Video of Street Racing Car Being Crushed

Wow, thats pretty brutal….
you always gotta be careful when street racing

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are you guys slow
they had hot engines
go to cnn.com
don’t steal shit and you won’t be punished

lol y can i not c the movie

Two words for ya: VEHICULAR WEAPONRY. In the 80’s there was a game called Car Wars, which posited a Mad Max-esque dystopian future where “autoduelling” was a phenomenon much akin to street racing today. Really, if they’re going to attack you anyhow, why just run? Fight back. You’re already spending thousands for modifications just to go fast, why not a few dollars more for weapons and armor? One would think the cops would find something better to do (read; easier prey) if they never knew if that “rice rocket” they were pulling behind might be mounting rear-firing machineguns…

Since when can you (officer) crush my vehicle,one i paid HARD earned cash for,bust my ass in modifying(i do it myself)give you the right to smash MY car,not the goverment,not your wife,not your son’s,MY freaking car!These politicians are winding me up…Not everybody races in the street,most race at a track….Lets say i get stopped for speeding…How can a speeding stop leaD TO YOU CHECKING WATS UNDER MY HOOOD?You probably violated some type of privacy right,but since i live in NY,i guess i wont experience your absolute invasion…But in case that ever happens which i know wont,you cannot confiscate my car unless it is involved in a felony,RACING is not a felony,CRIMANALLY that is!!!!..Now under motorvehicles standarsd…Suspension of your license is more appropiate..Brothas look up the laws in your state….research could mean the diff’ betweeen your car getting mashed,plus theres ALWAYS a LOOP HOLE…SINCERELY ,MURDERER charged wit manslaughter…….

I love how this turned into an old generation vs. the new generation. So old generation, this law is fucking stupid because it will increase casualties, reckless driving and destruction. When these kids say they’ll outrun the cops, they mean they don’t want to lose their ride and when you know the cops will crush one of the few things you actually care about, you throw caution out the window. They’ll pullover for a ticket, but once you put their car in danger, they’ll finally listen to that voice that says “run.” Plus, who wouldn’t want the opportunity to test their racing skills with a cop? (if there were no consequences.)

fuck you jonatahn four eye asshole, (no disrespect for any other guy that uses glasses) but this is bullshit im not a racer i just love the engine roaring…. but this is why out of limit in fact this does not do anything to prevant more racing if a racer is going to race noting can hold him or her. its just a traffic violation for god sake….

This is what America has become. The government has no right to destroy an individual’s property over a traffic violation. When are we going to stop taking this $hit?

last time i missed the gear and I pressed the gas,my car sounded loud, well guess what i was pulled over for drag racing…imagine if i lived outside of texas, even though i had y family he said i was racing and i had 5 witnesses saying i wasn’t, plus there was no traffic in sight…thats why i hate stupid laws these days

this shit is absolutely rediculous, they should crush the little politicians and police officers heads in a vice!

I thought there were some fairly ignorant people on this board. Everyone has their hobbies and you shouldn’t rip on car people just because you don’t like cars. I’m not saying I like people to street race, I’m just saying that everyone has their own hobbies you know and everyone has stuff that they spend money on. We don’t call you guys dumbasses for spending money on stuff you like even if we think it’s retarded so don’t do that to us. And to set the record straight any true car tuner would appreciate both domestics and imports because they would know that both have potential.

This is fucking retarted i agree with what everyone is saying, we will prob start running from the cops and there will prob be more of “deaths” im a street racer and will be till the day i die fuck all you haters

thats bullshit i dont think they should crush the cars because eveybody is gonna run from the cops now and its gonna be even more dangerous and they might even end up killing themselves and someone else, but i think that crushing the car is BS!!

This isn’t a new concept – other states have had this policy in force as well as overseas. Grow up – it’s illegal to race, if you get caught – tough shit – loose your car. The money issue just goes to show you how MORONIC you are – use that money to rent an apartment and out of momma’s apron strings. Who cares how much money you spent (or used on the black market) except other idiots like you.

why selling parts that may cause these damages to the public,and not just reserve these pieces to track using???

because the state of CA get taxes from these,and they will never loose this big source of money just for saving lives……lives get a cost,but taxes are more important…….a shame…….

that’s becasue CA is fucking queer

that’s becasue CA is fucking queer

that’s becasue CA is fucking queer

That is some bs. That makes more people want to run from the cops rather than get caught. Plus just think of all the work and effort gone into that car not to mention the money – despite being a little ricey. Yea if a popo ever impounded my car I’d totally break into the impound lot and take it back. Isn’t that the whole point of a race car to run from cops anyway LoL. But seriously crushing a car is just ridiculous. Isn’t it enough they charge like 2000$ for impound fees for one day. What next they’ll cut off an arm for street racing or crush the racer in the car? This is just getting plain ridiculous. That guy didn’t hurt anybody he was just having a little fun.

I don’t approve of street racing and I hate ricers but I have to say this is going a tad too far. Why do I say this? Because I’ve listened to the stories of many old timers from the 50’s and 60’s about how they used to race their muscle cars on the streets! Hmmm, did you old folks that? Did you forget that you used to be young and stupid? Come on maybe rip out all the go fast parts but don’t crush it.

That is all this is going to lead, to is ppl running from the cops and more ppl r going to get killed, the car that got Crushed on tv is made to race that means if they know that Thar car well be crushed, they well run much faster then we ever have.

CRUSH THEM ALL. Reading these comments just prove how stupid, ignorant, assholes these racers are. Sounds like elementary school.

Fuk thats bullshit yea it was a ricy but a car is a car no matter how good or bad it is some have class some dont but taking the action of crushing someones pride and joy is pathetic as everyone else has said this will create more conflict then the iraq war on the streets.

i currently live in japan. and i just saw this shit and its fuckin gay because people are just goin to go out and build faster cars just to prove that they can and fuckin will. this shit is fuckin gay.

What the hell is this country coming to?… You can impound someone’s vehicle sure… but it is still their legal property. Im going to fight this one. I was pulled over once because this ass was trying to pass me after riding my tail for 10 miles (( I was doing 20 over the limit anyway )) and so I sped up a little to keep him from passing. As luck would have it there was a cop on down the road that saw me and I was ticketed for racing…. if this had been cali, would my car have been impounded and crushed?… over my dead body. If anyone ever tries to destroy something of mine that has been paid for or obtained legally, I will make sure there will be an “eye for an eye retribution”

The judge overstepped his authority. Government is instituted among men to protect their rights. A street racer who has done no harm has violated nobody’s rights. He has caused no damage. Standing in any case dictates that a right has to be violated and harm to the plaintiff has to be measurable. Certainly street racing is more dangerous than simply driving to get from point A to point B, but increasing risk is not the same thing as doing harm. Someone caught racing should not be prosecuted because there is no case, no court jurisdiction, since there is no person with standing to act as the plaintiff. If the racer has done no harm, the judge has no right to confiscate his property, or even fine the racer. As noted by others, this sort of action by the courts will only lead to extreme attempts by those street racing to avoid getting caught thereby making the streets more dangerous, not less dangerous.

honestly, that actually hurt to see that done…..terrible way to do it, but it damn sure got the point across

I think this is stupid….Cause the people setting these laws arnt applying to them…Most politicians and senators don’t have to obey speed laws if they need to be somewhere and most the time as long as they have there state license plates on they wont get pulled over…I think that is ridiculous….And like they said it will make things worse cause my car only cost me 1,000 dollars and i have put 1,500 in it…So that put me at 2,500…And if i go over the speed limit alittle and they try and give me a 3,000 ticket ya i might run cause if there goin to cruch the car im not goin to need the license anyways!!

I feel pretty neutral about street racing…but just watching that Civic being crushed really hurts. This is a horrible tactic and a major waste of money from the racer’s perspective. Though I guess that makes it an excellently effective way of detering people from racing with their cars.

Crush the cars and if the kid is under 18, crush the parents car also.

i agree with some comments here but like was said earlier no has to provide you a track but it is the reponsible thing to do
fines dont work im sure there are people with lots of outstanding tickets who dont pay or pay very little of their fines
i dont agree with crushing cars per se but if the person is a repeat offender then maybe getting their car will teach them a lesson
just because youve put 30k into your car doesnt mean you have the right to drive like an idiot ,driving is a privledge
and drag racing should be done on a track

I race for the rush of speed. Not bragging rights or anything else. If I die at least I died in something I built and not by CANCER OR CRACK! I even race by my self when no ones looking! Man it must suck to live in cali. You guys have it the worst. I heard they even check your engine bay for MODS LOL! Anyone wanna trade there tunner for a gas saver?

I’d Let the fu*in cops take my car and then call it in stolen the next day and let the Insurance Company figure it all out. All I know is That i dont live in california, and if I did that is what I would do, because all I know all the money that I stick in to my car, somebody will be reimburrsing me for all the time and money I spent in putting in my car, “SOMEBODY” would be paying me back. Cuz I wouldnt get mad Id be PISSSED. Good Luck CALIFORNIA FUCKERZ

na fuck the 50 let them come catch up, outrun these guys too they have no idea wa theyre in 4, and yea if thats was my civic fuckin, i would show up in front on the same police station with my car in the middle the night with some bigger and better taunt and leave

MAN LISTEN… fuck the police they wonder why and why voer and over again why we hate those pigs. This isnt gonna stop us man… no cops are ever gunna stop us, this will never work, if that were my honda i would only buy a better car and hook that up. btw its not gunna stop the stealing of engines or parts… its just the way it is and nothing will “wake us up” because were aware of wut we do and how we do it. its funny what these cops do when they dont have things their way lol… itll never be over (Urban.Racing) LEARN, LIVE, and SPEED

i think this is AWESOME! its about time someone did somthing to wake thease punk ass kids up. sure it wont stop street racing forever but it will definitly deter people from doing this stupid and immature activity on the same streets i drive on.
i live in colorado and i wish they would start crushing cars here, if nothing else it will cut down on theft most of these stupid ass kids buy stolen parts or steal them for themselves to modify their cars.
i also think that after your caught street racing they should rovoke your driving license for another 10 years. seems most people dont really have a working brain cell between their ears untill at least 30. i think they should also raise the driving age to 18 because they cant even be tried as an adult untill them but our states give kids a leathal weapon to drive.
its for the same reason they have laws to be 21 to buy booze why? because people under that age lack the maturity to make the right decisions.
i dont see why anyone expects a 16 year old to be any more mature and have control of somthing that can kill others. being drunk is just as deadly when the drunk sits behind the wheel. a teenager with 300 horse power under their right foot is just as bad.

i dont live handy to that area but man dat shit is wack…dont anyone belive in fines anymore?someone needs to take the god damn cop cars and start crushing them see how them fuckers lieks it…i feel the pain of anyone caught up in this bulshit

I THINK THIS FUCKING LAW IS LAME, COPS HAVE NOTHING BETTR TO DO, THEY NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON THESE MOTHERFUCKERS WHO KEEPING SHOOTING EVERYONE, THE RAPIST, THE DRUG DEALERS, THE SERIAL KILLERS, ALL THE FUCKING UNSOLVED MURDER CASES THEY CAN’T SEEM TO FUCKIN CRACK!! I AGREE WITH SOME OF YOU ABOUT BUILDING A LOCAL TRACK THATS OPEN ALL DAY AND NIGHT AND THAT DON’T FUCKING COST TO GET IN. CLOSEST ONE AROUND HERE IS IN SACRAMENTO, CALIF. THAT SHIT IS HELLA MONEY AND IT AIN’T ALWAYS OPEN. ALOT OF THESE YOUNG TEENS AIN’T GOT SHIT TO DO, BUT ITS BETTER THEN BEING IN A GANG OR DOING DRUGS OR BEING A RAPIST AND SERIAL KILLER. THE COPS JUST HAVE TO PROVE THEY’RE TOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR THEY’RE SMALL DICKS!! AND I THINK ALL THE WORLD LEADERS SUCK DICK, WE NEED TO GET SOME NEW ONES OVER HERE PASSING SOME GAY ASS FUCKING LAWS, ALL YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS PISS THESE KIDS OFF AND IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE, I’M AGAINST CRUSHING THE CARS, BECAUSE WE OWN ONE BITCH!!!!!!!

