98 SNAKE EATER
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Lots of fast & furry ricer boys in that video.
The fines for speeding will be adjusted ( UP ) here, not by a whole lot, but still some.
The impounding / confiscation i think are a much better tool, but that is of course reserved for the very worst cases.
A kid borrowed his fathers work van on a weekend ( the mere sight of a work van on a weekend is enough to get police wondering )
Turns out the kid loaded a bunch of his friends into the back of the van ( illegal no seat belts ) so when the police wanted to stop them, the dumb kid tried to outrun the police in a loaded van.
The result was he crashed the van, wrecking it it, so police had to call the father telling him to come get his tools and what not in his wrecked car if he wanted them, cuz what was left of the car would be confiscated due to the kids driving, thru red lights and what not.
Beside loosing his car the father will probably also hear from the tax authorities, as a work van are on a reduced tax and illegal to use for other things but work, so he will probably get a big bill from the tax man too.
While I agree with higher fines for racing/reckless driving, I'm not a fan of any type of asset forfeiture as there's way too much room for corruption
I was actually a victim of this many years ago (2000) when I was pulled over for speeding in NY and the officer lied his ass off and hit me with multiple moving violations to add up to reckless, which at the time a new law had just been passed to forfeit any vehicle used in a reckless violation.
It was this car:
Went to court and all of my charges were dropped, but it didn't end there.
When I went to pick up my car, the impound informed me that the NYPD wanted to keep my car under the new asset forfeiture law and that I would have to sue them in order to get it back, even though my criminal case had already been dismissed.
I had to lawyer up and sue them in order to get my property back
Long story short, I spent over $15k in lawyer/court fees and didn't see my car for 7 months while still making payments on it
Countless innocent drivers had their vehicles wrongfully forfeited under this law
Those who couldn't afford to fight it simply let them auction their vehicles off
Years later, it was found to be unconstitutional and the remaining vehicles (what was left of them) were returned to their owners because the city couldn't afford to store them any longer.
Anyhoo, on the same note, here's a video from my Uncle's Dash Cam on Tuesday night
Speeding Dodge Charger wrecks after clipping a Jeep and tow truck
Camera Used:
APEMAN C550