What is the penalty for practising this dangerous leisure activity?
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The police are too busy setting up speed cameras at entries and exits of towns to care about anything that resembles danger to the general public.
The police are too busy setting up speed cameras at entries and exits of towns to care about anything that resembles danger to the general public.
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Maybe death if they crash their cars at high speeds. If you are going to take the risk, be prepared to pay the penalty.
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Yeah, those irresponsible buffoons who drive 63 kph in a 60 kph zone are a danger to society and have no business being on the roads!
Likewise, those who enter intersections more than .000001 seconds after a light turns red.
Now, doubling the speed limit and squealing your tires around corners in a quiet residential neighbourhood at 3 A.M. is something we have absolutely no problem with. So go for it!
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I believe there is legislation in Victoria which enables courts to confiscate the vehicles. It's happened a few times I think.
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Posts like this give me the impression that people think I would actually do such a thing.
If you live in WA, you may have heard about a 17 year old guy (close friend of mine) who died after crashing his car into a tree on Alexander drive in Dianella on Sunday night/Monday morning. He was driving home in his car and his friend (who also happens to be a friend of mine) was driving back with him in his own separate car. Police are investigating claims that the two were drag racing.
I asked my initial question as I was wondering what the penalties would be for him should he be found guilty. The last thing anyone needs is for him to be charged. We are all shattered as it is.
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I suppose they could charge him with a reckless/dangerous driving charge. Having a death involved makes the situation worse and could open up more serious charges (?). Friends of mine who have been caught drag racing only got speeding and undue noise fines. It would be hard to prove either way without witnesses.
also the fact that he crashed into a tree and died indicate that he was most likely speeding, and with his friend in the other car egging him on they probably were drag racing.
police probably find it hard to believe that two young males werent, you can see it from their point of view cant you?
its tragic but so many young ppl (particulary males) think they are invincible.
police probably find it hard to believe that two young males werent, you can see it from their point of view cant you?
its tragic but so many young ppl (particulary males) think they are invincible.
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I don't know, I wasn't there. The police seem to think they were speeding as they made skid marks on the road and yes, if he was driving at 60 kmph the extent of the impact most likely wouldn't have been fatal.
They still have no proof that they were racing though. Would the possible charges be different if there was a death involved? What else could they charge him for? Bear in mind the police have no proof they were racing, they cannot simply make an assumption.
Sad, but true. Young people are so naive. Hopefully people will learn from his mistake.
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We used to do the illeagal drag racing scene....it was a lot of fun till the pig's come around ......Cherry Lane ......The Moll Factory.....
Dandy...... Bouverie St ......Ahhh Memories....
Dandy...... Bouverie St ......Ahhh Memories....
my mates got this mad racy car and we always get up to some sort of trouble with it after work. No wonder she has only 1 point left on her license...last night we were going 100 in a 60 zone 
yes but what is the guy thats still alive saying, is he denying it? you know them right? so have they done it b4 or do they seem like the kind of guys that would drag? how likely is it out of 10? (10 being very likely)
dont they?
yes i think they could, and also if they find that he WAS drag racing and the other guy denys it then he will be in the sh1t for making a false statement.
you would be VERY VERY surprised at what the police can tell from the evidence, from where the tyre marks were, what angle they were on, how far they went, what make of car it is, debris from the car and where it is situated.
dont kno if u kno this but they have specialised units which go out to crime scenes such as fatal road crashes and the stuff they kno is amazing.
Originally posted by Spidergirl~RiCkChiCk
my mates got this mad racy car and we always get up to some sort of trouble with it after work. No wonder she has only 1 point left on her license...last night we were going 100 in a 60 zone
thats just stupid. why dont u tell her shes a DH and not get in the car with her?
or wait and see how gutted you feel when a little kid runs out and gets flattened..
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I saw a kid nearly get flattened. I was at a bus stop, where there was this skanky looking mum with 2 kids. She was like smoking and paying bugger all attention to them, letting them throw sticks and stones onto the road. Then one of the kids wanders out onto the middle of the road into the path of a 4WD. Lucky the driver was alert and slowed down to let the idiot mum collect the kid.
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It's certainly possible that they were racing, no doubt about it. How likely, I'm not sure. I wouldn't like to speculate. The guy that's still alive denied it. He's suffered enough as it is and if they were racing and he told the cops it was his idea then people would start to feel vindictive towards him and blame him for the death.
I'm just hoping the police leave it at that. Doesn't look like they will though.
1) Coz shes drugfu*ed and 2) coz i get home quicker
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I can understand how the extent of the impact and tyre marks (etc) can prove that they were speeding, but how can the police prove that they were actually racing? Just because they were speeding does not necessarily mean they were drag racing. Unless there is an eye-witness stating that he/she saw them organising to drag race, how can it be proven?
Also, if they were drag racing, surely it would have been a mutual decision, meaning the guy still alive wouldn't really be found liable... Unless he literally held a gun to his head and forced him to drag race.