If you are gonna race take it on the track not on the street and possably kill inocent people that is what drag strip is for not the street. You street race you should loose your car and you deserve the punishment as the bad guys say “don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time”.

What is it with ppl and their cars, you can soop up a 4 cylinder to beat any american muscle car. I think that it is pretty fucking stupid, lol. You dumbass’s. As for street racing I bought some land and had a strip built for racing and for ppl to have a hang out. But then again what can I say I don’t live in socal so we don’t have to worry about getting our cars crushed, HAHAHAHA fucking idiots……I have two cars that I can race. But I guess that is the difference between where I live and ppl from cali……..u dumbfucks……lol……cheer up my car is not getting crushed and I don’t have to out run the cops……lol…….if your gonna race buy some land build a strip and then you won’t have to worry about your car getting crushed…..private property……….lol……..jackass’s…import or muscle car, either one can pull outstanding numbers…..

I dont live in SoCa not even the USA but damn dat is some stupid shit. I got to agree with most people on this blog in saying this is only going to make the drivers angry and as soon as they leave that junk yard they are going to buy a faster car, further tune it, and run from the cops. I know street racing is illeagal but if they really want to stop it some one needs to build a track where you can go to any time of day or night and people can race all they want and just put up a sign that says “race at your own risk”. At least this way the racing will go on in a closed environment and if someone loses control and crashes no one else gets hurt. For those of you that say building a track like this is rewarding street racers its realy not, its just a way of keeping everybody happy and safe. Until this happens the police just need to stop stealing drugs from they’re evidence rooms so they don’t come up with shity ideas like this as punishment. And whatever happend to simple time in fuckin jail? (lol) Until my dream track is in place i think I’ll stick to old dirt roads and unused residetial developments with no houses

this bitches wont stop us from street racing if they crush my car i will built another one in a week fucking homos street racing is the shit and hondas civic are the best cars in the worldddddddd chyeaaa sonnn fuck police fuck the law fuck american cars HONDAS FOR LIFEEEEE and police try catching me fagss

The most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.I’m an old timer that did some street racing back in the muscle car days.If the law had crushed any of our cars,there probably would have been a negative response they would have had a hard time controlling.I’m thinking the same will happen here.The mentality of some law enforcement has always been beyond belief to me.I ride sport bikes these days and have found the same response from law enforcement.They seem to think that if a few are bad,then they all must be as well.Their way of dealing with a small problem is to go overboard and react in the way that is seen on this video.Why don’t they do the same thing to someone with more then one DUI conviction?Drinking and driving has caused far more damage than street racing ever will.

pretty harsh.
id say it’d have to depend on a atleast two things
A. previous offences, and
B. degree of “street race” (ie busy streets middle of the day.. comparo to middle of the night in the middle of nowhere)

its kinda like the death penetly for a car.
like sure… maybe crushed straight away if u were street racing and took a shortcut through a mall… shiet u see in the movies, murderone
while a drag off from the lights on an “empty” road.
you know, bit different.

taking off from the lights with a lil bit of wheel spin, is that counted as street racing?

and yes. id agree with most people out there saying its just “giving” people a reason to try and get away from the cops.

like, if ur car is gunna get smashed neways, might aswell have some fun and smash it urself right?

Speeding (as most of us do) is one thing – racing is another. Your justification on breaking more laws is assinine. Do something productive with your lives and money.

Oh cry me a river. You only street race to keep busy and stay off drugs and out of gangs. Blame game, if I can’t get this I can justify that mentality. Towns are not obligated to have race tracks for you either – face it. Racing is stupid, doesn’t proof a damn thing, and you are idiots. Guess winning a race is worth the chance of spending your life behind bars for killing someone – gotta be one hell of an orgamism for you.

chyba kogos tam popierdolilo, oni sobie z niczym nie potrafia dac rady wszystko rozwiazuja sila, kuwejt irak teraz tuning niszcza
remember tunnig is not a crime!!!!

This is one of those ideas that is better on paper than in implementation. This may stop a few from street racing, but it’s going to encourage people to build faster cars so they can get away from the cops. It’s just going to lead to worse situations. Cali cops better outfit their cruisers a little better cause they’re about to be in for a whole lotta scenes straight from Hollywood.

wow if police would touch my car and told me that they gonna destroy it. i think i would kill them or be very agressive and do something really worst than street racing.

I think its funny to hear all the old guys on here complain about the cars of the younger generation just because they got some bitch pregnant and had to buy a mini van and don;t make enough because they were high school drop outs to afford something decent. so they spend half their life as a partial parent and the rest building up some 1960 something “classic” to give their lives a sense of purpose. Everyone needs to stop being hypocrites. Everyone speeds, everyone has a car they love and if they want to do something to it (big Block, fart can) who’s to say they can’t. I’d rather have some kid join a car club then a street gang.

if my car get’s crush… i’ll build another one… no pigs gonna stop me from doing what i love… it keeps me out of drugs, gangs, and DRIVE BYS!!!
try catching me, I’m running!!!

this is a bad idea i have a car i drive and sometimes a rice car will pull up next to me and think they got somethin i just let my mopar do the talkin for me when the light goes green yes i know im brakin the law but if i know that there gonna tow my car and crush it if i get pulled over im just going to run i have way to much money in my car to get it crushed i have a 1974 newport with a 400 i have alot of money in it with a 220 shot of nos i know i could out run a cop car so if i know im gonna lose the car and get it smashed well imma have a hell of a ride runnin from the coms im sure im not the only one that thinks this way its just insentive to run thats all it really is

This is probably the stupidest thing i have ever heard of.
yes it is bad to street race, but it also depends on where your doing it. crushing cars is just heartless. To some people their car is what keeps them out of drugs and violence, atleast they have motivation to do something.Or mabey thats just hobby. thats what they do with their paycheck. They take pride in their cars. its not like all the ricers are sitting in the parking lot need their cars crushed, so what if you burn a little rubber once and a while.
This is not the solution

I have read a good portion of these comments now and I have to say that crushing the cars is the best way of handling this problem. Most are saying to stip the cars and sell the parts but seriously how is that going to work? It may stop that guy for a while racing but not the guy who goes out and buys it. Ever think about that?
I don’t like to see a car crushed as much as the next guy but they have it comming. People are losing their lives for nothing, what are they getting out of it? Nothing but rep. and in 10 or 20 yrs where is that going to get you?! Put the money you guys are spending towards college or something worth your while. As a a part time hobby or somthing like that is okay but when I see those people spending thousands of dollars on something that costs the price of the cherrios box in came in, it makes me sick.
And now for those who say eff the police, good song by the way suggest listening to it, wow you sound like your 12. I will admit to finding out how fast my car goes and racing once or twice but I don’t do it in middle of a city, thats just asking for cops, and where there are bystanders, thats just asking for deaths. If your going to do it, do it out in middle of nowhere where the only lives that are in danger are the ones dumb enough to do it.

This is f***ing ridiculous!!! This is the worse law I have every heard of… You can get your car crushed for sitting in a parking lot? Yeah, thats really fair. There’s no way this will stop racing, and it will also endanger more lives by all the people running so they don’t get their car crushed. They want us to go to a track… What track? The closest track is in Muncie, which is 1:30:00 away. Not only that, it costs $20 to race, and there isn’t a “street” class. One class is a 0-7.99 et class!! That’s a serious race machine. Now, to some people none of this may be a big deal, but to high school students on a $h!t budget, we can’t afford that. At least in Indiana they don’t crush your car on first offense (I actually have no idea on penalties for racing here…). I don’t race though because my car is too slow, and too many cops are after the four bangers with a bad exhaust. And for all the people who instantly think ricer, DON’T. Everything is stock, and it’s not even an import……

It is true that there are many cops here biased on the types of cars and people that they pull over… I guess that that is a different discussion though.

I’m surprised they’ll do this for street racers but not for drinking and driving idiots. More people are killed by drinking and driving then all street racing in the country over a year. I’d be surprised if proven otherwise. I find it interesting that it’s primarily import cars and that if you read the original article that some of the people who were pulled over weren’t originally pulled over for street racing but for being either in areas close to supposedly known areas for street racing or for merely not having ID numbers on parts. I’d like to see the law applied equally to everyone and fairly.

Get real. They are not going to say you are street racing if you go a few miles over the speed limit. Most of these comments sound like jr. high! GROW UP – OBEY THE LAW – NO WORRIES.

wtf? i just read most of the comments, whats up with the import,v8 thing just because its only hondas and imports getting crushed doesnt mean imports are the only ones doing it. thats a bunch of bullshit. i hope your american muscle cars blow up with you in them fucking assholes.

Reading these comments from the “younger generation” I will be glad not to be around when they finally “mature.” I applaude the ruling – it is obvious from the immature comments, the pig references, “I am just going to run and don’t care if someone dies” attitude that this punishment hits exactly where they want it to – your beloved shit cars. Sad when you love your car more that someone’s life, the friend who is in the vehicle with you, or some poor innocent person. This is so stupid just to see how has more power or a bigger dick. Do something with our lives. Spend that money somewhere else – no one cares what your car looks like other than the f-ing idiots like you.

Love the post telling me to move if I don’t like the 24/7 racing. Get bent. I should not have to or even think about selling my home when the IDIOTS are racing – there is no right that you have to race, nor does the goverment have to supply you with a place to race. Gee, let’s reward all illegal activity. And saying that it will make you race more, or that you will run if the cops try to stop you and put more people in danger, just shows what immature idiots you really are. Grow up! Crush more of the MFers’

How many people that street race are actually gonna stop now. Now you have to worry about all the high speed pursuits because racers aren’t gonna stop especially if they know their car is gonna be crushed. How many more lives does that put in danger….

