ISF crushed for illegal street racing...
 

they should of just auctioned it...

There has to be more to the story. A friend of mine got caught street racing and he was doing 140 in a 70. He lost his license for a year, 3 months in jail and a 1500 dollar fine. He got his car back, how can they destroy your property i cal BS on this.

every state has different laws. many states treat it as a felony, allowing your property to be seized and destroyed...

Well that's just fvcked.

People miss the point that innocent people get killed from this Activity, And thats primarily the reason that in some states it's classified as a felony as is drunk driving. Its unfair to the responsible drivers but life isn't fair.

I am pretty sure the guy driving this car did something extremely stupid and hurt someone, or just pissed off someone with authority... The police/judges/prosecutors have the discretion to use the full extend of a penalty on you or not.

Plus, in the eyes of some, what your friend got would be a slap on the wrist. Maybe he pleaded guilty and the judge/prosecutor decided that he can keep his car after he serves out his penalty.

I thought I remember hearing that our neighbors to the north very frequently seize cars for street racing.

It's one step away from a DWI here, but i've never seen/heard of them destroying the car for it. Then again i'm sure that didn't happen here.

destruction is usually used for cars that are really heavily modded, to the point they can't be auctioned. sometimes they think it will teach people a lesson though.

Yep, I believe there was a story recently with 4-5 cars crushed for street racing.

This was years ago and if it were in a different state it would have been crused for sure. It was a 98 cobra with fully built motor and vortex SC with 100 shot.

Some states have laws that allow the state to confiscate anything used or obtained while committing a crime. For example guns in illegal hunting, houses bought by drug money, cars in street racing.

Limits and how it's applied vary from state to state and most auction off what was confiscated and the proceeds go to a state fund.

Something is not adding up about the backstory of the crushing of that car.

I do not support street racing at all but considering this is supposedly from California and there is no info at all it screams publicity stunt. I can't recall the CHP ever crushing a car otherwise.

not sure if serious....

Street racers? souped-up cars crushed - US news - Crime & courts - msnbc.com

Paul Walker weeps: California turns to crushing street racers



It's usually on heavily modded cars or cars with stolen parts though...the IS-F could have been stolen I guess.

1) I'm always serious :icon17:

2) Those are really old and at the height of street racing from the early 90's. They stopped doing that a long time ago. Most of those cars were impounded because they had JDM engines that never passed emissions and when they were found they were crushed.

Find me the info that backs up this video and I will believe it. :stirthepot:

this video is of a crush car. it's pretty old.

i've heard of cars being crushed recently in cali though.

I crush them all with the weight of my awesome.

My buddy is a lawyer, he was the one who originally questioned the video so I have been trying to find the info on it.

I can't find shiza!

this particular video was old circa 2010. It was a preproduction test vehicle.



here's a genesis on the same machine...





the manufacturers are obligated to crush them in these situations...

That makes sense now, good investigation work.

Now someone needs to correct every forum this vid is on because it is now debunked :icon17:

i read the article (i think on jalopnik) back when it was crushed...I think several years ago.

so if it gets seized, and you still owe on it, and it gets crushed, what?

thats pretty insane

Then you still need to pay it off.

thats what i figured, damn

so not only the jail time, fines and record...then you have to pay on a car you dont own and somehow pay on another for your Daily life....fug,,,thats not punishment, thats a sentance!

At least they are alive.

There was an incident a couple years ago where two fine gentlemen decided to street race straight through the middle of town next to the college (so very busy section with cars and lots of pedestrians). A third car with a group of four people pulled out from the Taco Bell about a half mile from the racers. Problem was, the racers were up to speed and one of them plowed straight into the third car. If memory serves, all but 1 died from the third car. Can't remember if the racer lived.

There was another incident about a yearish before that where again, two people were lined up a light for a little street racing. This time next to the Wal-Mart. The spot is "ideal" for this type of thing because the street goes from two lanes to one lane about a quarter mile down the road. So, light turns green and they take off. As one of them crosses through the intersection they are speared by an old lady running the red light. The kids car is all but cleaved in half. The kid is dead.

So while those fines, jail sentences, and having to pay for multiple vehicles is pretty steep. At least they get the chance too. Others are not so lucky.

yeah thats true...

its crazy that DWI or DUI punishment isnt even that aggressive and am sure are resposible for more deaths/collateral damage a year

I agree 100%. Our set of laws can be pretty screwy.

What a waste of a beautiful machine... seriously. Should have cut one of his fingers off or something. That'll teach em. lol

Guys re-read Zed's post, it debunks this video.

I can't be bothered to read posts before commenting :mad:

I read the posts. My response was to the guy who posted this, and I was being sarcastic.
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