Alabama cracking down on street racers
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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What needs to be done is get the station to change the wording in their report from "drag racing" to street racing
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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What needs to be done is get the station to change the wording in their report from "drag racing" to street racing Definitely because they are reporting their story incorrectly......
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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What needs to be done is get the station to change the wording in their report from "drag racing" to street racing Why?.......The story says anyone caught "drag racing" on a public road. A drag race is a drag race, when two line up side by side and race a measured distance from a "dig".....no matter where you do it. "Street Racing" can have many different forms, that being a drag race, a roll race, a circuit race, a course race or any number of other things. Sounds to me as they are specifically targeting "drag racing" on the streets and the crowd it draws, as there have been some spectator deaths in Alabama in the last few years
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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What needs to be done is get the station to change the wording in their report from "drag racing" to street racing Why?.......The story says anyone caught "drag racing" on a public road. A drag race is a drag race, when two line up side by side and race a measured distance from a "dig".....no matter where you do it. Yes. Kinda like "the flag" debate, some car guys decry political correctness when it comes to the flag but want it applied to racing.
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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roll racing is legal, dig racing is not
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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roll racing is legal, dig racing is not "Roll racing" here, is defined and ticketed as "racing on the highway" and is certainly NOT legal
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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roll racing is legal, dig racing is not "Roll racing" here, is defined and ticketed as "racing on the highway" and is certainly NOT legal what racing is legal then? if they try to get you for racing on the highway, you could just say you were watching and weren't part of the actual race
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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roll racing is legal, dig racing is not "Roll racing" here, is defined and ticketed as "racing on the highway" and is certainly NOT legal what racing is legal then? On the street?.......the answer, NONE...........Who said any was?
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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roll racing is legal, dig racing is not "Roll racing" here, is defined and ticketed as "racing on the highway" and is certainly NOT legal what racing is legal then? On the street?.......the answer, NONE...........Who said any was? I edited my reply above
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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Here in the PRK, even if you're not engaged in a "speed contest" a cop can cite you for "exhibition of speed" or "reckless driving" the definition of both is somewhat ambiguous. Spinning your tires but never exceeding the speed limit is an exhibition of speed. Spinning donuts is reckless driving.
23109. (a) A person shall not engage in a motor vehicle speed contest on a highway. As used in this section, a motor vehicle speed contest includes a motor vehicle race against another vehicle, a clock, or other timing device. For purposes of this section, an event in which the time to cover a prescribed route of more than 20 miles is measured, but where the vehicle does not exceed the speed limits, is not a speed contest. (b) A person shall not aid or abet in any motor vehicle speed contest on any highway. (c) A person shall not engage in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway, and a person shall not aid or abet in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on any highway.
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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Is the definition of "racing" allow just one vehicle? Because I'm always racing to work, leaving the toll booth on the turnpike, or dinner, or........?
Seems awfully opened ended, a very slippery slope, in Fla you lose your car, and next week its being used next week as a "bait" car for drag racing. I'll have to check with a trooper friend, but there are several violations that come into play. I don't know that one vehicle could be considered "racing" but if your state has a "exhibition of speed" law then yes, you could be cited. My guess is that it would be at the officers discretion. This is just my opinion, nothing more.
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Re: Alabama cracking down on street racers
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My car gets enough attention just driving, I don't even think a racing someone anymore. People are way over sensitive to a REAL car these days. Plus this little Gen III is LOUD above 6K!
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