Hey don't feel bad man, it could have been much MUCH worse...

Some dumb drive thru b!tch could have spilled coke on your Z

 

I don't want drag racing on my record. Plus if my father finds out about it, the Z will be burned, literally. Plus, I've already consulted with my fathers lawyer, which has many years of experience, and won't tip my father on anything about courts. He said for $700, he can have drag racing, seat belt, and the tag charges dropped. Speeding, theres doubt, since he clocked me.

 

are you on your dads insurance??

 

Reguardless of what other people may be telling you..

Own up to the mistake you made by promising yourself that you will not get in trouble again. There is no nobility in going to prison or losing your liscense out of "Pride in doing the right thing". This is your life and you should avoid legal problems at all cost. Deal with the moral issues on your own without the court/public's involvement.

If we all went to jail or were fined every time we broke a law out of honor we would all be broke and in prison. You did a stupid thing, realize it and move on. EVERYONE on here is a criminal, most do it daily, breaking some law, from going 1mph over the speed limit to getting a ******* from your wife.

 

I completely agree with you. I have been hearing both arguments since I first got into the race scene in highschool with my old chevy nova. Its a constant circle. I can't speak for the place you have/had. I have seen tracks and specials come and go, but it all boils down to the all mighty dollar, like you said. I could go into a long tirade about how our tax dollars are already spent on things we wouldn't want to see them wasted on, so I don't think that argument holds water. I do belive that if the government (local or federal) took a bit of intrest and care in the youth today, the could solve a large ammount of their problems. Unfortunately, we have created this beast. We are the product of our own making. We have become so "Americanized" that we feed on each other.

I spent 5 years serving this country, and am still willing to die for it in a moments notice, but I have seen societies out there, that we look down upon, that don't have the same problems as us.

This argument could go on for days, and in no way am I flaming or starting trouble. I see and understand both sides. I just find it sad that we as a people fall on each other like a pack of wild dogs fighting over fresh meat. Thats why we have, what 2.5 lawyers to ever 1 person? I think I read that somewhere. Everything is driven by money anymore. I feel sad, because there are honest, hard working kids out there, that don't have the chance to run at a track. Don't have the funding to do it. They wan't their chance to shine, everyone does. When I finally retire, I will do my best to offer that up to the kids of the area.


Anyway, to the OP, it sounds like your going to get things worked out. While I do agree that you might have been hassled a bit, try to get everyone he ticketed to go at the same time, that might give you a little more sway in court, to the fact that the cop gave the same tickets to everyone there.

 

Everything is in my name and the insurance right now is cheap at $246 for full coverage. I don't want it to shoot up to $500 instantly for insurance monthly. So I'm fighting it. There are no tracks around here, the closest one is about a good hour and a half away. The "local strip" is about five minutes away. Lynn Marsh Road. Highway 107. Its the perfect set up for racing. Past midnight the whole highway is dead. For now, i'm just waiting on the court date, and hopefully everything goes well. But.....I learned my lesson....no more speeding...

 

You sound as if you would do it again because it is close.
You have to fight about it (the urge to race) for yourself.
To go 1 1/2 hours to the track is not too bad for a day's fun.

 

Only one problem with that..... you might end up dead.


I know what it's like to street race for sure. We did as young men at a controlled location. Not that it was a good thing. Just young men trying out there wings. I wish there was a place we could go that was open 24 hours to try our stuff out. I have often thought of this however, never found the means. Even yesterday, I found myself fighting the temptation and I am twice as old as most of the young guys on here. I drag at the track however, there is always that guy on the street I want to show up. Yesterday, a guy in a S10 probably with a V8 in it pulled up next to me at the light. I decided to let him take off first. He didn't he was waiting for me. The the passenger flicked a smoke on my hood. I wanted to get out and kick the s#!t out of him. With my luck I would have ended up in jail. So, I held back put a car between his car and mine and sat there until he was gone. I felt like such a wimp but knew it was the smart thing to do. I would rather have blown his S10 away but that would have given him the control / power. I wasn't going to do that.
The Firebird I was driving would have done it and that was why he wanted to race I am sure. But, after reading this story, I am so glad I didn't do it.

This is the time of year the cops are out there to keep the roads safer. You have a lot of old people that don't know how to drive with quick reflex young people. It causes a lot of trouble.

I would like to thank the poster for sharing. It might just keep a few of us from getting tickets this year.

Thanks again,

juliosuburban

 

highest ive gotten was $763.50 in one stop, took it to court and got out of everything though..

 

Someone else might be too....

 

Buddy and I were heading to school, (he was speeding) we got pulled over for going 103 miles an hour, court date came and my friend was fined $1750 for driving over 100 miles a hour, this all took place in (CA, L.A)

 

So what it's an hour and a half away. We've got a local 1/8th mile track roughly 45 miles away, almost an hour with traffic. It's T&T nights are Thursdays. I've run down that track about 45 times.

We've got another 1/4 track about 90 minutes away. I've gone down that track over 30 times.

So you have to drive to get there? What's the big deal?

 

yeah its true, there was a big article about it in my newspaper saying it just got passed

 

I'm with you on this one. I only wish we could do it and keep the cost down under $20 a car. The problem is the insurance and safety measures that would need to be taken. It is an impossible job ...... but it can be done.
The question is HOW ????

Do you LLC it so that you are not liable. Then you just lose the land each time. Or what? It does need to be easy to access on the weekends and at least a couple nights a week for the kid / adults. I would love this myself.

And of course it can't be more than an hour from my house. That would all make sense. Why can't we make this happen?

 

i feel bad for the SRT who got a tic of 1k for nothing. lol. anyway. which highway were you guys ripping up?

 

Im very suprised u didnt get arrested, esp here in Mass. I got lit up last week, Friday after Thanksgiving. I was at Home Depot off of 93N, i pulled onto the highway and was on the highway going N for only .8 miles, because i was getting off at the next exit. Took the off ramp, and low-and-behold the blue lights..

He "Clocked & Estimated" me doing 75 in a 55mph. Mind you i was only on the highway for .8 miles, and in right lane behind traffic getting off at my exit. I was doing NO MORE then 60-65mph. He gave me a line of bs about how he had to "drift around car and the corner of the off ramp to catch me" YES he said Drift, i wanted to laugh but.. He also fed me a line about how my "DOWNPIPE" was over 4 inches.. Once he said this, i was like WTF in my head, and knew he didnt know anything.. but also knew it would be fruitless to argue.

Either way, i now have a $200 ticket, for "75mph++ in a 55MPH zone" .. Funny thing, in the description, he wrote "Has to excel to over 90+mph to pull over" ... So basically the Statie had to pull some Initial D type **** to pull me over doing 60mph. What a beauty.

I plan on fighting it..

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Side note: Dude, Id never race on Mass roads.. Why dont u just wait till Epping NED opens in the Spring?!?!? Safe, No Tickets, Legal!

Sull

 

+1... or kill someone else.

This guy has obviously not been paying attention to current events.

Learn from others' mistakes.

 

Your never suppose to admit anything to a cop no matter what.

 

He didn't unless we are all cops!

 

i got pulled over doing 85+ in a 35mph zone and got off cause u gotta act dumb and say some random shi* like there was guys yelling at me and calling me a rich ***** and got scared cause they were drunk and i tried to get home as fast as possible. Works everytime. muahahaha