Bullsh!t.. Crushing Cars For Racing
09-29-2005 | 08:37 AM
#1
Guest
Posts: n/a
QUOTE
Originally Posted by
Illegal Racer's Seized Car Crushed
New City Ordinance In Place To Discourgage Speed Contests
Oct 13, 2004 3:43 pm US/Pacific
LOS ANGELES (CBS) The first car seized under a Los Angeles ordinance meant to discourage speed contests on public streets was destroyed Wednesday, and authorities vowed that more would follow.
"This is a critical issue for the city of Los Angeles," said Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton.
"Eight people to date this year have lost their lives in drag-racing related accidents," Says Bratton. "Eight people who should be alive today, except for the mindless foolishness of this type of activity."
Officials presided over the destruction of the white IROC Chevrolet Camaro seized on Aug. 30, 2003. The car was later declared a nuisance, then sold at auction to the Valley Traffic Advisory Council, a police-citizens group that donated it to the city.
In what amounted to a carefully scripted photo opportunity, Mayor Jim Hahn and Bratton donned hardhats and gave a thumbs up to the operator of a mechanical claw when it was safe to drop a huge weight on top of the two-door.
The car buckled in the middle as the weight flattened the roof, then the drop process was repeated several times to complete the job.
Joining Hahn for the demonstration were City Council members Dennis Zine, a former police officer, and Wendy Greuel, whose district has been the site of several street races in recent years, particularly after the movie "2 Fast 2 Furious" and its sequel.
On Oct. 1, two seniors from Village Christian School were killed in what police believe was a head-on, racing-related collision in the 7700 block of La Tuna Canyon Road in Sun Valley.
The driver of the car, also a Village Christian student, was critically injured and underwent brain surgery at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills that Friday.
Four nights later, police broke up a large crowd -- 35 carloads of young people -- gathered for racing in the 8000 block of Haskell Avenue. Two cars seized in that raid will be destroyed, police said. A dozen people were arrested. It is misdemeanor in Los Angeles to even watch an illegal car race.
"This is not a game," Greuel said. "And it's not a movie. It's a choice that has life-and-death consequences, and also has consequences for your vehicle."
Hahn said the crushing is "going to be a dramatic reminder to everybody what can happen if you get caught racing illegally in the city of Los Angeles. We're not here because we want to take somebody's fun away. This is not fun to go to somebody's funeral.
Illegal Racer's Seized Car Crushed
New City Ordinance In Place To Discourgage Speed Contests
Oct 13, 2004 3:43 pm US/Pacific
LOS ANGELES (CBS) The first car seized under a Los Angeles ordinance meant to discourage speed contests on public streets was destroyed Wednesday, and authorities vowed that more would follow.
"This is a critical issue for the city of Los Angeles," said Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton.
"Eight people to date this year have lost their lives in drag-racing related accidents," Says Bratton. "Eight people who should be alive today, except for the mindless foolishness of this type of activity."
Officials presided over the destruction of the white IROC Chevrolet Camaro seized on Aug. 30, 2003. The car was later declared a nuisance, then sold at auction to the Valley Traffic Advisory Council, a police-citizens group that donated it to the city.
In what amounted to a carefully scripted photo opportunity, Mayor Jim Hahn and Bratton donned hardhats and gave a thumbs up to the operator of a mechanical claw when it was safe to drop a huge weight on top of the two-door.
The car buckled in the middle as the weight flattened the roof, then the drop process was repeated several times to complete the job.
Joining Hahn for the demonstration were City Council members Dennis Zine, a former police officer, and Wendy Greuel, whose district has been the site of several street races in recent years, particularly after the movie "2 Fast 2 Furious" and its sequel.
On Oct. 1, two seniors from Village Christian School were killed in what police believe was a head-on, racing-related collision in the 7700 block of La Tuna Canyon Road in Sun Valley.
The driver of the car, also a Village Christian student, was critically injured and underwent brain surgery at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills that Friday.
