Re: Re: Wannbe HAM
  By: Tony Langdon to Joe Delahaye on Thu Sep 22 2016 07:57:00

 JD>> Back in the day you could see all the souped up vehicles.  They
 JD>> still do that, but a lot of that mostly in the big cities and they
 JD>> do street racing.  Get caught, and you lose not only your license,
 JD>> but the vehicle, and a huge fine

 TL> Happens here too. Some don't even make it to the illegal races. The cops
 TL> often find them unroadworthy and issue defect notices on the spot.


The law here gives the cops a lot of discretion.  Go over a certain speed
limit, and you can be charged with street racing, even if you are not
technically racing .  They caught a guy from Florida here several years ago.
 Obviously had money.  He was doing ove 180 KPH (limit is 100).  That is what
he was charged with.  They confiscated his car (Very expensive one.  BMW IIRC).
 The tow truck guy was almost afraid to touch it.  Paint job on the car was
worth more then his truck.  Got a very hefty fine too.  And he laughed about it
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