[yot065]

Lol hope not a repost.

Two street-racing teenagers have had their high-end vehicles impounded and face charges after police clocked them going more than 140 km/h in West Vancouver, police say.

A police officer spotted the cars on Cypress Bowl Road just after 10 a.m. PT Friday going 143 km/h in a 60 km/h zone, said Cpl. Jag Johal.

“The driver of the BMW sped past the officer in an attempt to elude,” said Johal. “The driver of the Porsche made an evasive manoeuvre by pulling a u-turn and fleeing the away from the officer.”

Johal said the BMW was located in a ditch with about $15,000 damage and the Porsche was located at a nearby school.

Both vehicles were impounded for street racing and the two 17-year-old novice drivers were prohibited from driving for 15 days.

Police will be recommending the charges of excessive speeding and failing to stop for police, said Johal.

RCMP impounded 13 vehicles, including a Ferrari, three Lamborghinis and two Maseratis after an alleged large-scale street race Wednesday afternoon southbound on Highway 99, south of Vancouver.

The estimated value of the impounded cars was $2 million.

The average age of the 13 drivers was about 20, police said.

Street-racing vehicles impounded in West Van - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09/02/bc-west-van-street-race.html)

[Berzerker]

Jesus fucking christ. 10 cars speeding down the highway does NOT equal street racing. It's called speeding. They weren't trying to "beat" each other anywhere they were just going fast. This whole "street racing" stigma really pisses me off.

Berz out.

[6insomnia9]

Only 13 days?

Should be taking those licenses away for years.

[Funnel]

The news isn't talking about 13 cars street racing on highway 99. There is another "street racing" happened in West Vancouver. Porsche and BMW.

[EmOne]

Jesus fucking christ. 10 cars speeding down the highway does NOT equal street racing. It's called speeding. They weren't trying to "beat" each other anywhere they were just going fast. This whole "street racing" stigma really pisses me off.

Berz out.

Media lol
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[TouringTeg]

Again!! LOL Wow thought for sure this was gonna be another repost

[XplicitLuder]

i guess they decided why read the news when you can be in it lol

[Death2Theft]

At the next RS meet everyone should show up in mopeds and go 5km over the limit to see if we can get 250mopeds street racing article in the paper.

[typ.]

Media lol
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hahah I can't believe I lol'd at that.

[dlo]

At the next RS meet everyone should show up in mopeds and go 5km over the limit to see if we can get 250mopeds street racing article in the paper.

hipster meet?!?!?!
1.Tos'd
2. Bcrdukes

[1exotic]

bad driving kills

speeding does not

[CP.AR]

At the next RS meet everyone should show up in mopeds and go 5km over the limit to see if we can get 250mopeds street racing article in the paper.

http://r9.fodey.com/2174/603eca9e0e124433bae0f4db30ebfeb0.0.jpg

[SolidPenguin]

150cc moped? Too much. Mopeds rarely go over 50.

Those 500-600cc scooters are basically automatic motorcycles

[Culverin]

^
Not True.

My 50cc can hit 90 km/h.


RS Hipster Meet
1.Tos'd
2. Bcrdukes
3. Culverin

[zulutango]

Jesus fucking christ. 10 cars speeding down the highway does NOT equal street racing. It's called speeding. They weren't trying to "beat" each other anywhere they were just going fast. This whole "street racing" stigma really pisses me off.

Berz out.

"Witnesses advised the vehicles had traveled at speeds up to 200 km/h and on several occasions two vehicles would travel side-by-side and slow down to allow vehicles in advance of them to take off in a race.


"race" means circumstances in which, taking into account the condition of the highway, traffic, visibility and weather, the driver or operator of a motor vehicle is driving or operating the motor vehicle without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway or in a manner that may cause harm to an individual by doing any of the following:

(a) outdistancing or attempting to outdistance one or more other motor vehicles;

(b) preventing or attempting to prevent one or more other motor vehicles from passing;

(c) driving at excessive speed in order to arrive at or attempt to arrive at a given destination ahead of one or more other motor vehicles;

[Berzerker]

Exactly my point. What if you have 10 cars NONE OF WHICH TRYING TO PASS EACH OTHER, NOT TRYING TO OUT DISTANCE EACH OTHER (simply maintaining a high rate of speed) WITH NO PREDETERMINED "FINISH LINE"

In other words a nice Sunday cruz at 150km/hr single file.

According to the "media" all cars traveling between Abbotsford and Chilliwack are street racing as the average flow of traffic there often is 20-30km over the speed limit.

Berz out.