To all those people who say “go to a track,” I say “show me one.” Where I live, the only “track” is the Proctor Speedway – a dirt-road figure 8 track where they run enduro races. Where you take a shitty, beat up Ford or Lincoln and run it until it breaks. That’s not what we want. The closest thing we could get to a drag strip here would be if we broke into an airport. Granted, I don’t live in California – yet, but I still worry about this kind of bullshit spreading to other states. Also, I don’t race. I’ll be the first to admit that the CRX HF was not designed for speed. I would be surprised if my D15 pushed 70 hp. I’m fine with that. It gets 60 mpg. I just want a car that looks nice and sounds good until I’m out of college and can afford something fast. But I still get pulled over for driving 3 mph over the limit while I’m being passed by a minivan. Now I hate to bring discrimination into this, but think about it. How many of us “ricers” get hassled by cops for doing nothing wrong just because we have a wing, while at the same time a cop sees a 69 Charger smoking the tires and gives him a thumbs-up instead of giving out a ticket? This isn’t a debate over what makes a “real car.” Anybody who puts work into their car, whether it’s fast, slow, stock engined Honda CRX, or 900 hp twin supercharged Camaro SS is an artist and is just doing what they love. The cops and the legislature (who are driving $70,000 cars with OUR tax money and don’t suffer any consequences when they are caught drunk driving) need to stop this discrimination and let us do what we love. Again, I don’t condone street racing in traffic or residential neighborhoods, but with the lack of legal drag strips, the safest thing we have available is our local Walmart parking lot or an empty stretch of freeway. Street racing kills nowhere near as many people as drunk driving, but you don’t see DUIs carrying any stiffer penalties than a night in jail and a couple hundred dollars. Sure, if they’re caught more than twenty times they’ll have their license suspended. What happens then? They get pulled over drunk with a suspended license. Look at that ugly bimbo Paris Hilton. Did she get her car crushed? No, she got released from jail because the sheriff felt bad for her. Just another example of how the laws don’t apply if you can buy your indemnity. I’m going to sign off now before I bust an artery in my brain.

the police car that gave chase put just as many lives in danger. Logic dictates the police car should be crushed as well

Mike FL

Speed in my neighborhood and I’ll crush you instead of your stupid car. There is no need to endanger inocent lives with street racing.

thats another reason why i street race. Ya i have a track that is about 30 minutes from where i live but the thing is im 17. you have to be 18 to race at this track and they are only open on tuesdays from 5:30 to 9:00 for street cars. Half of the people that show up to race dont even get to because of the wait. But this way street racing at night i get to do it almost every night and what ever time i want to do it and the plus is i dont have to be 18.

if you are tired of your life being in danger then stop crying about and do something or move because obviously they are going to keep on doing it.

ya i think it is really stupid that the police go around crushing cars that we put so much time and money into. if i was caught i would rather my car be auctioned off to somebody that could use it insted off seeing it go to waste and being crushed. FUCK THE POLICE and everybody keep on racing.

I live on a curvy, mountain road, 16 miles into a canyon here in SoCal. Nightly we have racers come up. Wreaks all the time. There are times where we don’t even want to get on the road for the line of these racers coming up to show off. People loosing their lives have no effect on these guys – neither does racing at 4am. I say – FANTASTIC. In the year and a half I have lived in the canyon I can’t tell you how many near head ons, wreaks I have witnessed, the fire danager ,etc etc etc etc. No one is responsible to give these guys a place to race – grow up. Anywhere, there is a drag strip less than 15 minutes away but they don’t want to use it. I am tired of my life being in danger because of these racing idiots.

this is plain stupid. if i were there and i got caught you better bet your ass im gonna run. i dont care if im putting the cops in danger by running they should have to crush any cars. i hope more people race to prove its not gonna work

I’ma have to agree with one of the comments on here. all this is going to do is cause more street racers run from the cops and put even more people’s life in danger by doing so.

I don’t think that crushing cars is the solution . I’m not for street racing but don’t think that crushing a car is a fair deal!!

I think its great. Hey, If you want a track, why dont all of you ricers save your money and buy a track instead of buying some kinda wing to try to make a souped up weed eater fly. If you run to try to get away, its a felony here in my state.

HORRIBLE….makes me sick just wathcing…im not a import guy but this is atrocious. The police have no appreciation for what they are actually doing….and i call BULLSHIT!!!

i think its rediculous that they are crushing their cars. yes they shouldnt be street racing blah blah blah but they have to be breaking some law out there and if i were one of the people that had their cars crushed, id bring it to court and make it go all the way to federal to get this stopped and bring whoever started to justice. that is not right to crush cars just because they like a different style of racing. and if i lived in socal and they tried to crush my car ooo all hell would break loose all that money, time, craftsmanship put into these cars. i would own socal after i was done with these government retards

i think its rediculous that they are crushing their cars. yes they shouldnt be street racing blah blah blah but they have to be breaking some law out there and if i were one of the people that had their cars crushed, id bring it to court and make it go all the way to federal to get this stopped and bring whoever started to justice. that is not right to crush cars just because they like a different style of racing. and if i lived in socal and they tried to crush my car ooo all hell would break loose all that money, time, craftsmanship put into these cars. i would own socal after i was done with these government retards

They say this is designed to stop street racing, f**k that people are just gonna start running, I know i wouldnt want me car crushed.

Jimmy…Jimmy jimmy, you’re such a tough guy. You “just cruise” the street. with all this hate towards imports i am sure you don’t just cruise. LOL don’t make me laugh. You have a good point about the track, but then your ignorance jumps in an kills is. as a domestic car enthusiast myself, i say….your mustang…nothing to be proud of myfriend. By all means it is quick yeah sure….but it’s a FORD and a Mustang if we need to break it down for you…which i am sure it does all on its own, no help needed. Stop acting tough cause you’ll be crying over a box of puffs cause they took your chick car away trying to prove yourself to an import. Cars are cars love em or leave em. ….

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Jun 27, 2007 4:48:55 AM

The little bullshit cars race on the street because they dont have any real power…These little rice cars are lucky to have a hundred horsepower and thats with the nitrous.. I run a 600HP turbo mustang.I cruise it on the street and race it at the drag strip.. Way to much HP to run it full boogie on the street… Let the little piss ant rice shit race on the street all they want…there just little boys or should I say kiddie-punks that are from a broken home and dont know any better… Crush there little honda junk..

jimmy
Jun 27, 2007 4:42:58 AM

Fuck that russian asshole…Let him come try and jack my-shit… And the guy with the shot-gun, bring it on you punk bastards…”

amen to that.

keep your shit on the track. street racing is dangerous and way too honda filled for my taste.

I think this is a bunch of BS. First off, domestic or import, anything can run 8 seconds. So just stop that shit. Its ridiculous and retarded now. Second, I dont even think they should be able to take my car away, at all. Its my car, title is in my name. As far as Im concerned, thats stealing from me. Im not getting anything out of the deal. Thats where this just starts to get fucked up. Take my license away, great. Crush it, great. Whats going to stop me from just building another one? They should look into that. How about the person cant even own a car for a certain period of time, and if caught faces a very stiff jail penalty? But then again, their jails are already to crowded. How about we just get one night a week and let us do our thing? Huh? Is that to much to ask? We choose to do it at our own risks. Theres MANY MANY things we do at our own risk that arent illegal, but can still kill us. If you dont feel like racing and just watching, woopdie doo. Wheres the harm in that? Im tired of writing all the shit out. They should just leave us alone, and everything would just fine.

Race on!

Do you guys know that the writen law of “what is Street racing” aint clearly defined?? Which means that is up to the cops to determine if you where street racing or not. My point? If you are cruising at 45 in a 40Mph zone with another car by your side at the same speed… by law…you are street racing. So your car will be crush. It aint a great law… it gives to much power to the cops. I know they are trying to eliminate the racings…but this aint the way.

The little bullshit cars race on the street because they dont have any real power…These little rice cars are lucky to have a hundred horsepower and thats with the nitrous.. I run a 600HP turbo mustang.I cruise it on the street and race it at the drag strip.. Way to much HP to run it full boogie on the street… Let the little piss ant rice shit race on the street all they want…there just little boys or should I say kiddie-punks that are from a broken home and dont know any better… Crush there little honda junk..

Fuck that russian asshole…Let him come try and jack my-shit… And the guy with the shot-gun, bring it on you punk bastards…

i reckon its a good idea there’s too many idiots taking too many risks racing on the street its very bad here in new zealand to. its been proven here that heavy fines dont work they just dont pay them. some guys have racked up more than $10000 worth of fines they dont care. they just pay their fines off $5 a week as long as they are paying the cops cant do anything. they get their cars conviscated for racing /skids etc for 28 days they set up an automatic payment of $5 a week get the car back and go straight out and do it again.

THIS IS MADNESS…

That is the dumbest thing ever, who ever the retard was that came up with that jem of an idea should half his head placed in that thing. I can understand some points of what they intend to do but this is retarded. Why waste money like that, what point does it really prove that you won’t have that car racing on the street potentially killing someone? Make the fines stiffer, or automatic license suspension, anything is better than this.

The waste of skin that came up with that probly drives a “smart-car” or something.

You guys suck. Hey lets all race twice as much to show them what kind of freakin deterrent this is.

IMPORTS SHOULD ALL BE CRASHED. SO WE CAN PUT THE REAL CARS BACK ON THE STREETS MUSTANG,CAMARO,ext… THE IMPORTS LOOK LIKE DOGS DRAGING THERE ASS”S ON THE CARPET AWAYS

ONce again street racing….speeding….samething your endangering ppl’s lives now who cant say they havent disobied the speed limit. All you haters out there can go blow a goat because its not far and if we should have our cars crushed for speeding..racing what ever then everyones cars should be crushed for speeding.. there now what do you think about that all you ppl that think racing is stupid and oh keep it on the track.. as if you get that feeling when someone pulls up beside you unexpected and revs there engine at you .. yea right like i am gonna just drive a way slowly and let him brag to his boyz i was scared.. unless i no the 50 are around i wont .. but a quite street at night time shouldnt be that harmful to anyone.quite roads such as highways,straight long stretches etc.. if your gonna race just make sure its not in traffic becuase even i think that is stupid. RACING IS SPEEDING SO GO AHEAD AND CRUSH EVERYONES CAR THAT SPEEDS AND SEE HOW MANY COPS DIE BECAUSE OF A JUDGE PASSING A STUPID LAW.

If you street race you get what you get but for the cops to crash your car this is BS They have gone to far… For all the money the USA is sending over seas to fight in a war that will never end some of the money should go to make a safe place for the kids to have a good time and do there racing… … Here In Oklahoma City we street race before alot.. But all the import showing off got the cops looking at the ones who where not racing from stop light to stop light we would go out where it was safe to run are cars… and now with the gas price the way it is. no one can run the big V-8’s anymore… I hate to drive 70 miles pulling a car behind my truck at 5:00 pm at rush hour on friday night trying to get a good pit spot… then park way out in no wheres land to find out that the car is not going to run… or get stuck in a rain storm on the way home from the track……. We are American and we die for the rights to be free why can’t we be free????

Give us a place to street race, like abandon airstrips and we wont have to wrry bout the crushing of our souls.