Four nights later, police broke up a large crowd -- 35 carloads of young people -- gathered for racing in the 8000 block of Haskell Avenue. Two cars seized in that raid will be destroyed, police said. A dozen people were arrested. It is misdemeanor in Los Angeles to even watch an illegal car race.
"This is not a game," Greuel said. "And it's not a movie. It's a choice that has life-and-death consequences, and also has consequences for your vehicle."
Hahn said the crushing is "going to be a dramatic reminder to everybody what can happen if you get caught racing illegally in the city of Los Angeles. We're not here because we want to take somebody's fun away. This is not fun to go to somebody's funeral.
cant believe there crushing cars... just make em get auctioned off so someone stupid cant own them.. not the cars fault...
09-29-2005 | 08:47 AM
#3
http://www.hyundaiaftermarket.org/images/vendor1.png
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 3,237
Likes: 0
This is like 2 years old news man.
If you race in LA, you run that risk. Thats why I get border line violent when little fvcking fags in 92 integras with rusty fenders try to race me. I want to just jump out bust his window and get a full wind up for the hardest slap he's ever felt/seen/heard in his whole life. EVERYONE wants to race, but NOBODY thinks abou the consequences. Plus half the time they'd smoke my little n/a hyundai owned.gif
If you race in LA, you run that risk. Thats why I get border line violent when little fvcking fags in 92 integras with rusty fenders try to race me. I want to just jump out bust his window and get a full wind up for the hardest slap he's ever felt/seen/heard in his whole life. EVERYONE wants to race, but NOBODY thinks abou the consequences. Plus half the time they'd smoke my little n/a hyundai owned.gif
09-29-2005 | 08:48 AM
#4
Senior Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,931
Likes: 0
From: Ohio, USA
QUOTE (Blacktibs @ Sep 29 2005, 08:47 AM)
This is like 2 years old news man.
I want to just jump out bust his window and get a full wind up for the hardest slap he's ever felt/seen/heard in his whole life.
I want to just jump out bust his window and get a full wind up for the hardest slap he's ever felt/seen/heard in his whole life.
lmao.gif lmao.gif all that anger and he gets a slap? man you can control yourself
09-29-2005 | 08:57 AM
#5
Guest
Posts: n/a
well i never heard about it until now... lol
well, its pointless to trash it, and crush it when someone else could enjoy it responsibily. or they can always auction off the parts, and the car, sell it to a junkyard, and donate the money to charity or help against street racing or something.. not just trash potentially 50,000+ of car.
consequences can be losing your license for two, three, years, making them sell there car would be enough..
why dont they do this to other offenders? like drunk driver usually get a night in jail and some probation.. take there licenses away infinately, or have them checked for alchohol on weekly basis..
well, its pointless to trash it, and crush it when someone else could enjoy it responsibily. or they can always auction off the parts, and the car, sell it to a junkyard, and donate the money to charity or help against street racing or something.. not just trash potentially 50,000+ of car.
consequences can be losing your license for two, three, years, making them sell there car would be enough..
why dont they do this to other offenders? like drunk driver usually get a night in jail and some probation.. take there licenses away infinately, or have them checked for alchohol on weekly basis..
09-29-2005 | 10:29 AM
#6
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,832
Likes: 0
From: Fort Erie, Ontario
Vehicle: 2004 Acura TL
I think they should have their licenses taken away permanently. The car did nothing wrong. I just goes to show the desctructive/disposable society we live in today.
RIP Iroc Camaro 02.gif
RIP Iroc Camaro 02.gif
09-29-2005 | 11:13 AM
#7
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
personally I think it's alittle exsessive to take away a car for street racing.... people don't even get their cars taken away for drunk driving and that has killed FAR more people. I mean trashing a 10k+ car is cruel and unusual punishment in my book.... personally if I had the money I would go to L.A. and street race just to get caught and fight them from ever doing that again.... the punishment doesn't fit the crime