So I bought a new house and had to move last weekend but didn't have any help. My friend said that he would help if I let him take my car to the beach since it's spring break. I said ok and we spent Sat. moving. Sat. night he went to Gulf Shores to play around. Well, he run up on this SS Camaro that had "Todays Special, one roasted mustang" wrote on the back glass. So he gets beside him on the main strip at the beach and they both take off from a roll in first gear. As soon as he hits second blue lights come from all directions. He got nailed with a 600 dollar "racing on highway" ticket. I just wanted to post this so people that didn't know about a "racing on highway" ticket would know that they do exist and cost a lot. I have raced on the highway but never on a busy one. O yea, just one of these tickets puts 8 points on your record and takes your licence for 90 days.

 

he got his liscnese takin away?

 

Wow that sucks. At least it wasn't you

 

It sounds like the camaro was a cop.
If he was and the cop edged him on or floored it first he can not get a ticket.

 

I "drag raced" my friend from a stop light in town, she has a brand new GT convertible and I have a 1998 V6 lol. Neither one of us floored it or took it seriously but a cop saw us and got both of us. We got two tickets, Speed Contest and Unafe Starts. Neither one of us lost our license though.

 

thats not true at all...a cop can do whatever he or she wants to get you to break a law.

pennsylvania state police havean LS1 car, and a 99 or 01 cobra, both all tinted out, that are meant to stir up street racers. i know that a few townships around northern detroit have them as well. last summer i was leaving troy sports, traveling on 16 mile, and i saw a black or dark blue SS with flashing lights, and he had a cobra pulled over. the cop standing next to the SS had a shirt on that said something like "street racing enforcement team"...

 

where I live there is a LS1 camaro with a system and tints. They don't try to get you to street race but, if you have a semi fast car and you pull next to a fully tinted out camaro on the street you might see if he wants to play. That right there is what he'll pull you over for. I got a "racing on hwy" ticket but, in my start it's 6 points and 300 bucks and I didn't lose my licsense.

 

No, the camaro wasn't a cop, he got a ticket to. The laws are different in every state. I guess Alabama is very strict. They do have undercovers at the beach during the spring break month but they are all suv's and trucks. My buddie will get his licence taken when he goes to court.

 

More then likely it was just a wreckless driving ticket, and the cops just name it something else. I love it when someone always tries to give advice on what the cops can and cannot do, especially when they have little to no experience at all when it comes to police procedures and traffic regulations.

 

I got a "racing on highway" ticket not too long ago here in Miami, FL. In FL it is a criminal offense, not just a traffic ticket, and I have to go to court and hope to catch a break. I could potentially lose my license for a while, but let's not think about that.
And even if the Camaro was a cop, it wasn't entrapment. They were merely offering you the opportunity to do what you are already predisposed to doing.