This is rediculous. i know im not supposed to get upset, but heres what i think.

The average person cannot:
speed
not use a turn signal
roll through a stop sign
edge out into traffic
cross a highway
drive with a fog light out
race
or even live normally without some cop getting in their face about it.
im NOT condoning street racing what-so-ever, but in this case. cops have gone to far…
if i spend 20,000 dollars on my car that is a pride thing. if i want to drive it how i drive it. thats another. illegal speed racing is not a good idea no matter how you look at it.
but in my area, the closest track is about an hour away. if cops are going to crush my car, they damn well better have a track within 10 miles of my house as their excuse.
i enjoy autocrossing personally, but yet again, there are no places to do so legally. so i sit at home…

if the government would get its act together and stop complaining about everything we do. i think we would be much better off.

i dont care if you drive a honda with a bodykit and wing or a mclaren F1. if you bought your car and poured your blood sweat and tears into making it a reflection of you. when you see your baby crushed, you will be more likely to run next time. i would much rather run my car into a police officer who is going to crush it anyway. its going to cause riots. the government has taken their power over its limit.

My car was crushed! I had this beat up yugo I couldn’t get rid of. I pulled up next to a La cop and said,”wanna race” I gunned it at the light. Well after the beating that rivaled Rodney Kings, they crushed my car.

CRUSH ‘EM!!. If you wanna race and risk my life, and that of my kids, you better hope the cops get you and not me. I’d crush your testicles.

So it was a hatch back who cares, red rims on a blue car? was deserved to get crushed…

I think I may be one of the only ones to say this but serves them right. Number one street racing is stupid to begin with and it pisses me off, if you wanna race at least have some respect for everyone else on the street and take it to a drag strip or something. And number two I can’t stand ricers/imports etc. so seeing them crushed is a heart warming sight! But I read someone else’s comment about if it was a Chevelle and a Mustang or something, they deserve it just as much, although I would hate to see those cars crushed, they asked for punishment and this is pretty harsh but if it helps then so be it, good for California police. I don’t personally understand why so many people are pissed off about this, it’s simple, the police have tried different things to stop people from street racing and so far nothing has worked, so things have to get severe. So, I’m all for it, crush those damn bastards cars, teach them some respect.

*tear*

did i miss something in all of this.people are sitting here talking about explosives and everything else.do i agree with crushing the cars,no,once upon a time i street raced myself,not anymore in my older years.go look at the original story again folks,your getting pissed at the cops for citing the people for street racing,but it was a JUDGE that ordered the cars crushed,not the cop that issued the ticket.also,these people had 5 or 6 offenses,not just one,and yea,i guess it was ok that the cars had stolen parts on them,thats ok in your books to right?

Rediculous. Seizing cars from drug dealers is one story but street racers? If you catch the street reacers just set the fines high. Seizing and destroying someone’s property is rediculous. And please don’t blame the cops. I have family that are police and they think what they are doing is rediculous – but if they had to, she would just follow orders set by legislature. I agree with some of the other posters, this kind of tactic is going to cause more people to run and cause greater accidents. If they tried this crap in NJ they would need an army of police just to try and stop all the street racing that goes on, not to mention all the hot-rodded cars on the highways!!!

i have to agree with this doesnt matter if you put your blood sweat anf tears into a car if your dumb enough to street race (like in some videos ive seen with crowds on both sides of you) and youre caught you should have your car crushed, street racing is dangerous and should be done in a controlled enviroment if you have enough money to put 30-50 k in parts you can pay the fees to race at a track
if you dont have the money to race at a track leave your car at home
at a track they have the proper equipment to time your car as well as safety personell

Just read in the paper that Ontario has the power to seize ANY modified car. You don”t have to be caught racing , all you have to do is have a hopped up vehicle. I find this really hard to believe as it would be an impossible task. How can they pick and choose who they want to take off the road? What about the classic muscle cars? What about the 500HP Vettes, 505HP Shelby GT 500 or the 450HP Porsche Cayannes????
The Ontario government is doing this all wrong. I agree with the crush your car if you get caught street racing, but what about the guys that just like to cruise? You can’t punish everybody because some fucking idiot wants to street race.
I owned my fair share of vehicles from a 500 RWHP big block to my current 350RWHP small block. I have never street raced, I like to let the people that see me rumble by guess what my car will do.
Also you don’t have to have a modified car to street race, What’s next, crushing all the vehicles with more than 250HP?

Running from the cops may be fun until you crash into someone and kill innocent people.

I am not aware of the law in CA and do not live there, but if they are crushing cars for having stolen parts on them only then why would they make such a big deal about the street racing scene then?!? They should have target every car with a modification on it such as an SUV with 22″s or a car with a wing on it…you can’t generalize and crush a car for having stolen parts without searching across all makes and models of cars, or can you?!? The CA police have some issues to work out with this plan…there is not really a correct way to deal with this without upsetting people on one side or the other.
There is always going to be those who think that this is perfect for the crime and those who think its too drastic…those who experienced incidents first-hand and those who race themselves have a different opinion on the matter…it’s a bias situation either way because of the many angles and issues among street racing. There just has to be a middle ground between this and giving a slap on the wrist to offenders (with an illegal racing ticket)…

I agree though that this is gonna make people decide to run more often which is going to pose a greater problem than street racers normally do. I admit I’ve street raced, but always on empty highway or bfe. Reckless racing in traffic or city streets is just stupid. What I can’t understand is why they seize peoples cars for street racing and not something like drunk driving. Apparently dui’s are more acceptable and a part of our culture or something……Drunks on the road pose a much greater threat. Typical biased law enforcement.

the cops have got the wrong idea!!! alot people say that the government should build more tracks. I say HELL YES!!! use old air fields, or build them with tax dollars, crushing cars will only make people riot!! and most of all make these tracks so that they are affordable!!! I’m talking 10bucks to run.

Crushing their cars is harsh, but they’re not being crushed for “illegal” mods people, they are being crushed because they have stolen parts on them. I don’t agree with crushing someones car that they’ve put their blood, sweat and money into, however these people had stolen parts on their car. That is why they are being crushed, not because their parts are not street legal.

I would just run from the cops if this was the case in washington state. crushing cars is not the way to stop street racing. Build more race tracks, lots more that are open alot and are not so hugely expensive to race on! We have pacific raceway for drags up here, but if you want to road race you have to have all kinds of licences, rollcages, and lots of money! we also have evergreen speedway, which does an 8th mile drag, but it is not very safe as you have a turn right after the finish line, and to my knowlege for the north western part of the state this is the only place that holds regular (once a month) drifting, and its still 50bucks! and the gas to get to the track in my V8 powered car and the entry fee your at a 80dollar minium.

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I live in Toronto, Canada and I’ve seen 2 souped up Honda CRXs on the news that were apparently seized for street racing. They were crushed to set an example although it was said that one owner was given the chance to return his car to stock but said it would be too slow. This was right before the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was being released.
Some people who street race wrecklessly are idiots for endangering peoples lives because innocent people die. Others who just have customized rides get hassled by the cops as a result. I agree with having a track built to race on, with the proper supervision, instructors and medical assistance. Keep racing off the public streets and people safe.

thats just wrong

Wow…that’s all that I could say when I seen this. I used to street race when I had a car worth racing, but the only thing I must say is that, sure they have tracks in some parts of CA, but what about everywhere else?!? For example, they were re-constructing a race track 20 miles from where I live, but were at it for about a year. It is the only one that was within a 200 mile radius. You say take it to the track but if there is no track where else will racers go?!? There is no way that someone who races there car will drive three hours to settle one race and definately won’t wait for a year to settle it. I mean they used this as a scare tactic but come on…for some who put their hearts into their cars they will fight, run, etc…just to try to escape from getting their cars crushed.
Impounding, or some other tactic could be used until a better alternative is found. I’m not really for or against street racing but for the ones that race during heavy traffic times instead of heading towards the middle of nowhere are the ones who get more attention. I’m not saying to stop racing or nothing like that but just use a little more sense when your planning and know the consequences. It can lead to drastic measures like this, some will run, some will stop, and some will get things like this done to their cars. I think this is just a little too extreme of punishment…maybe if they had this set up just for repeat offenders it might change some minds on this…
In my hometown we had a local airport, but they wouldn’t open it up for racing and the only thing close enough to race on was the street on the outskirts of town.
Some nights we got caught, other nights we got away, and some we never seen a cop around. It gets hard to not illegally race if there is no cooperation from the area and someone wants to race a few times. Just know that the cops are now leading to more drastic measures than before and judging by some of these comments some people will die before turning over their keys. I hope that this is not a permanent punishment becuase it runs the risk of some of these die-hard, blood, sweat, and tears racers to actually go down fighting for what is basically their life. I used to be like that as well before I had to give up my car…
Let’s see what kind of reaction comes out of this from the racing communities, both foreign and domestic…I know some were saying “screw Hondas” and “glad it got crushed,” but what if it was an illegally modified WS6 or SRT-10 up on that crusher?!? Those who were saying “screw Honda” would have a whole new perspective…of course the roles would be reversed but just look at the big picture. Just because it was a Honda doesn’t mean that if there was an American muscle car that had illegal parts on it, that it wouldn’t get crushed right after the Honda.
It a very real tactic that attacks the racing community as a whole…whether it be a Subaru or Chevy, Ford or Honda, it still reaches out to all racers. We all equally put our heart and soul into our cars at one point or another and it would have hurt me just as much if I had seen a 5.0 Mustang all modified up on that crusher. It’s a automobile that someone has put in all that work into…I just hope that others can see it this way as well. It goes out for all racers that get caught with illegal parts and not only imports. Sad but this is a reality in the state of CA now, I hope that things just don’t take a turn for the worse becuase of it.

I would crash it myself, before i let the cops crush it.

Earl,

This is in regards to Southern California, not some rural state in the Mid-West. You might have tracks every 20 miles but here there are hardly any in the entire state adn this is a giant state! In fact Pomona just closed down from my information. Carlsbad Raceway clsoed down a couple years ago(I was there the very last day).

If they are so serious about this why not make more race tracks? Hell, they could be manned by state employess. That would create more jobs and more state income cause they would charge for spectators and make money off selling food, beer, racing gear, etc.

Guaranteed if there were more race tracks there would be less stret racing in the State of California!

this is just f***ing retarded these guys need to find another way to control street racing people put a lot of money in these cars and it is wrong just to crush them sell parts or something because crushing these things is going to cause more trouble people are going to just run

I don’t agree with street-racing. I think if you race it should be on the track. Reguardless, this isn’t the right thing to do. Not only could they have sold the parts on the car and given some money to the schools or something. But now if they pull over street-racers, they’re likely going to RUN from the cops, which will be a much, much bigger issue than some kids pulling a 30 to 120 MPH drag on the street.

I think this is great! My little sister and her friend were killed when two cars that were street racing crashed, and one of them went through a median and hit my sister’s car head-on at over 80 MPH. Since this tragedy, I have made it a point to try to bring to everyone’s attention how dangerous this activity is. If destroying vehicles is the only way to get the point across, then so be it. I support racing as a sport and have raced motorcycles and trucks semi-professionally and believe that the racetrack is the place to compete, not on public streets where innocent victims going to the movies are killed due to negligent individuals.

