omg in california they crush your car if you street race!!11!!

[drew]

but they got nothing on Ontario, CA.

http://www.thestar.com/article/227763

they don't even bother with the "proof" b/s, they will crush your car if the suspect you street race

( is this is a repost shoot me )

Peter Edwards
Staff reporters

Likening speed shops that make street racers to bomb factories or illegal drug labs, Attorney General Michael Bryant warns "juiced-up" cars could be seized and destroyed before even hitting the road.

After the tragic death Monday of trucker David Virgoe on Highway 400 in an accident allegedly caused by racing, Bryant yesterday threw down the gauntlet at The Fast and the Furious wannabes.

"Just on the balance of probabilities if we can establish that a car is being used for the unlawful purpose of street racing, we will seize it and you will never see it again.

"We will crush your car, we will crush the parts."

Bryant's get-tough words were welcomed by York Regional Police Chief Armand La Barge, who said 39 people have been killed in the Greater Toronto Area since 1999 because of illegal road racing.

"We welcome any proposed new legislation to make it easier to do that (seize vehicles in road racing). That's the type of strong message that needs to go out," he said.

La Barge said he would also like to see the courts send a tougher message to people charged with racing.

He said his officers have laid some 550 racing charges over the past six weeks, but that many drivers expect to be treated lightly by the courts. Police try to educate road racers, but that's sometimes an exercise in futility, he said.

"Some of these people are not prepared to listen to us talk. ... There needs to be a very strong message sent from our courts."

Sgt. David Mitchell, a York Region traffic officer, said road racers range from teenagers driving their parents' cars to adults who have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars modifying cars. Some have been so overhauled they would be unfit for a motor speedway, he said.

Mitchell said charged drivers often opt to take their chances with the court because they believe "not much is going to happen there."

Mitchell said racers use the Internet and text messaging to quickly call races and locations, making it tough for police to stake out races.

In his message at Queen's Park, Bryant charged: "Somebody who's putting together a ... car for street racing might as well be putting together an illegal narcotic or putting together an explosive.

"What I would say to anybody who is engaging in the illegal act of street racing is we don't need to wait until that car hits the road fully loaded.

"The damage that these vehicles can cause can sometimes be catastrophic," he said, referring to Virgoe's death.

Bryant noted Ottawa and Queen's Park have worked to tighten laws curbing street racing.

While Bryant declined to discuss details of Virgoe's death or the three men charged in it, he noted "Ontario Crown prosecutors are using the brand new street racing crime provisions under the Criminal Code for these offences.

"We have in Ontario generally the ability to seize street racing cars," he said.

[CHAOS]

rep... nm haha

[drew]

i was almost afraid to post this after i flamed the last 3 people that reposted that stupid article about california crushing cars lmao

[Buster]

thats some weak ****!!! I wonder if they can do it to out of state people

[italianblaze]

you repost noop lol ibtl

wait nvm
diff article alot more indepth than the other one with some damn asian and a riced out teg lol

[karl]

yea thats a bunch of crap.. how can they "take ur car before it hits the streets" like walkin into shops and takin cars out of them? so basically if u have a modified car they can legally crush it!?! screw them canadians!

[italianblaze]

lol damn
what if shops just started saying cars where tookin by the police if they knew the person wouldnt bother to even contact them
very unlikely i bet though

[Drftpretty]

Anybody racing near innocent bystanders should be crushed in their car.

Period.

[mr_eh]

yo if they had this law in the tristate area, everyone would just buy evos/cobras, oh wait...

lol srsly, if they made modding cars illegal everyone would just buy faster cars...

[italianblaze]

no i wouldnt buy a fast car id buy a ****ing hyabussa and turbo that bitch
id love to see them try and catch me on that before id ever let them think about crushing it,
and if i was in cali and i knew they were gona crush my car id probably total it just so i could say i had ''the last ride'' but i agree if your racing near innocent bystanders you should be crushed IN the car

[Drftpretty]

Aren't Hyabussas turbo's stock?

[Broken5hift]

id rather it be crushed than hulk smashed

[willthethrill]

with my luck i would probably accelerate quickly from a stop light and get my car crushed.

[Raven18940]

39 dead since 1999, wooooooow, they really have a street racing epidemic in Toronto. I'm glad the government is taking away civil liberties to get this under control.

Yeah, socialist Canadians can really stop bashing our country now.

[MPowerKai]

I'm sure more innocent people have died by the hands of police, does that mean I have the right to take away their cars and guns??

[Z3R0]

Originally Posted by Drftpretty

Anybody racing near innocent bystanders should be crushed in their car.

Period.

+1
sometimes I try to tell people this but....