South Florida News Paper! Evo makes the cover!
May 29, 2005, 03:23 PM
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Seriously, that was a great article. A very sober look at our 'scene' from an outside observer's perspective. This is the image that the media presents to the general public so that they will think of any person with a modified car as some sort of street racing law breaking sociopath or social deviant with a gas tank for a brain and nitrous oxide in his blood. We race at the local track, and getting a time-slip is very cool. I hate the 'stigma' of street racing, but when you are driving along on the highway doing 80 in a 70, and some guy revs hard at you, it's very hard to resist showing that jack-@*** exactly what a 22 psi, 300whp car looks like. I struggle daily to not punch through traffic on the expressway....the freedom that an Evo provides is really exhiliarating! But with great power comes even greater responsibility...we really do drive really super cars.
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May 29, 2005, 04:16 PM
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While I dont condone street racing, and refrain from doing it myself....occasionnally I wonder if the police have gotten too harsh on some people. Granted, running the 1/4 mile on public roads is just friggin dumb, but if its 2am, no one on the road, and someone decides to get on 2nd gear a bit with another car, personally, i dont see the huge danger that others appear to see. Is it slightly more dangerous than normal driving? Yes, but so is driving with underinflated tires, tailgating, talking on cell phones, driving with an improperly loaded trailer (bunch or student died from this recently in MI going to FSAE comepetition) etc. And I dont see a huge deal being made about that. For example, I can get a $400 dollar fine for chirping my tires, but driving without a seatbelt (way more dangerous IMO) is only $75, if anything. Anyone see a discrepency here?
Again, full out racing is dumb, but i just dont see the huge deal about a quick pull through a low gear in a semi-controlled environment that everyone seems to get so worked up about. Persoanlly, id feel safer driving next to someone thats pulling on their car a bit than some soccer-mom talking on the phone and applying makup while driving or some dude rading a newspaper and driving. My 0.02.
Again, full out racing is dumb, but i just dont see the huge deal about a quick pull through a low gear in a semi-controlled environment that everyone seems to get so worked up about. Persoanlly, id feel safer driving next to someone thats pulling on their car a bit than some soccer-mom talking on the phone and applying makup while driving or some dude rading a newspaper and driving. My 0.02.
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May 29, 2005, 04:20 PM
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I couldn't tell if I was reading a news article or a story there. I think articles like these only exacerbate the problem. The only thing I got out of this was the polices inability to stop the problem and a series of locations that I could go to race on the street.
May 29, 2005, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercenary3
While I dont condone street racing, and refrain from doing it myself....occasionnally I wonder if the police have gotten too harsh on some people. Granted, running the 1/4 mile on public roads is just friggin dumb, but if its 2am, no one on the road, and someone decides to get on 2nd gear a bit with another car, personally, i dont see the huge danger that others appear to see. Is it slightly more dangerous than normal driving? Yes, but so is driving with underinflated tires, tailgating, talking on cell phones, etc. And I dont see a huge deal being made about that. For example, I can get a $400 dollar fine for chirping my tires, but driving without a seatbelt (way more dangerous IMO) is only $75, if anything. Anyone see a discrepency here?
Again, full out racing is dumb, but i just dont see the huge deal about a quick pull through a low gear in a semi-controlled environment that everyone seems to get so worked up about. Persoanlly, id feel safer driving next to someone thats pulling on their car a bit than some soccer-mom talking on the phone and applying makup while driving or some dude rading a newspaper and driving. My 0.02.
Again, full out racing is dumb, but i just dont see the huge deal about a quick pull through a low gear in a semi-controlled environment that everyone seems to get so worked up about. Persoanlly, id feel safer driving next to someone thats pulling on their car a bit than some soccer-mom talking on the phone and applying makup while driving or some dude rading a newspaper and driving. My 0.02.
May 29, 2005, 05:21 PM
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well now florida's laws are somewhat getting to the level of california. if it gets to that point there will be no more street racing. i for one am not a big street racer but i occasionally like to go out and watch whatz going on. but then there are always those few morons that start driving crazy when we get one FHP slowly coming to tell everyone to leave. racing is always going to be a part of the south florida culture. from riced out dodge neons, focus, civics to the real tuners putting out 300 hp or more.
May 29, 2005, 06:01 PM
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These reporters love writing about street racing. Its dangerous, its underground, it rebellion....everything hollywood loves to glorify. Its what people would rather read about then the same old boring political rant and the endless crime beats.
They are in the business of selling papers, and they have more room to generalize these stories without the threat of libel than they do about alot of their other stories directed at a single person or incident.
Jesse
They are in the business of selling papers, and they have more room to generalize these stories without the threat of libel than they do about alot of their other stories directed at a single person or incident.
Jesse
May 29, 2005, 06:24 PM
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turbocharged muscle cars?? aren't most of them supercharged. the article is all about my car and civic's so whats the point of the evo pic. also the guy racing must of had a chip or else he was only hitting 108 in a stock focus. good article to read though
May 29, 2005, 06:38 PM
#38
Try Texas...
First offense for racing on a public road: Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days (6 months) in Jail, and or $4000 fine. Not to mention your car getting dragged to impound by the local inbred. It only goes up from there... if ANYONE is seriously hurt, your looking at 2-20 years in the Penitentiary, and or $10,000 fine. Of course the Police Officer's discretion decides if you were in fact "racing"!
First offense for racing on a public road: Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days (6 months) in Jail, and or $4000 fine. Not to mention your car getting dragged to impound by the local inbred. It only goes up from there... if ANYONE is seriously hurt, your looking at 2-20 years in the Penitentiary, and or $10,000 fine. Of course the Police Officer's discretion decides if you were in fact "racing"!
May 29, 2005, 08:46 PM
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Damn, they are still racing on US 27??!! i lived a few miles away in Pembroke Isles...allot of those kids were the craziest Ive met....even worse then the Chino,CA crowd! I remember a caprice racing in reverse, burn outs in the middle of the roads and 100+ cars in 2001....all while kids literally stopped traffic (agnery truckers) at midnight and later. Once the cops came, we would go off road into the pig farm and run away! Fun days but they were stupid...i saw allot of accidents there and the cops got savy on our escape routes 
May 30, 2005, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jasonc32amg
I read that this am... Not very good press for the Evo and will make it harder on those using them as daily drivers down here 
especially here on an evo board, i'd think most of you guys would realize you didn't buy a dragster.
Should be takin the evo to sebring, and the road courses are homestead and moroso, not the 1/4.
i'm occasionally through there on the highway, comin up and down the coast to the keys, thankfully never been harassed for other people's stupidity.
take it to the track.
May 31, 2005, 07:41 AM
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Hah ha too funny, I know the guy in the white Evo, I almost fell off my chair when I saw that photo. Another reason why not to put ricer decals on your car. LMAO 
May 31, 2005, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Zeus
Try Texas...
First offense for racing on a public road: Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days (6 months) in Jail, and or $4000 fine. Not to mention your car getting dragged to impound by the local inbred. It only goes up from there... if ANYONE is seriously hurt, your looking at 2-20 years in the Penitentiary, and or $10,000 fine. Of course the Police Officer's discretion decides if you were in fact "racing"!
First offense for racing on a public road: Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days (6 months) in Jail, and or $4000 fine. Not to mention your car getting dragged to impound by the local inbred. It only goes up from there... if ANYONE is seriously hurt, your looking at 2-20 years in the Penitentiary, and or $10,000 fine. Of course the Police Officer's discretion decides if you were in fact "racing"!