I’m old enough to have been there, done that with tri-five Chevies, 440 Six-Pak Mopars, the odd Camaro, and a even a few of the pre-war “rat rod” cars. We knew what we were getting into – they weren’t crushing illegally modded cars then, but it was costly. One friend got a fine of over $1500 for his total violations, back when minimum wage was $1.50/hr. That’s half a year’s pay at full time, and he was only making about $150 a month.

They confiscate the cars of guys trolling for hookers. They confiscate the cars of guys who hunt illegally (no permission, out of season, etc.) in Colorado and other states. Street racing is far more likely to hurt/kill Joe Baggadonuts or his wife or kid than some hunter in the middle of BFE, shooting on the wrong side of some property line. Let alone a sad sack buying a little.

Nothing’s free. I run a modified Corvette, and drive real careful on the roads. If I need to race, I can go pay the fee to race at a private track. You can, too. We used to race at rural airports, where the county opened it up and charged us $10 for a day or racing (minimum wage was $2/hour by this time).

Bluntly, once you’ve lost the car, what happens to it isn’t your concern. Undercover cops drive seized Hummer H1s. The DFW in some states sell confiscated hunters’ rigs to pay for the wardens. If you do the crime, the price has to be paid.

And why should I pay for you to have a track at public expense? Near Ontario/Rialto is the Fontana raceway. I’ve run on that track at club days. When I was young, we had Lion’s Drag Strip in south LA, OCIR in Orange County, another one in Long Beach, one in Fremont, all over. But John Q Public didn’t pay for it – we did, in entry fees. What killed them? 1974 Chevy Novas. 1975 Ford Cobra IIs. Chrysler K-cars. I have an early ’80s Trans Am WS6 with a thumping 185HP out of its 305.

If you want tracks, buy some ground and build ‘em. But look at the cost of insurance, too. They are coming back, to some measure, but Lion’s and Fremont and others won’t ever come back. They’re under condos, now.

It’s not “fascism.” It’s the rule of law. Your property can’t be seized without due process. The guys/gals who lose their cars can appear in court. They should. With a lawyer. The state will have a lawyer. Maybe you’ll get your car back. Maybe you’ll get a $7500 fine to go with it (today’s equivalent of my friend’s $1500 nearly 40 years ago).

If you kill yourself, or your friends, or Joe Baggadonuts, Mommy and Daddy will ask why the cops didn’t do something about it. My dad did, some 40 years ago, any time he saw a big wreck brought on by racers in Hawthorne. Dammit, the cops are doing something about it.

And we found out, back when my ride was a 1965 GT350, that you can’t outrun the Motorola. Oh, maybe once in a while, but the fines really get intense then. Pat, with his CobraJet Mach I, picked up about $1000 in fines for racing, speeding, and exhibition of speed. Another $500 for reckless driving. 60 days for running from the cops. Another $1000 for running from the cops. Basically, they didn’t throw the book at him; they threw the whole damned encyclopedia Britannica.

Do what you like. I still go fast. I just save my $100 or so, and pay Famosa, or Infineon, or California Raceway, or Sacramento Raceway, or Redding Drag Strip for the use of their legal environment. If you choose otherwise, well, it’s on the books, so it’s legal – it is due process.

FIRST, I DO NOT AGREE WITH STREET RACING. I THINK THE STATE SHOULD PROVIDE SOME TRACKS TO THESE PEOPLE THAT LIKES A SPORT AND THERE IS NO OFFER TO SATISFY THEIRE DEMAND. WHERE WOULD YOU PLAY BASEBALL IF THERE ARE NO FIELDS? IN THE STREETS PROBABLY. BUT THIS IS ABOUT CIVIL RIGTHS. I’M NOT AN EXPERT IN AMERICAN CONSTITUTION BUT I THINK THAT THIS PRACTICE VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF POSETION, ABSOLUTTLY ANTICONSTITUTIONAL. MAYBE THE PARTS AND MODIFICATIONS ARE ILEGAL BUT THE CAR IS A POSETION. WHATS NEXT? CUTTING THE HANDS OF A ROBBER? YOU CAN FORBID THE CARS TO BE IN THE STREETS BUT TO TAKE THE POSETION OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND CRUSH IT, I THINK THAT IS GOING TOO FAR. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A FEW BUCKS HERE. I CAN BELIEVE THIS OF SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHERE LAWS ARE NOT BASED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. THIS IS AN ANTICONSTITUTIONAL ACT AND OTHER MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN. ANY LAWYERS IN THE HOUSE?

FIRST, I DO NOT AGREE WITH STREET RACING. I THINK THE STATE SHOULD PROVIDE SOME TRACKS TO THESE PEOPLE THAT LIKES A SPORT AND THERE IS NO OFFER TO SATISFY THEIRE DEMAND. WHERE WOULD YOU PLAY BASEBALL IF THERE ARE NO FIELDS? IN THE STREETS PROBABLY. BUT THIS IS ABOUT CIVIL RIGTHS. I’M NOT AN EXPERT IN AMERICAN CONSTITUTION BUT I THINK THAT THIS PRACTICE VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF POSETION, ABSOLUTTLY ANTICONSTITUTIONAL. MAYBE THE PARTS AND MODIFICATIONS ARE ILEGAL BUT THE CAR IS A POSETION. WHATS NEXT? CUTTING THE HANDS OF A ROBBER? YOU CAN FORBID THE CARS TO BE IN THE STREETS BUT TO TAKE THE POSETION OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND CRUSH IT, I THINK THAT IS GOING TOO FAR. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A FEW BUCKS HERE. I CAN BELIEVE THIS OF SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHERE LAWS ARE NOT BASED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. THIS IS AN ANTICONSTITUTIONAL ACT AND OTHER MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN. ANY LAWYERS IN THE HOUSE?

I can’t see dis stuff. Man L.A.P.D shud hav shown sum mercy upon dis hot ride. Criminals must b punished, but breakin their precious stuff is like so mean, Man who evr u r don’t kno but wanna say sumthing don’t b sad n take ma suggestion tune another ride make it more powerful den it was b4 n may ur ride’s soul R.I.P….

I can’t see dis stuff. Man L.A.P.D shud hav shown sum mercy upon dis hot ride. Criminals must b punished, but breakin their precious stuff is like so mean, Man who evr u r don’t kno but wanna say sumthing don’t b sad n take ma suggestion tune another ride make it more powerful den it was b4 n may ur ride’s soul R.I.P….

I can’t see dis stuff. Man L.A.P.D shud hav shown sum mercy upon dis hot ride. Criminals must b punished, but breakin their precious stuff is like so mean, Man who evr u r don’t kno but wanna say sumthing don’t b sad n take ma suggestion tune another ride make it more powerful den it was b4 n may ur ride’s soul R.I.P….

Wow, and by the looks of these comments, I’m guessing you guys think that ricers are the only thing that street race? I could care less if it was an exotic car that was being crushed but seeing a tuner or a muscle car being crushed is just cruel. You put your heart, sweat, and blood into something you love just to see it crushed like that is horrible!

omg! not another Honda!! why is it always the honda to be made an exsample of i think i just had a tear drop as well or maybe there was something in my eye. its kinda stupid if you ask me. like you dont see them burning all the drug money the Confiscate, so why distroy something that you could just part out?!

Thats fucked. I mean I got out of racing but I was in an accident with some dumbass that rolled my car.

I can see them impounded the car and you do not get it back. Destroying it does not make sense. They could use the tactics like they do on drug busts using the cash retrieved to do things like increase personell or equipment to hinder more drugs from getting through.
So using that logic take the cars break them down for parts sell the parts through the police dept impound yard or a contracted salvage yard.
Another reason is that if for impounding for some reason the parts may have been borrowed from another racer ie: “Midnite AutoStore” there may be opportunity for the original owner to retrieve them with proof.
The monies recieved from sales goes to safer ways of dealing with street racing like more race/track days or outings or carshows sponsored by the police and local car clubs or maybe partner up with scca or nira or nhra or ihra.
Street racing just gets you closer to that telephone poll or God forbid an innocent by stander. Take it to the track to settle it.

Time to dust off the rat rod (a heavily modified low cost car), who cares if it gets crushed I could make another for under a thousand using junkyard and ebay parts.

I think that anyone that street races is not any different than anyone who drives drunk. So if you’re gonna crush a car, start with the drunks.

i think that i cried a little when i saw that, they could have at least sold the rims or the electronics out of it, i mean ya kno, the totally could have put it in the jun yard or something…. christ.

I agree with jody and cameron totally. If you are about to lose everything screw it. You are racing and there is a car beside now who is the cop going to pull over first. I’m sorry but I’m not stopping specially if its night time,, then my lights are coming off and if you have the system where your day time lights stay on just lift ur your e-brake up a little and your day time head lights should shut off. Depending on what make and model car. Little tip if your in Cali .

Jody! Great point!

Think about it…if they are threatening this then the street racers are going to do whatever they can to run from the cops. Hell, i wouldn’t be surprised if they started a whole new modding trend where they have buttons to flip up the license plate or cover it(already have that), poor oil on the road behind them, send out quad sided spikes…real James Bond stuff.

[Qoute=RS]Too many comments to read all of them, but you can race for free at tracks in CA. I just went and ran this weekend in my Lexus. It is free and easy, and safe! Only the cars that have “illegal mods” done to them are crushed, so people that are busted for street racing that have illegal cars are getting them crushed. By now, everyone knows what is going on, so if they choose to race their cars, they can expect to suffer the consequenses. I feel for them, but stay within the law and you will be fine, and can still have some fun.[QUOTE]
Every mod on a Cali car is illegal. Unless we all have the money to purchase a C6 ZO6 or better it is just not fast enough from the factory and modding makes it individualistic. Luckily there are a few cars where 50-state CARB legal turbo and supercharger kits are available.

The police department and the state should use the fines and the selling of parts to fund new drag racing tracks all over California.

Look at the last comment Zach has a point.

but this is my view on it. They should only do that as a last resort if the racers are caught numerous times and still the should dismantle the cars and mabey sell the parts for charity or even their own police department.

that is stupid because it will cause more death. now the kids are gonna try harder to run and get away which means they have a higher chance of getting in an accident and dying that is the gayest Idea ever. its like stealing!!!

Once again! BUILD MORE DRAG STRIPS NOW!!!!!!!!

Take the money from fines and selling the parts to build safe places to race. Nothing will stop them from racing. They just need places that are safe to race or people will continue to die!

Find a track and quit killing yourselves.

Crushing people cars is crazy. This just shows that there are lots of haters (among police, as well as people like Conrad with their street legal turds). But the law is the law and if you speed 50 miles over speed limit and get caught, you loose your car, and at this point who cares where it goes! It is no longer yours – period.

