Slapshot just got a little more lead in his baton, or something

 

What exactly is the new law?

 

"1 (2)(a)(1) No person shall drive any vehicle in any

2 race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration

3 contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or

4 acceleration, or for the purpose of making a speed record on

5 any highway, roadway, or parking lot. A violation of this

6 paragraph constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree,

7 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.

8 775.084. Any person who violates this paragraph shall pay a

9 fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750, and the

10 department shall revoke the driver license of a person so

11 convicted for up to 1 year, and no person shall in any manner

12 participate in any such race, competition, contest, test, or

13 exhibition.

14 (b) Any person who violates paragraph (a) within 5

15 years after the date of a prior violation which resulted in a

16 conviction for a violation of this subsection commits a felony

17 of the third degree and shall pay a fine of not less than $500

18 nor more than $1,000. Additionally, the department shall

19 revoke the driver license of that person for 2 years."



5 (3) Whenever a law enforcement officer determines that

6 a person was engaged in a drag race or race, as described in

7 subsection (1), the law enforcement officer may immediately

8 arrest and take into custody such person, and shall cause the

9 vehicle used in the contest to be impounded for not less than

10 5 days in any police or towing company compound.

9 (b) When three or more people gather for the purpose

10 of violating paragraph (a), it shall constitute a "breach of

11 the peace" and shall be punishable as provided in s. 870.02.

 

Maybe all the Fla people are "locked up" and can't answer

 

LoL, Fast Gator

 

Well, I dont really street race anyway. I have a couple times, but out think cop's, and find smart places to do it. But if I do happen to get caught, I guess I can say im #$@%#@ed? =[

 

That sounds dangerous. Getting a felony conviction (2 times in 5 years) for hitting the gas pedal to hard? very not cool.

Coldie

 

"But your Honor, he was 8 car lengths behind me, no way we was racin. And besides its a 4800 pound truck."

heheheh

 

Time for Tampa, Bulldog, His Nozebleedness, TZ, Twisted, et. al. to retain full-time legal counsel, or something

But this is just what I think....

 

We can all thank the ricers for this one...........plus, one of the local news channels took a hidden camera to the most popular race hangout, and showed a week-long setment on street racing...........guess what you saw the most.........of course you guessed it.........lots of neon, lots of body kits, wings, exhausts (insert your favorite rice mod here)............

Oh well..................I have calmed down a lot in my driving habits, although the trigger foot is always awake at a stoplight, so long as it is empty, clear, and safe, and worthy opponent, but I do avoid 99.9% of encounters......It is scary you know.......it's just a shame the track is so far away

JC

 

I don't have a problem with it as I don't usually race on the streets.... We have enough old people (blue hairs) down here that make ordinary daily driving an adventure.

 

With any law, it leaves a whole lot of room for interpretation. It is only as good as the cops/attorneys that are enforcing it. Also, the perpretrators will have huge stakes and will have to seek competent legal council to fight.

You will see a lot of taxpayers money wasted on trying to convict people. There will probably be some trial$$$ due to the severity.

Kind of like the new CA law (AB 1058) that is before our illustrious governer Gay Davis. It gives the CARB unprecedented power to regulate car buying and driving. The Supreme court will get this one.

 

Nice knowing you Mr. NozeBleed.

 

This sucks! I just broke out of jail...sorry my post was so late!

 

o man i think that law sucks but we all knew it was going to happen someday