[focusracer]

First off, no I'm not proud of the following story, I think a lot of you know my stand on street racing etc. this is only one very small reason for my stance on that topic.

13 yrs ago. Excessive speed, dangerous driving, noise violation, causing a police pursuit, public endangerment - Total ticket value -$940. Speed was a clocked 263 Km/h is a 60km zone. Points value to renew license 2yrs later $1250.
- Vehicle was my 1st, 1976 Ford F100 that I put a fully built 460 with a turbo 400 tranny, it ran 465 hp on a dyno at the wheels, ran an 11.22 1/4 mile. I was on 0 ave here in Abbotsford at 130 in the am, just got the truck insured, fully inspected etc. wanted to see what it would do. I swear to this day that the cop was sleeping and I woke him up when I went by, what else he would be doing in that area at 130am on a friday night is beyond me, hence the noise violation. The police pursuit thing, didn't see him, I had no windshield rearview and my mirrors were shaking a lot and I was going hella fast so I was watching the road, he caught up to me when I was doing like 70k, if I was really trying to get away do you think I would have slowed down?? That was when I saw him and pulled over wondering when he clocked me. Boy was he pissed. I was 17, had my license for a year, lost it for a month. Truck was towed.
Total dollars paid out for that night of foolishness -
Ticket $940
Points $1250
Towing charge $125
Impound fee $250 it was there for 10 days @ $25/day
Grand total - $2565+7%gst =2758.06 plus court fees which I don't recall cost of.

Went to court due to the police pursuit, dangerous driving and public endangerment being criminal charges. I told the judge my story, he dropped those charges and told me to never "race" on the streets again and that he wanted to see me at the drag strip the next weekend, turns out he was an avid racer with 64 Corvette, went head to head and got my ass handed to me, he ended up teaching me how to race. (Ever think that would happen these days?) Still see him at the strip from time to time.

Over the yrs a couple seatbelt violations, paid, an HOV lane violation which was bs (changed lanes to avoid a collision and got nailed for it) had to pay it to renew my insurance last month.

Never another speeding ticket, although I do speed moderately on occasion, no excuse I just do, but have slowed down remarkably since starting to grow up after losing a friend on his bike 5 yrs ago.