Too many comments to read all of them, but you can race for free at tracks in CA. I just went and ran this weekend in my Lexus. It is free and easy, and safe! Only the cars that have “illegal mods” done to them are crushed, so people that are busted for street racing that have illegal cars are getting them crushed. By now, everyone knows what is going on, so if they choose to race their cars, they can expect to suffer the consequenses. I feel for them, but stay within the law and you will be fine, and can still have some fun.

This is very funny to see because what is street racing EVERYONE… SPEEDING and how MANY PPL SPEED IN THIS WORLD???????RACING SOME TIMES CAN BE DANGEROUS ON THE STREETS AND OTHER TIMES NOT.YES ITS WRONG BUT WHAT ISNT NOW A DAYS. I MEAN SURE THERE ARE DUMB PPL WHO LIKE TO RACE IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC WHICH I BELIEVE IS 100% STUPID BUT I WILL ADMIT I DO LIKE TO RACE WHETHER ITS ON A TRACK OR STREET BUT I DONT HAVE A RACE TRACK NEAR MY AREA THEREFORE WHAT DO I DO. SO A GUY PULLS UP TO A LIGHT ,ITS QUITE NO ONE AROUND,AND ITS NIGHT TIME . SO OK WHY NOT, LETS RACE. ITS STUPID RACER THAT MAKE US LOOK BAD WHEN THEY ARE RACING ON BUSY HIGHWAYS AND STREETS. NORMALLY A STREET RACE FROM A STOP , DOESNT REACH ANY CRAZY SPEEDS ON THE STREET BECAUSE ONE CAR IS ALWAYS FASTER THAN THE OTHER AND BY THE TIME THE BOTH HIT 3RD GEAR SOMEONE IS IN FRONT AND USUALLY LETS OFF THE GAS TO SAY HEY YOU KNOW I GOT YEA. MOST STREET RACER ARE USUALLY PRETTY NICE PPL AND YOU KNOW THEY MEAN NO HARM.

WHY SHOULD I POST A PIC OF MY RIDE ON HERE..LOL ALMOST SEEMS LIKE YOU WANT TO HELP 50 OUT and i also agree with (come and get some) he knows that ppl are crazy and put a lot of work into there cars and a cop will meet a guy that feels racing is his life and take that away ,its just like taking away your wife.. look out..you know whats even more funny that a lot of cops have sons and daughters and guess what i know a few that race so i cant wait to see daddys face when they get caught.build a race track on every part of town and yes I can see it slowing down. But make it connect to the city streets

That just going to make more street racing as well as more pursuits since you would crush there car for doing it. I am all for fixing up any kind of ride but crushing a someone’s ride is not going to teach a lesson but stir things up that should’nt be stirred up. I agree that you should go to drag strip or road course better yet but street racing is free though. You can look at it several differnt ways.
peace
Jody

PS- Im retarded (coz i nvr lrned to tipe ryte.)

I say crush all the ricer turds whether they street race or not

WTF !!!!! I think it’s insane. I think the drivers should get some community time for punishment and loose their licence for a year or two. I see that crushing your car will make a visual impact,, but I do not think it will stop racers. Sell the car and use the money to help victims of car accidents instead of destroying it into a worthless peice of junk. Both sides should stop and think what they are doing,,, Racers STOP street racing go to a track instead.. Crushers find other means of deterring racing. Take away their licences..

This whole world is going insane. Police just don’t know what to do so the opt for the easiest copout ,,, crunch !!!

i’ll start by saying im not a fan of street racing because we all know its dangerous, but come on. crushing peoples cars for racing is going to cause alot more trouble than they think. I for one will tell you that if for some stupid reason i lost my sanity and decided to race from one light to another and i got stopped it would take a hell of a lot more than one cop to impound my ride and crush it. this is going to open up the door for alot of accidents cause by people that got spotted street racing running from the cops and violence against officers when they try to impound a persons car. do they really think that every idiot is just going to let them tow thier car off and crush it without a fight? if i knew they were going to take my car and crush it, blood would fill the streets till they took their dirty hands off my baby or killed me, which ever comes first. i feel sorry for the guy running thr crusher cause eventually some guys gonna freakin loose it when he crushes his car and put his ass in a crusher. people are freaking nuts these days, some one is going to go postal over this. we put not only work but love into our rides and screw any city that thinks they can take that away from us. i might understand for repeat offenders cause at some point you have to grow a brain, but not one time offences. Try it is all i say. its only going to take a couple people that value thier cars and trucks as much as myself to show them this isnt going to go as planned. ill treat a cop just like i would a thief screwing with my car and serve my time with a smile on my face cause i did what i felt like i had to do to save the rest of us from having to deal with that kind of shit.

well is very stupid by doing that but all i can say is why they dont make a race track where people can pay a fee to go and race there car not to do it on the streets may be it will stop the street racing if any body races out side the track well i agree to crush the car at the inpound…………………………we have a race track in orlando florida for street cars and we dont have to many deaths there is a lot of fine looking girls here and you can park and show your beauty of a car you have…and thats my answer.

I think it is great, any stupid ass that races on the street and does the stupid shit you street racer rice heads do, deserve to lose your cars this way.

Take em to the track and stop whining about how it is all the cops fault or gov’t trying to take your money.

Grow up you idiots and stop complaining.

I take my car to the track and race.
Poor baby lost his honda that his daddy paid for…LMFAO

That sucks. What a waste.

Man thats sick. To hear that sound is really freaky. You put alot of wrench time on your ride and then just because some guy said that we gotta crush your car coz its dangerous to the public they can get away with it. Man I thought America was the land of the free and all that crap. Good luck to all you guys who’s baby went up to tuner heaven I’ll say a little prayer for all of you.

Peace

well there goes the polution makers,who where once street racers themselves”you sould be ashamed and you know who you are”people have died in street races since cars have been being modified.my father used to tell me stories of street racing when he was young,and how the cops would sit and watch.now that the boomers are all growns up and the earth is almost done for,they look for someone to press there thumb down on so they get there recognition from people that do not have a hold on anything…such as taliban,oil,earth,murderers,hot rods,imports.
have you ever heard of dont crush em restore em.as a muscle car,classic car restoration guy THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER as a TUNER I SAY ONE DAY THESE CARS WILL BE CLASSICS.DONT HATE WAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND,USE YOUR BRAIN FIND A SULUTION.HOW MANY CHARGERS57 CHEVY”S HAVE YOU CRUSHED I BET NONE THESE FOLKS MIGHT BE BOOMERS AND THAT WOULD NOT BE CONVEINIENT NOW WOULD IT?oh yeah they are the crushers.PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN AGE!!!!!!

IMO i think we’ll be seeing alot of guys just breaking into impounds…If they haven’t already, well w.e. really just go to the track, to the guy who said its a ricey, plz don’t start that topic, we’re all car enthusiasts around here wether we’re into imports or domestics…

First, the avg. age of the people writing these blogs has to be under 25yrs. I’m not some old fart, I’m 30 with a family. When your young.. your stupid.. period. You feel invincible. Most people would probably care less if the racers were just killing themselves in accidents. These races happen in neighborhoods and on streets were someone not participating can be killed or injured. I don’t care how much money you put into your 8k piece of car to make it go fast and look good. It doesn’t give you the right to take someone elses life . Sorry isn’t going to cut it. Pool your dough together if your spending 10k put into a 130HP car to make it a 250HP car and rent a track on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. Go to school get a job and then buy a real sports car instead of a hunk of crap on 3k wheels and tires with cheap plastic parts glued to it. All these fake thugs who can’t spell on here never toughed a gun. I think you have the right to race, but not on a public street. I can build a plane in my garage but I can’t roll up to an airport and take off and just start flying. There are rules and there are consequences for your actions. Is crushing a car the answer? No, but it did get your attention. If you run from the cops I hope you’re the only one that dies in the crash. If you live through it, lets see how tough you little boys are in jail. Your crushed ‘90 something “wutchamakalitt” with be the last thing on your mind.

wtf? dey crushin cars wat pplz spendin serious cashes on fer doin nufn but racin each other? cocksuckers orta use da cashes dey usin on crushin dese cars to bild mo racetracks. arni fuckin swartzineggas fault-must have da brain damige from all dose fites in da movies

It’s a ricer. I hate ricers. Who cares. Buy another. If it were a Z06… that would be a different story. Point of the matter is there will always be dumb ass kids doing stupid things. Educate them.

….you see people…its all about the benjamin’s….the (republicans) Feds dont pay the States the money they need to run the cities, so the cities have to get cash out of the people somehow to pay their salaries. People only want to pay for results, so the cities have to find SOME way to show they doing SOMETHING to fight crime, hence this video, and why instead of allowing more legal race tracks to be built, they would rather play stormtroopers and go after the people the least able to fight back, – the younger people who make up most of our community.

What really needs to happen is to dump cheapass conservative republicans, elect people who will spend some tax money to build race tracks or at least let us use old airport runways like the WAY OLD days……

all freedoms spring from the same source – your will to fight for it.

makes me want to street race a rental on principal…

yet if you get a DUI all you get is jail time…

fuck that noise

its the fucking terminater thats behind all this shit u fuckin shvansnigger you son of the bitch how would u like ur limosine smashed u fucked up goverment u just play it cool in the movies but in reals your nothing but a pice of shit….ricer for life on stopable

why not go straight to the source.. the manufactures who sell the aftermarket parts… stupid Pigs.

nice way of making Streets more dangerous many people will run trying to avoid the crush of your car. many pursuits ahead

man thats sum fucked up shit!!!!!!!! u know wut i wouldnt let them do that one of these days those motherfucker are going to get wuts coming to them. Crushing a car thats has alot of money put into it thats fucked up, hell no that video was horrible asss holes!!!!!!!!!! die cops die

What the… HOW!?!? Legalized Theft and Destruction of Private Property… Absolutely an abuse of power by the police. Yet another example of Socialism running rampant in California. I hope the actions of these so called authorities don’t “deter” the impending lawsuits. Get a good lawyer and take this to the courts! I would really like the constitutionality of this crap explained to me….

Dat’s F*ck*d up man … they throwin away all the money u put down in them cars just cus u hangin out n sh*t … I dunno … Dat’s just F*ck*d up …

I’m sick of the people talking about how civics are crap, i personally dont like them, but that isnt what this discussion is about, just because he used a civic for the news report doesnt mean they didnt also crush a mustang, camero, or an impala, and anything else like that.

the problem is they are crushing your baby, the thing you put time and money into, regardless of whether its a civic or a mustang.

This, is a very good example my Fellow Tuner friends

” KEEP IT ON THE TRACK ” Or it’s bye, bye to your baby.

