide, but it's coming.

Ponygirl67, yep, people die on the roads. They die from rolling their SUV when they fail to keep track of the tire pressure, they die when people run red lights, they die when truck drivers fall asleep behind the wheel, they die when people don't look before they change lanes, they die when people aren't paying attention talking on a cell phone, they certainly die when drunk drivers are not in control of their vehicle.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of a cold reality, but people are not immortal. As great as it would be to hop into a car and never have to wear a seatbelt, or pay attention to the road because you know you'd never get into an accident, it's an unreasonable goal. How about felony speeding for 5mph over the limit on a suburban street?

When does it stop? Do companies have to install pillows on escalators? Maybe make it a felony for letting your child play outside because they could catch a bad cold? HAHAHA that's just so crazy to even think, isn't it? I don't think so. I think it's a trend that I've been watching for years. Things that NEVER would have been controlled 15, 10, 5 years ago are getting cracked down on now. So what's it like in another 5, 10, or 15 years? I know, I know, working in the investments sector of the economy I have seen the current interest. Now, now, now!! Gimme, gimme, gimme!! I don't care what the long term looks like! Guess I'm probably just talking to a wall with some people.

Like I said before, to which nobody paid any damn attention. [QUOTE]Originally posted by ME:
Bust it down in the city. Fine. Bust it down on busy roads. Fine.

I'm so dead set against giving a couple people doing a quick little run on some backwards county farm road jailtime and a felony on their record, along with taking their car. Street racing is a rule that shouldn't even be on the books, and it shouldn't be treated anything different from reckless, or careless driving. Actually, I don't think it should be treated worse than a speeding ticket. Maybe somebody here has a good reason it should be?