HEAVYMETALMATT

they just made street racing a class 3 felony. if caught, that means youre going to jail, itll be a $5k fine, no chance of getting your car back and youll have a felony conviction on your record for 40 years. so next time your in texas and someone revs on you, think twice.

BicketyBam

I wonder how they define "street racing". If two cars happen to be speeding at the same time, is that a "street race"? I'd love to know the criteria.

Projectquick

In some states thats enough to be considered racing.

HEAVYMETALMATT

i guess its at the cops discretion. i guess they are really trying to crack down after all these recent deaths due to street racing. a guy in my unit got caught last week on post doin 95 in a 30(before this law took effect) and they suspended his licence for 1 year. so this is a drastic step.

BicketyBam

That's crazy. I always like to speed with a partner (and my radar detector). I'd hate to have a cop claim we were racing.

I bet plenty of people will lawyer up when they get cited for that one.

fast65

That's a great idea. So now people will just decide to run for it because they don't want to lose their car and get a class 3 felony on their record. IMO this is just going to cause more problems than it's solving.

Sarge_13

Most of the time I love Texas...with the exception of the god forsaken government.

Projectquick

A kid I go to school with said he was in a rush somewhere doing about 75-80 in a 65 zone and some guy he passed sped up to flip him off or whatever he was doing and a cop saw them. Instead of giving them both speeding tickets he cited them for racing and the kid lost his liscense for 6 months. I can't say for sure if the story is real, but I can say for sure he gets rides to school and I haven't seen his car on campus in months.

moosestang

I'm running! ***'em!

The Stig

Yep, now people that have built their cars for racing, are going to be running away from the police. So, how is this sapposed to save lives again?