California Crackdown on Modified Cars Options

[LadyHavoc]

I apologize if this has already been posted, but ah...just in case if you haven't heard already...

"$5 million in federal money will fund a Sacramento, California effort to stop drivers in modified cars."

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/05/576.asp

This post has been edited by LadyHavoc: Aug 8, 2005 - 12:09 PM

[tranxendz]

I strongly discourage this "crackdown on modified cars". I don't know about the rest of you but having a customized exterior does not necessarily mean "racing". Heck, my car is all show and no go. Thankfully, about 4 cops that stopped me due to the fact that they thought my car was modified to "race" but let me go without a fix-it ticket. As y'all know I have an auto with no modification on the performance, other than my exhaust (which is deep in its sound). It's funny cause those cops looked under my hood and saw no modifcation haha. So they let me go, I think cause they liked my girl who was sitting on the passenger seat LoL. So basically a pinto can catch up to me. LoL. What makes window tinting, large spoilers, and extra gauges make a car a race car? There are a lot of Mercedes, BMW's, etc who have window tinting with big rims, are they racers too? The first car I started Driving was a Nissan 200SX 1985, the only thing I put on there was a sticker on the window. LoL I know that’s ghetto but it would be even worse if a cop stopped me for my "sticker", assuming I was racing. That Nissan can't even go past 60 without doing weird shaking motions. This in fact is stereotyping and it is unethical for police to immediately think that just because a car looks like a "racer" doesn't mean they are. I've seen old Toyota's that are modified in its performance and its ugly with no modifications in its exterior. Those oldie Toyota Corolla's can beat me. My Celica looks fast but it can't even go 70 without shaking. I had all these plans for my SCION but I think I'm going to work underneath the hood now cause I hate being harassed. We all need to sign a petition against this because y'all are right it is a waste of taxpayers money. They need to put that towards the school system that the Governor borrowed from last year. Not waste it on paid harrasment towards "driving while Asian" stereotyping towards us car enthusiasts. Racing=road rage on the highways/freeways and roads. I only race if I'm pissed off. LoL. Hey modifying our cars our better than us being in gangs, doing drugs, selling drugs, and what not. I strongly believe that this kind of enthusiasm towards cars makes you not think about anything else….That is why when my little bro hits 16 I'm going to get him a car so he can modify it too.