Boy Racers
From:
Paula Lambert
Date:
Mar 11 23:35 UTC
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I thoroughly agree with your sentiment, but automatic confiscation is going
too far. It should be impounding, with community service to regain the
(usually) desirable vehicle. And confiscation only if they don't play the
game. Involving prosecutions is just more jamming up of our already
overcrowded courts, and probably very counterproductive. The only problem
I can think of is where would the police or local councils put the impounded
cars. Civilians could administer it. The police are already overworked.
Last night I re-watched both the youtube vids posted in the earlier
thread. The noise at Barbara's house would certainly be really
mind-disturbing over the very long hours 'racers' are allowed to operate
their vehicles with little decibel restriction. The other one, a
1.45long burnout was pretty awful, they cheat by putting oil on the
road, which
we never did. It was a special occasion thing, not a way of life. And a
skill thing, being able to sit in one place, ie. control your vehicle. I
don't understand, they must buy special old tyres specially to do that, or
are they really that wasteful and stupid LOL
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Mark Alexander <
<email obscured>> wrote:
> We shouldn't call these drivers "boy racers" or "girl racers" - they won't
> or can't equip their vehicles to an appropriate standard to actually race.
>
> We shouldn't call them hoons either - in my youth (only 25 years ago)
> hooning involved actually driving, not ruining tyres, making lots of
> pollution and didn't involve so much anti-social behaviour.
>
> We should call these spoilt individuals something like "road rats" as they
> are a plague we could do without.
>
> I wouldn't provide these road rats any facilities at all. If they are
> provided facilities then someone has to set some rules & manage the
> facility. These road rats don't want rules - they simply want the freedom to
> show off and annoy others.
>
> If road rats would obey rules then there are plenty of opportunities
> already for them to be involved in motorsport. Wanda Shaw has told us how
> much Ruapuna Raceway is used and what the effect on the community is. Who
> wants a road rat burn-out pad withing earshot of their home? I'm sure Wanda
> & her community don't want these rodents back in her neighbourhood at night
> doing burnouts.
>
> What is needed is more enforcement of the current road rules. Confiscate
> the vehicles of the road rats & sell them to recoup the fines and costs of
> prosecutions. Make the road rats do community service - cleaning up the
> rubbish in our gutters & on our roadsides.
>
> Driving is a privilege not a right & the road rats need to learn this.
>
> Mark Alexander
> R.D. 5
> Christchurch.
>
> Mark Alexander
> Burnham, Rolleston, Selwyn Central Ward, Selwyn District
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