Street Racing' Prank
I don't find this video funny or entertaining. There are PLENTY of laws the cops can get you for by being less than inventive. In some places "exhibition of speed" is anything the cop says it is, including just revving your engine a bit when pulling away, even in neutral. Certainly standing in the road with a flag as the trailer suggests is disrupting traffic.
And if people do this enough, it simply biases the cops "those stupid kids" are "at it again."
'S far's I'm concerned this street race "entertainment" TV show is the same. Gives car guys a bad name.
My first car was a beat up 57 Chev. This was in 66. Two of my friends ALSO had 57s. "We" discovered, due to the bad front shocks, LOL, that you could roll up (after much practice) to a stop sign and at the exact proper time just before stopping, if you "jabbed" the brakes just right this would cause the following.............
1........rolll slowly up to the stop just right, jab the brakes........
2......The suspension compresses from the nose dive the car makes on braking.....
3.....Then at the right moment release the brakes.......
4......The suspension releases, causing the car to roll BACKWARDS
So the effect if you just glance, that the car is ROLLING at the stop sign. Now, LEGALLY it HAD to stop because it CHANGED DIRECTIONS
Know what? Ready? The cops were NOT AMUSED
I don't find this video funny or entertaining. There are PLENTY of laws the cops can get you for by being less than inventive. In some places "exhibition of speed" is anything the cop says it is, including just revving your engine a bit when pulling away, even in neutral. Certainly standing in the road with a flag as the trailer suggests is disrupting traffic.
And if people do this enough, it simply biases the cops "those stupid kids" are "at it again."
'S far's I'm concerned this street race "entertainment" TV show is the same. Gives car guys a bad name.
My first car was a beat up 57 Chev. This was in 66. Two of my friends ALSO had 57s. "We" discovered, due to the bad front shocks, LOL, that you could roll up (after much practice) to a stop sign and at the exact proper time just before stopping, if you "jabbed" the brakes just right this would cause the following.............
1........rolll slowly up to the stop just right, jab the brakes........
2......The suspension compresses from the nose dive the car makes on braking.....
3.....Then at the right moment release the brakes.......
4......The suspension releases, causing the car to roll BACKWARDS
So the effect if you just glance, that the car is ROLLING at the stop sign. Now, LEGALLY it HAD to stop because it CHANGED DIRECTIONS
Know what? Ready? The cops were NOT AMUSED