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Originally Posted by originalhypa
All I'm saying is that it would have been nice if he did what he said he was going to do.
What experience do I have to offer?
How about years of fighting the same battles with the last generation of asshole cops. How about living through the street racing crackdowns and having several of my own cars pulled off the road?
If you mod your car, you take the chance that you're going to be targeted by cops and thieves. It fuken sucks, but that's the way it is. So don't get shitty with me, especially since you haven't offered anything of substance yourself.
Cain and crew know their role. They're going for the low hanging fruit here. It's easier to pull over an immigrant in a McLaren, or some poor kid driving his shitbox Acura over an old E-Type Jag or something.
the VI has always been the cop's secret weapon. The honus is on the car owner to prove that the vehicle is safe, not the other way around. So until there is a change to the VI section of the MVA, there won't be any reprieve from this.
Again, we ran into these issues back in the day.
2002, harassed by the pigs
https://www.revscene.net/forums/2849...nd-tonite.html
2002
https://www.revscene.net/forums/2702...-richmond.html
^lol @ icq
Back then it was officer Chan. Now it's officer Cain.
But in the end it doesn't matter who the cop is. They have the power. |
It sounds like a similar fight 15 years ago, when street racing was at a peak, and back then I believe there was a racing related fatality that spurred the police to increase enforcement.
However, today's situation was sparked by allegedly hurt feelings, and while there were vehicles that absolutely deserved to be VIed, others that would have passed the basic eye test are now being scrutinized unusually closely thanks to a single officers vendetta. There's no reasonable justification for the current wave other than subjective "safety violations" when there are much more mechanically defective cars on the road. But your car is a little low? Apparently it's far less safer than the shitbox with three lights out, bald tires, oil leaks, and trash inside up to the windows. But those people get a pass because the former is being profiled for appearing to have some money to deal with the issue because their car is not a grey cuck box.
As a side note, have there been any reports of classic muscle cars being stopped for VIs yet? I'd like to see what Cain and Co do to boomers who have nothing but time to fight one, or are they getting a pass because there's an bias against non-American cars.