I’m very thankful, I live within a mile of a track. The owner, changed his airport into a drag strip called ” UNITED WE RACE ” located in Magnolia,Ohio check it out. Very, cheap to run only 5 bucks

Wow, i could barely stand to watch that. They say they ‘know’ how much time and money went into these cars but they drive a freaking news van everywhere wtf do they know of performance and cars build by the blood sweat and elbow grease of the determined people who build them. money isnt the issue its the fact that most tuners and other custom car owners treat their car like a child, they build it from the ground up to be exactly what they want and look exactly how they want them to look. it’s like saying a child is causing too much trouble in school and the parents are not disciplining them at home so they kill the kid, thats like something hitler would have done!! why do people not see the other side of custom cars and tuners, they automatically rate us as “punks” and assume we are iresponsible and race out of control every night after drinking. prejudice SUX!!!

streetracing will never be stomped out for shit sake its been like this for almost 40 years u cant stop it all you are doing with this car crushing is pissing people off and motivating them to build better so next time they done get caught

im glad it was a honda and not the camaro but that shit is Fu*ked up

fuck that shit i jack civics integras and accords eassy shit just get a blank key from wallmart or whatever and fuckin make like 10 cuts on each side thats called home made dealer key takes less then 60sec to jack that shit and then go race all u want no ones ganna stop u who gives a shit if it gets smash aint urs anyways

It is obvious this is a plan to make people run from the cops………So they could enforce more ridiculas laws the government is not as dumb as people think they are just looking at a bigger picture…..they are trying to make street racing into a more serious crime by pushing people to do more illegal things and attaching that behaviour to street racers…..Hey wouldn’t you try to find a way to justify your job…..Cops don’t want to solve REAL CRIMES these days it’s to dangerous.

I have it on good authority that the only cars getting crushed are the ones that have been impounded and then had their parts investigated/researched to find stolen goods/illegally aquired foreign parts. Mainly Hondas and Acuras have been targeted due to the high availability of illegally aquired parts. JUST BECAUSE YOU GET CAUGHT STREET RACING DOESN”T MEAN YOUR CAR WILL GET CRUSHED.

However, due to the high amount of backlash this has caused, I wouldn’t be surprised if people start fighting back due to the lack of information on this topic. If I had a highly tuned car with 10k in parts, I certainly wouldn’t stick around if the cops showed up. If I knew that even ONE car had been crushed I’d run and I’d run as fast and as far as I could go.

The california law enforcement should pay very close attention to internet chatter and think very clearly about their next move in this matter. At least 60 percent of all the commenters in this blog have stated that they would run or fight back, endangering many other innocent lives in the process. If the government doesn’t want some very serious matters on their hands, they had better use their heads and not their pocketbooks.

To a different matter…
I’m sure it pleases the taxpayers to know that their money is paying their law enforcers to crush expensive cars rather than helping in the ‘war’ on drugs, or helping to prevent child molestation, rape, murder, and other less-important crimes…
Someone really needs to re-think their priorities.

Man f*** da police!

why they gotta go off and do summin stupid like that?…its just makes us street racers wanna run and fight back….If my shit got crushed id jus build another one….and tuned it with sum flame throwers….yea see if a cop runs up on ma tail…ill burn da shyt outta they bumperz….to all my racers out there KEEPS IT REAL! DONT LET DIS PUT U DOWN. F**K DA POLICE!!!!!!!

fuck the cops i carrie a shot gun in my car dont be pussys just fuckin run like i do who gives a fuck about the laws

i cant believe you people. if you cant stop doing what is wrong what do you think will happen. your car gets impounded then crushed. most of you are out of your mind when it comes to this stuff. i race, but i race at santioned events. i have entered my car in SCCA rallies. i dragged my car in SC. if you guys are too cheap to pay the cover to race then get a new car and stop with the street racing. what is it going to cost in human life to get your guys to think straight. it takes more than just 10 bucks per person to open a new track.

if you race on the streets, expect a punishment equal to your crime. hell people have to serve life sentences for vehiclar manslaughter.

Whatever, We will just bill a new one, That isn’t gonna stop street racing, its just gonna push people to go steal a car after you have crushed it, dumb ass. Just watch the more cars get crushed, the more gets stolen, its simple physics.

Oh yeah and one more thing. All You People Telling Us To Go To The Track…. WE DON’T HAVE ONE! The only one we do have is open once a year to the public, and that is if it doesn’t get rained out!

All this is going to do, is make me want to run away from the cops. And make sure they don’t catch me. In general, this is only going to cause cars to run and put more lives in danger. If I have a rare car and put $10,000 into it, I’m not stopping if I know my car is going to get crushed. This is retarded!

this is fuckn retarded!! if ur gonna crush sumones car its not gonna fuckn stop anyone! there just gonna wanna run..and if there car does get crushed wat makes u think there not gonna go build a new one and just do it again…this is not gonna solve anything..its just gonna make everything worse and piss off alot of ppl.. crushin sumones car that they put there time money and effort in and worked hard ass hell to build throwing everything in isnt gonna do anything its gonna just piss ppl off and ppl are gonna start running or fighting back! this is stupid and i dont think its right at all

BULLSHIT- long as its Only Honda Civics (NO SKYLINES) or I will Kill!

This is simply pointless. I am not going to argue the right and wrong about them crushing cars, I am simply arguing the validity and logic behind it. They say that “this is a deterrent”, they say that “this will reduce street racing”, how so? Do ride checks reduce DUI’s? No, they simply catch more drivers driving drunk. Does radar reduce speeding? No, it simply catches more speeders. Why? Because, one, its after the fact, its not prevention, and two, mostly everyone, especially the crime committers, lives with the thought “it won’t happen to me” so they’ll keep doing it. This won’t “deter” jack shit, people will still race.

THIS IS OVER KILL, GLAD I DON’T LIVE IN CA.!!

WOW I’d be so choked if my shit got crushed! Seriously all I do is take pride in my truck and have fixed it up nice for a 16 year old. Honestly just speeding too fast doesn’t give them the right to hate and smash the vehicle. Put the owner in prison hell for a week or whatever it is just dont smash the shit. No wonder the big 50 got no respect

OMG. I would kill someone if that would happen to my car.OK take the damn car, but don’t smash it. It was really painfull watching this video.Do they think that they will do something with this like preventing ppl from drag races or drifting?I believe that now most street racers just will run away and they won’t care about it.Either way if they run away they might manage to have their car.If that will ever happen to Greece, propably there would be riot or something.F THE POLICE

Its just amazing how fucking stupid the cops and legal system is, and they wonder why so many people shot at the cops.

if u get me the name of the person behind this one i will make it right.

this is bull shit. take away people’s licenses not their cars. screw anyone who beleives that this is right! i dont street race, but if one of my friends cars who do street race were crushed, i would make all kinds of hell for the government of whoever gave that punishment. i would expect anyone who got this punish to do watever they could to sue, attack or criticise the hell out of anyone they could. this will never work! this wont detur anyone from streetracing. it will encourage more people to run from and be more hostile towards police. if they want to get rid of the problem, build more tracks closer to where the races are taking place, charge to use the track if they want, and make it open to street racers at times that appeal to them. ask the people hosting these races to run the tracks and give them some small payment. anyone who is loyal and loves their sport would be more than happy to do this for not only themselves but for the other streets racers who dont want their car crushed. the problem doesnt lie with the racers or within the racing community. it lies within the judiciary system and the state and local governments. the cost of this project to build these tracks may be expensive, but when you think of how much these people race, show and love these cars. i’m sure a 10 dollar fee to use the track all night is not a problem for anyone and would pay off the cost of the track quickly. jesus, i’ll run the damn tracks if they pay me. the police are not to blame for this. if a person dies in a street race it is no ones fault but there own but, crushing a car wont do shit! the ability to change this action lies within everyone who loves to race or supports the scene. petition! do what you can. because these assholes who are crushing our precious euros, ricers and exotics shouldnt get away with this kind of disrigard for peoples personal property that costs thousands of dollars and tons of wrench time. support your scene!!!! -duncan VA DUBBER for LIFE!

This needs to happen. And I don’t just mean to ricers and racers, either. Anyone who has shown a complete disregard for others’ road safety should not be allowed the privilege of driving. Sure, we take their licenses away, but that usually does not stop the driving. Taking away the car, however, will certainly limit most people’s ability to drive.

Now, I’ve put plenty of time and money into my car as well, and would also be mega-irritated if somebody crushed it. But I obey the law. I don’t street race. I don’t have to worry about it. There are places to race if you have the need. The city streets is not one of those places. I recently had an acquaintance die because he was street racing in his eclipse. Basically, no one cares if you go risk your own life, but don’t risk others when you do.

Why don’t they do something Positive and take one of the dozen shut down Military bases and turn the runways into legal dragstips. I’m sure the local Goverment(if they had any brains) wouldn’t mind throwing some funds at it and in the meantime get the publicity for supporting legal drag racing. Geesh, doesn’t take a rocket scientist.

MX32DRIFTER — most of Southern California there are few places cops dont come around. And i dont think many people that posted before us would actualy run, thats just a way to loose your car AND get jail time. Bottom line is if the cops want your car they will have it. What do you mean japan doesnt have that problem? You dont have cops or you dont street race?

this is fucking bullshit… there are otherways around this type of fucking thing. are the cops the ones putting all that money into the car. and like many have previously said, do they crush the car of a drunk driver or someone under the influence of drugs. this kind of thing is going to drive someone to do something worse then fucking racing on the streets just so they dont sit back and let there car get crushed. i would run, as previously stated, before i would let me motherfucking car get crushed. fuck police… all of them. they are all bastards that walk around with night sticks stuck up there asses all fucking day.

That is f’up beyond words. My friend was just telling me about this yesterday and i didnt believe him, but he did said it was around where i live in SD, good thing its not.

The people in charge of this country at all levels make me cringe sometimes. You know the best way to prevent racing on the streets? MAKE MORE FUUCKING LEGAL RACE TRACKS! The closest 1/4 track from my house is over 1 1/2 hours away! no damn way im going down there just to race legaly on a 1/4 track. I bet a bright person would make a killing if he bought a bunch of land up in say Ramona (cheap!) or somethin like that and built a road course.

I’m thinking a couple of these people would not be feelin the way they feelin if it was their car, and right about know I don’t know what is pissing me of more the idea, or how some people feel about it! I’m not taking another look at this page. I’ve said what I believe and I’m sticking to it! -Justin

It takes a whole lot of ignorance to just crush cars. To just crush a car to make a point? The person has already lost the car.. its not like they witness it being crushed, and they wont see it again anyway.. so they dont care wether its parted and you can make money, or sold, but crushing it is just rediculous.
Dumbest crap I’ve ever seen.

if you want to streeet race go somewhere away from the cops! don’t run from them and just make some bullshit excuse that you were speeding or something. americans think they can run from the cops because they think their car’s faster. but what do i know i live in japan i don’t have that problem

I don’t street race, but I am completely obsessed with my car and with the amount of time and money I’ve put into mine, I would seriously contemplate killing whoever was responsible for crushing my car.

You wanna race, go to the track. Crush away!

1.What the FUCK! I thought Cali was part of the USA. I guess they just ignore the part of the constitution that speaks about cruel and unusual punishment. Please don`t misunderstand. If a street race results in injury or death its a completely different ball park.

2.king of the street
Number one, imports are like tampons EVERY PUSSY HAS ONE all imports should be crushed.

