| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 97024 | 2009-02-01 09:54:00 | Police finally take boy-racer problem seriously | TideMan (4279) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 743882 | 2009-02-01 23:33:00 | I'd really be a bit hesitant about introducing compulsary third party insurance. Firstly, it sounds great in theory, but what makes you think it would actually change anything? In England it's pretty common for people to not have it despite it being compulsary, and boy racers aren't exactly the most law-abiding types. At best there's another fine you can add onto the list. More importantly, why should I be penalized for their actions? I have third party insurance, but I'm certain prices would increase if it became compulsory. In a similar vein, why should I be forced to pay more for a car if Jap imports are banned? Currently I'm lucky enough that Boy Racers don't affect me at all. Those changes certainly would, and not in a good way. |
shermo (12739) | ||
| 743883 | 2009-02-02 00:14:00 | Not ban all Jap imports, just the perfomance ones. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 743884 | 2009-02-02 02:22:00 | Ah but then how do you define the performance vs the non-performance ones? My MX5 was definitely not a performance car, did a 16-second 1/4 mile.. it was definitely a "show" car more than a racer, yet I know the people who bought a similar model got it because it was a lightweight RWD and wanted to go around a few paddocks, and oil-slickened streets ... Its mostly the S-models of cars, Sylvias, Skylines, Soarers, Supras, as well as your Mitsi models such as the Evo... Besides, the newer model skylines like the V36 (Not sure about the likes of Sylvias) are definitely going for the more "classy" look from what Ive seen on Wikipedia ... not the sorta thing your average boy-racer would probably purchase. The hard part is, I know people who ran car clubs, they were generally the ones with the fastest cars, and they also did the most modifications to their vehicles... they also happen to be the ones who keep it all legit. Its the backyard modifications by wannabes who are too cheap to do legit modifications (Choppies anybody?), and dont treat their vehicles with respect that give all boy-racers a bad name. I know plenty of people with some damn fine cars, of the highest quality modifications that can go insanely fast down the 1/4 mile, yet they choose to drive responsibly, not engaging in illegal street races etc, they just have a passion for fine fast cars! </rant> ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 743885 | 2009-02-02 02:31:00 | Just make finance harder to get, wait the financial collapse should take care of that. That will learn them to take money off retired people (who earned it the old fashioned way, hard work and saving) and lend it to irresponsible twats to buy wanky cars that depreciate faster then a feed of KFC . Back when I was a teenager we all wanted V8's, We couldn't afford them, no one was going to give us credit, I drove 1600cc yellow cortina instead, eventually upgraded it to a HQ with a 6 cylinder in her, I was THE MAN. I have no doubt that if I was handed 15 grand in credit it would have ended badly,very badly. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 743886 | 2009-02-02 02:37:00 | Boy racers aren't new your granddad was probably giving it death in his Vauxhall when he was young fella. It got worse because there are more of them, their cars are more powerful, more noisier and the current crop dont respect the police. If you tried to wheel spin a MK1 Zephyr for instance you probably would just break an axle or wreck the diff. As they say in South Australia flash car small penis. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 743887 | 2009-02-02 03:11:00 | all this talk of what punishment to give out.... for what offence?? what laws are the " Boy racers" in breach of?? why not just inforce the laws we have? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 743888 | 2009-02-02 03:22:00 | Draconian measures needed eg. 1. Compulsory third party insurance where each driver must carry the cost, not the vehicle. No insurance certificate, no drivers licence issued. 2. On conviction of such an offence as sustained loss of traction, etc, substantial fine and licence withdrawn/suspended until the fine is paid in full. 3, Caught driving a vehicle while licence suspended and the vehicle (regardless of owner) is confiscated for the remainder of the term of licence suspension and stored at the cost of the driver. All costs to be paid before car is released to owner. Great ideas ! Especially number 2 It's not the police, its the weak justice system. And the fact that the govt has let boy racing get out of hand. I don't mind them doing burnouts in a safe place, but when I see them cutting corners and spinning out at 4pm in the afternoon, when there are lots of people around I get really annoyed. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 743889 | 2009-02-02 05:36:00 | They should just tie it in with school, no school cert, no driving liscense. I wonder if grades would stay up? | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 743890 | 2009-02-02 05:42:00 | Wish the council here would put something in the middle of this intersection outside our flat, like lights or an island Previously, the idiots used to spin outside here...I saw them once, they even recorded it, then poured diesel on the road.. about 1/2 an hr later the cops came, ten mins after this, the fire brigade came, and poured sand all over the road Only prob is, its the main bus route from / to town to dominion road |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 743891 | 2009-02-02 06:24:00 | All the talk of heavy fines is such crap. In Nelson we have a judge who occasionally wipes the slate clear of thousands for one of these idiots, saying things like "There's no point in adding to the outstanding fines because there is no hope of him paying". It is almost as if the idiots' aims are to get the highest outstanding list of fines. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | |||||