Hi, Guest
It must be semantics, because I never said anything about being charged with "street racing". Think of it this way, you're on a 2 lane highway where the speed is 100 and you are following someone who is only doing 90, you pull out to pass and accelerate to 120 to complete the pass. All of a sudden the car you are passing starts to accelerate as well (maybe they are an ass and don't want to passed or maybe your starting to pass just woke them out of their daze and they are accelerating to the speed limit) suddenly the unthinkable happens and someone pulls out off a side road onto the highway right in front of you. There is a horrible collision and the passenger in the car you hit is killed.......you are found completely at fault for the accident, and whats worse is that you now suddenly find yourself up on charges for 1) criminal negligence causing death or 4) dangerous driving causing bodily harm and later are convicted. Now to top it all off they claim that you were in a "contest of speed with this other motor vehicle".
If your in the 18-30 age range and driving a highly modified 02 Focus do you really think the judge will look at you exactly the same as someone who is in the 40-60 age range and driving a 2000 Ford Taurus??? It should be, but things don't always happen the way they should. You may not agree with profiling, but please don't pretend it doesn't happen. And you don't think there won't be some judge out there who is just waiting to throw the book at some kid just to show that the "new" legislation is working and being enforced. I know this is a pretty far fetched example, but to blindly hail this is dangerous IMO. Hopefully the only time the new legislation is applied is in ABSOLUTLEY cut & dry cases where there is no question as to the death or harm being caused between vehicles that were genuinely racing.
ZTWsquared,Jun 15 2006, 03:08 PM Wrote:You guys talk about making sure the "guilty" party is the only one that pays -- well this legislation goes you one better -- it can only affect those who have killed or seriously hurt someone -- and it doesn't matter how old you are or what kind of car you're driving. That seems pretty fair to me.
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If your in the 18-30 age range and driving a highly modified 02 Focus do you really think the judge will look at you exactly the same as someone who is in the 40-60 age range and driving a 2000 Ford Taurus??? It should be, but things don't always happen the way they should. You may not agree with profiling, but please don't pretend it doesn't happen. And you don't think there won't be some judge out there who is just waiting to throw the book at some kid just to show that the "new" legislation is working and being enforced. I know this is a pretty far fetched example, but to blindly hail this is dangerous IMO. Hopefully the only time the new legislation is applied is in ABSOLUTLEY cut & dry cases where there is no question as to the death or harm being caused between vehicles that were genuinely racing.