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Originally Posted by SLP LS1
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Originally Posted by MikesMerc
Thanks for the condolences and tips.
You know, living right off Woodward all these years, you'd think I would have known better. I rarely, if ever, run someone directly on Woodward. Usually, if someone really wants to run it hard, we'll go off into the weeds some where off the main drag.
Frankly, with all the LEO activity on Woodward during the summer months, running that 'vette was just plain stoopid! Somewhere in the back of my mind I had a little voice telling me I was gonna get caught sooner or later if I kept up the Woodward antics.
(Note to self - don't ignore the liitle voice !!)
So, everyone be real careful out there! There is a ZERO tolerance policy now for Pleasant Ridge, Berkley, Royal Oak, and Birmingham. If you get pulled over while racing its likely you WILL get popped for drag racing.
Worse yet, Drag Racing is now a Class B misdemeanor in Michigan which means you must appear in court where the judges are not sympathetic. The public has brought intense pressure on the LEOs and Courts to curb the Woodward racing. The judges usually will not go easy. So the 4 points is the least of your worries if you're busted with drag racing.
A drag racing traffic misdemeanor conviction will remain on your record for 10 years and is considered a criminal convction now. Yep...its right up there with drunk driving now!
Anway, I've become a recent expert in this and have hired an attorney to waive the arraignement and represent me in the pre-trial where we hope to negociate down with the Berkley prosecutor. With a job that wouldn't tolerate a misdemeanor conviction too well, and a family that needs to be taken care of, I had to go with legal representation.
I will say this. Although I know street racing is stupid and not safe...and I know it was my own fault for getting popped....it seems a bit over the top that i have to defend myself as if I was plastered drunk behind the wheel weaving down the road. I'm sure street racing kills people now and then...but based on what I did last Friday night , the punishment hardly fits the crime.
Be safe folks!
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2loco and I went through the same shit last year! Was a big pain, we didn't even go over the speed limit! They still called it drag racing. I get a lot of people out there trying to run me, I think they are just plain crazy, not worth all the bullshit you have to go through. It would be simple just putting up a track near us, but that's not the case. They really just want to make money off of us, that is one of the reasons Detroit"being the Motorcity in all" doesn't put up a track. These judges complain how we put other lives in dangers, so on and so on, but the main reason for the horrific punishment is for the cities to make money off of it. The cops get overtime in the court, you end up paying court fees, and paying for whatever law you broke, not to mention the lawyer. Seems to me the law is getting a little corrupt, ^sec) Wacko Jacko getting off n' all !!!!!
We all need to stop putting up with this shit and demand a track to be open in the future. The cops are really just bothering the hell out of me with this shit! They act like we are selling drugs or something :smt120 |
Yeah - what he said!
I get the why behind the move to slow folks down...
There was this goof inna SVT Cobra out Sunday; he'd hammer the snot outta the car, then cut across all four lanes to hit a turn-around. He did it to me twice. Bad karma; all it takes is one blind spot and whammo!
I've seen cars roll over out there because of stuff like that. You can't stop the goofs and the jerks from doing stupid things.
that being said - it seems the LEO's have been tolerant of the two gear roll-on for the most part. Don't spin yer tires, don't grab third, and don't do it all over the Street.
As for tracks -
No one wants to live next to one, so they have to be located out in the country. As the area developed - the local tracks were shut down with Detroit Dragway being the most recent one to fall. You need a LOT of land to put up a track; it's just not gonna happen 'round here.
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