[optiblue]

Wow, evasive maneuvers and out running the police deserves a harsh punishment! You might be able to outrun a police cruiser, but you can never outrun a radio and air support!
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[Soundy]

Exactly my point. What if you have 10 cars NONE OF WHICH TRYING TO PASS EACH OTHER, NOT TRYING TO OUT DISTANCE EACH OTHER (simply maintaining a high rate of speed) WITH NO PREDETERMINED "FINISH LINE"

In other words a nice Sunday cruz at 150km/hr single file.
Which wasn't the case in the Hwy.99 story, if you actually read the article:

"Witnesses advised the vehicles had traveled at speeds up to 200 km/h and on several occasions two vehicles would travel side-by-side and slow down to allow vehicles in advance of them to take off in a race.


"race" means circumstances in which, taking into account the condition of the highway, traffic, visibility and weather, the driver or operator of a motor vehicle is driving or operating the motor vehicle without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway or in a manner that may cause harm to an individual by doing any of the following:

(a) outdistancing or attempting to outdistance one or more other motor vehicles;

(b) preventing or attempting to prevent one or more other motor vehicles from passing;

(c) driving at excessive speed in order to arrive at or attempt to arrive at a given destination ahead of one or more other motor vehicles;

[ilvtofu]

Lol being clocked by police at >140 kph and doing a u-turn/driving into a ditch is completely different from what happened to those 13 supercars, these 2 retards definitely deserve any charges that will be laid on them.

[zulutango]

Thanks Soundy...beat me to it. Seems somehow he overlooked those salient points! The Cops were wrong and all those witnesses who called it were wrong and the law doesn't say what it says. Understand ?????? :) Oh yes...and driving in rush hour traffic at over 200 kmh is not operating without reasonable consideration for others. We are the ones who are wrong!

[GabAlmighty]

How do the witnesses know they were going over 200km/h?.... Kinda funny actually.

And 140 on that road is pretty hurting...

[Mr.C]

How do the witnesses know they were going over 200km/h?.... Kinda funny actually.

And 140 on that road is pretty hurting...

Well, I do 120 on the 99 and everyone, including trucks, blow past real fast. So it might have been educated guesses.

[tool001]

i say its a good thing that they are racing and getting cars impounded. next time maybe thr parents willl only buy them toyotas and hondas.. and not Lamborghinis and Ferrari

[bloodmack]

Which wasn't the case in the Hwy.99 story, if you actually read the article:

Twisted words can mean anything, the media are always exaggerating what racing means.

[GabAlmighty]

Well, I do 120 on the 99 and everyone, including trucks, blow past real fast. So it might have been educated guesses.

And my educated guess is that my ride with open diffs front and rear can follow a rubicon anywhere..

[twitchyzero]

i forget where i've read it but I thought pushing your car to its limits (i guess accelrating bloody fast also counts) would also be considered street racing..even if you are the only one speeding like mad. That's hard for the police to get concrete evidence though to put that as driving recklessly.

[Marco911]

Thanks Soundy...beat me to it. Seems somehow he overlooked those salient points! The Cops were wrong and all those witnesses who called it were wrong and the law doesn't say what it says. Understand ?????? :) Oh yes...and driving in rush hour traffic at over 200 kmh is not operating without reasonable consideration for others. We are the ones who are wrong!

Which of those 13 cars were driving at over 200 km/h? Were they all driving over 200? Why did they all get impounded and why did all drivers get charged?

What if a couple of drivers in the group were driving reasonably? Should they suffer the same penalties as the other drivers?

[DasHooch]

I think the argument trying to be made was that not all high speed driving is a street race.

From what witnesses say, it sounds like the 'Supercars on 99' were street racing. These guys in West Van, regardless of a street race or not, both tried to evade and will suffer the consequences. I have no problem with either of these groups getting charged with street racing, and slightly ticked off that the '99 group' are not charged with it.

Even though I don't like people getting tickets in general, I understand that if someone doesn't enforce some of these rules some of the time, anarchy may ensue.

My concern is the scenario where you are just plain 'the fast guy on the road'. It's entirely possible to go fast without cutting people off or any other 'racing-esque' behavior. Good old fashioned speeding, still not legal, but less penalties and outrage and such. Then let's say someone else feels like following you at this 'efficient' pace. At a glance it could look like street racing, but really isn't. I think this is the case that was not so eloquently presented earlier.

So technically, this could be the case with the two in West Van. Maybe they weren't 'racing', just both going fast without intent to pass etc. However, they got clocked, and tried to run. Guess what, that's engaging a street race with police. What if I was passed out in that ditch?

















...with your kids?