Drag racing is no joke
Drag racing is no joke Had fun sitting in the back of a cop car handcuffed last night. I was pulled out of my car at gunpoint for toying around with a truck in Conroe. I didn't even get on it, I was really just playing. I had just finished installing my new 8.8 rear with 4.10 gears, I was only on the gas for maybe 2 seconds and then I stoped, didn't even go over the speed limit of 40. The guy in the truck took off and was never found. I saw the lights and pulled over, I didn't even think he saw us. They had me cuffed, read me my rights, sat me in the back, searched my car, wallet, me ect...I knew I was f*cked when the wrecker showed up to tow my car after 45 minutes, so I asked them to call my dad whos a sherriff sgt. That, and only that, was the reason they let me go, untill then I really didn't want to mention anything hoping they would just let me off. So those of you who are even just playing, be careful this **** is serious. I was ready to spend the night in jail over some stupid stuff like this. I got off with a ticket for "unsafe start", don't know if it will stick but it's better than drag racing. The cop was being a dick even though I was overly polite. Just my .02 cents
Paul
Paul
It takes somethin like that to change how you drive. I was racing someone doin 130+ on 1960..witch i NEVER do. Go off cause the other guy took off only got a ticket for no plate, witch got dimissed...since then..i drive like a grandma ...its just not worth it
Originally Posted by MAXIMO
DAMn lucked out i was pulled over hauling 124 mph i got off with just a ticket in cedarhill but that was just because i was alone not racing.
damn man, lucky you! i got busted in 97 only got a ticket then got it dismissed things have changed a bit since then but i sure won't be racing again. cop pulled me over maybe 6 months ago cause he thought i was racing, told him i was trying to catch up to the a-hole that ran a stop sign and almost hit me to let him now what i was thinking. it was the truth and after 15 min's he told me to just calm down and let me go.
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In 98 I got arrested for racing and lets just say I learned my lesson. I got pulled over by the biggest black cop in the world and he pulled me out of the car like a rag doll and handcuffed me in a way I would call pissed off. He says I tried to run which was bullshit but anyways, jail is no fun!
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Same thing happened to me almost a few years back (Allen, TX). I was riding beside a V6 Camaro and some random car in the other lane (I was in the middle lane). This was like main street in Allen at 9pm. I'm not an idiot. Well, my buddy behind me flashes me like he wasnt so say something, so I speed up to let him go around me. Well, some idiot cop sees us from the opposite side of the street (going the other way)...both us and cop probably going 30-35mph. I never broke the speed limit, but in the .00234234-seconds that he saw the cars, he said we were racing. Never mind that I sped up (well under the speed limit) to let an INTEGRA go around me. Well, it didnt matter, both me and the Integra got $246 drag racing tickets. I was PISSED. Went to court to try and fight it, made the mistake of not getting a lawyer. Live and learn I guess.
Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Only going 40? Seems like a pretty extreme reaction if you only going 40. How many gears did you row thru?
The cop said that I wasn't speeding put it was a "demonstration of speed", the judge said that "even though I was not speeding it was an agressive driving manuever".
Knit picking kinda crap if you ask me. Last edited by MrBill97396; May 3, 2006 at 04:44 PM.
Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Only going 40? Seems like a pretty extreme reaction if you only going 40. How many gears did you row thru?
Brandon
MAXIMO why did you stop?
i was going down a road around here (not to be mintioned in case the cop post here) at about 100 in a 45 and a cop pulls behind me at night
i'm not sure exactly what i was thinking but i'm sure it went somewhere along the lines of **** it
i fliped the N2O switch and was at about 160 before the next intersection never saw the cop again
if your already moving there is know way in hell he's going to catch you unless it's the camaro guy that lives in arlington or the busa cop in dallas
i don't drive like that anymore that and another simular expirance slowed me down i guess i'm lucky
now for the guy that started the tread i would have stopped for that if you where only going 40
just my 2c
i was going down a road around here (not to be mintioned in case the cop post here) at about 100 in a 45 and a cop pulls behind me at night
i'm not sure exactly what i was thinking but i'm sure it went somewhere along the lines of **** it
i fliped the N2O switch and was at about 160 before the next intersection never saw the cop again
if your already moving there is know way in hell he's going to catch you unless it's the camaro guy that lives in arlington or the busa cop in dallas
i don't drive like that anymore that and another simular expirance slowed me down i guess i'm lucky
now for the guy that started the tread i would have stopped for that if you where only going 40
just my 2c
Last edited by 95 N2OT/A; May 3, 2006 at 05:07 PM.
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Originally Posted by just-a-z
Texas State Trooper hauled my *** to jail for racing in 2003. It cost me a night in jail, $500 fine and no license for 6 months. Definately not worth it for smoking an eclipse
Six months is what they give drunk drivers...yeah, that is fair.
Originally Posted by 95 N2OT/A
MAXIMO why did you stop?
i was going down a road around here (not to be mintioned in case the cop post here) at about 100 in a 45 and a cop pulls behind me at night
i'm not sure exactly what i was thinking but i'm sure it went somewhere along the lines of **** it
i fliped the N2O switch and was at about 160 before the next intersection never saw the cop again
if your already moving there is know way in hell he's going to catch you unless it's the camaro guy that lives in arlington or the busa cop in dallas
i don't drive like that anymore that and another simular expirance slowed me down i guess i'm lucky
now for the guy that started the tread i would have stopped for that if you where only going 40
just my 2c
i was going down a road around here (not to be mintioned in case the cop post here) at about 100 in a 45 and a cop pulls behind me at night
i'm not sure exactly what i was thinking but i'm sure it went somewhere along the lines of **** it
i fliped the N2O switch and was at about 160 before the next intersection never saw the cop again
if your already moving there is know way in hell he's going to catch you unless it's the camaro guy that lives in arlington or the busa cop in dallas
i don't drive like that anymore that and another simular expirance slowed me down i guess i'm lucky
now for the guy that started the tread i would have stopped for that if you where only going 40
just my 2c
Worst advise I have ever heard. Trust me I know from experience it is much better to stop than run