What fucking planet are you from. Tell you what After I stomp your piece of shit into the ground with my “import” 1.3Lt. 93 octane ,
10psi and NO NOS!!! I get to personally stuff a tampon in your pussy…I mean ass ( all the same on a fag :O ) Oh and tell you what you pick the forum, straight line or twisty s either way you are a loser. in more ways than one.

ignor my last comment, i forgot that i live in the united states where our rights are slowly being taken away…that is, unless you have the money to pay for them

sad thing is, if they want to make this a law, they could have sold the cars instead of crushing them and used the profits for local schools or to perhaps to build a race track for public use…dumb, very dumb indeed. How is this even legal to begin with?

Some of you guys are pretty fkn stupid. I used to street race not much, to be honest only a few times and only when I knew I’d win.

I rolled my car 1 day and for your information it was a DC2 Integra Type-R much better at handling corners than some other cars around.

I now have a different look on street racers, you are all idiots if you think running from police cozyour car is faster than theirs is smart.

I think the cops did what was right every time those guys go the races now they won’t be puttin their lives and other in danger, like my parents always told me a car is a weapon every time the keys go into the ignition.

You don’t want your car crushed then don’t do it.

Maybe when police pull you guys over (coz they did it to me to when I had my ITR) maybe if you treat them with some respect like I did and still do, they won’t give you tickets for having stupid shit on your car like lights and low rides, etc. They are doing their job and have to do it, who knows maybe they have an M3 at home and only use it on their days off, you ever think bout that, maybe they save their money for something already gr8 that they don’t have to mod instead of making a piece of shit into something better.

that sucks!!! street racers will be street racers nobody can change it!!! it doesn`t matter how many cars you crush??? they will continue building and racing… we got an anti-hoon law here in australia that confiscate cars and impound them!!! which sucks, that why my advice to fellow street racers DON`T STOP RACING!!! stuff the cops…

I don’t care if you don’t agree with street racing, it is illegal but this is way more then that. It’s the fact that yet again the government has made up another way of limiting our rights, Whats next? This is immoral, and ignorant what their doing! You say “crush them its wrong” well in that you yourself, are ignorant. Someone said above, “its like if someone committed a crime in their home they don’t crush it”. -Justin

thats one of the stupidest things… they are wasting so much money doing this when they could sell the parts, they may be stolen or the parts may not be reliable but why not return the stolen items to the original owners if they still want them and sell the other parts with a contract stating they may not be reliable for use in anyones cars. plus they can sell the shells of the cars to other people. this just shows the world again how wasteful this country can be.

This is f*cking dumb…some cops need to find better things to do…my boyfriend has put a lot of time and blood into building his car and he would be extremely pissed if some pig had his car crushed, but it wouldn’t stop him from doing it again…cops could make more money scrapping out the parts and selling it for money so they don’t have to tax us so much for wasting their time trying to catch us…note to the cops: give up and spend your days on more important things like people who commit REAL crimes

Well, better crushed than jacked like my car was, check out my car.

This is wrong and in no way helping the situation. Im sure alot of those cars are the kids daily drivers so now the person has no way to get to work, school, or anyway else. So how are they going to get enough money to buy another one. A car is usually a persons 2nd biggest investment if they have a house and if they dont it is usually their biggest. I know if I lived in CA I would move from the state. This is total BULL SHIT.

Crush em all, you wanna race go to the track. Just because they don’t do it to drunk drivers, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done. Should they do it to both….yup.

How about we crush the vehicles of anyone performing a crime in them? We all know the police profile, and this is just one more way to support that. You could transport dead bodies in your car or molest a child in your panel van, but you’ll definitely be getting that car back? Punishment is not even CLOSE to fitting the crime!

I think this should happen to car chase too.

Better yet, give the racers community service and make them drive the drunks home after the bar closes… 2-3 drunks puking in their cars will get them to think twice about racing, and keep the drunks of the road.

i would sue the cops over this in fl they would have no right to do this. do they do this to dui drivers No!

This is insane… Racing kills how many people per year? someone find the numbers please…

Then check them with the number of people killed by drunk drivers… yet that get there ticket and small time in jail to be released with there car to drive again…

COPS – spend more time finding drunks and less time harassing people on empty streets racing…

I think this is the dumbest thing I ever heard them do. Yeah you may take a car or two off the streets, but theres people out there that have the money to build another one and race again. There are street racers to the blood that even if they get one car crushed, it ain’t gonna stop them from racing. That’s just like saying you will kill everyone who commits a crime that don’t involve racing. Give realy large fines or a little extra time in jail, but crushing. Seriously come on. I believe in our judicial system and police forces, but they just love to f*** up from time to time. Somebody will file a suit and win BIG time, and I can’t wait to see that day. You may crush, burn, strip and sell, but you will never stop racing just like you will never stop people from killing just cause theres the death penalty. Think about it, there’s cars out there much faster than cop cars. You may catch 1 out of 10, but you will never catch them all.

haha crush the ricers

This is a stupid idea. So if you get pull over just for burning your tires or small petty shit cops have the power to crush your car. This is bull shit. I guess Cops don’t have much to do this days.

I WOULD KILL THE PEOPLE WHO CRUSH MY CAR!!!!!! I know I know street racing is dangerous but give me a break it’s their decision to engage in this…its just like smoking people know its bad but they do it anyway….they need to do street racing on a track where its safer.. but no crushing cars its makes me mad i almost punched my pc monitor…

This is just an even more compelling reason to run away from law enforcement at any cost. Talk about putting people in danger. This should be stopped before every street kid knows it is better to run than lose their car. Impound the car, big fine, and take license away from repeat offenders.

I just cant wait until someone decides to get all them fuckers back

I actually think this is a great idea. Too many morons on the street risking mine and my families lives. Unfortunately too many young kids are driving what thye believe are fast cars and will risk their life and the life of everyone around them to street race. If this saves just one life it is worth it.

When I first saw this I was like “NO WAY”! I can’t believe that this is even being done! If I were one of these “people” that had their car crushed, it would not be the end of it! I would be so pissed, to see all my hard work, money and not to mention blood sweat and tears treated in this fashion that I would flip! It won’t be long until someone does and they’ll rethink their way of doing things. I race ounce an a while everyone does and you can’t say you don’t, hell I bet the people that are crushing the cars have. To repeat what Zach said earlier “I’d run, then rather have my car crushed” and whats that going to cause ACCIDENTS! -Justin

I think this is a waste. You are encouraging those who may be in a car chase from the police to now take more dire actions as opposed to just pulling over and getting fined. Impoundment is good. I think that parting out the car, and establishing a fund for those who have been injured or killed by street racing, is a better idea. If possible an outlet, such az a free race day, in which these street racers can use a track should be established. This would allow them to race leagaly and assist with gettin them off da streets.

I wonder how effective it will seem when someone decides to get revenge?

This is totally stupid…as a car enthiusiast this is more agravating than helpful. If these cops see that a lot of street racing occurs build a track near there or monitor these areas to make sure the races are safe. How would they feel if we just go crushing police cars. thats not right. if they dont want us to race then give us a fine or build us a track, because this would get out of hand and some street racers would rebel instead of following the rules!

I don’t agree with this at all. All over the world humans have been street racing ever since they could make things go faster. Its the way of life. I dont know how people die at these kinds of races, but hell people die on the streets all the time for all kinds of reasons. I dont think this is going to deter people from racing cars at all. If you want to stop a person from street racing you have to stop ALL the chances they have of modding a car. What they are doing here is just crushing cars and making people mad just because they can and they think that this will save lives. The fact of the matter is that everybody speeds. Everybody breaks the law on the roads all the time. Americans are stupid as shit when it comes to road laws. You drive on a major freeway and see the speed limit as 60 and you see everybody passing you. NOBODY goes the speed limit. If the government really cared about people lives they would put governors on all the cars and make it so that nobody could own a suped up anything. What they are doing is meaningless and cruel.
Take this for example if the government said that to prevent people from dying you have to drive a certain type of car. Say a Ford escort. The ford escort could only go 70 mph max. Whenever there was a posted speed limit on the road the sign would send a signal to the car limiting the speed that it could go.
Now of course this would all be costly and well just plain boring. First of all there would be no originality for cars anymore except for maybe paint jobs and ground effects. BUT this would save lives right? I mean think of it, no more speeders at all. No more speeding tickets, no more car chases, no more laws being broken. This would of course be a mandatory thing. No more H2’s or suped up supras on the road. BUT it would save lives. Now in reality though this isn’t going to happen. Cops, and the governments they work for, make too much money off of tickets they give out to do something like this. The saying that some people give cops like “my taxes pay your salary” is kind of right. Taxes and tickets.
If the government truly gave a shit about people they would do something to at least put into law SOME of these ideas. But they won’t. It’s a sad fact, but cops want you to speed, they want you to break the law. They just don’t want to get shot at and killed. What the hell else are they going to do if nobody speeds?
As for crushing cars I say this “FUCK YOU cops!” Whoever these people are they put a lot of time and money into these cars. I would be pissed too if a cop impounded my car and crushed it. I would honestly want to hurt someone really bad. But because they have the law on their side, doing anything would just make it worse. If a homeowner breaks the law they don’t go and crush his house to deter him from committing crimes in his house. If an internet junkie downloads illegal stuff of the internet they don’t crush his computer. This is bullshit and it’s not going to do anything but give people a reason to commit more heinous crimes.

This will breed anger, when this gets out that they are crushing “street racers” cars those crazy enough will rebel to the extreme and there will be alot more illuding. I for one would take the chance and total my car in hope insurance would pay for it as apposed to losing it legally and having to pay for a crushed car. Anyways there is a safe way to race and maybe if they put as much effort into making it safe as they are into making an example they could come up with something a little more constructive. I openly say this idea is bad and the brain child that thought of it is ignorant, it just shows he/she was not smart enough to come up with a more constructive or atleast profitable solution to this “problem”. Come on california and all who where envolved with this decision back to the drawing board cause this Idea is ignorant.

You know what the best way to stop illegal street racing is? Make it harder to get a license! I’m 17, and when I was at the DPS I saw so many people who should never in their life attain a driver’s license it made me sick. I finished taking my test, and as I walked out of the testing area there was a young hispanic who failed his test for the second time with a 54%. Then they asked if he wanted to take it a THIRD time? Why!? You know why Germany can make the Autobahn safe? Because it costs THOUSANDS of dollars to attain a lisence. They don’t have stupid tests about what a red octagon means. They test about what you should do in certain situations. They make sure all the roads are in good condition. THAT would get all the bad drivers off the road. And as a byproduct? It would cut down emissions, and driving time, to and from work.

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I couldn’t agree more with Joshua Cobb. If I saw a cop driving around in my car listening to Bon Jovi I would be thoroughly pissed. There’s your reason to stop racing. Plus that would be a good reminder to everyone else. “oh no, this could be your car, hair bands could own your whip!”

I personally see no problem with our local street racing scene. All over Northern California, from Fresno/Modesto/Sacramento to San Jose/San Fransisco people most of the time aren’t racing through traffic. There isn’t a track anywhere close to where I live and even if there was I wouldn’t be able to afford it. I’m not saying there isn’t the occasional loser who races through traffic because I have seen them. But that’s just an idiot, they are all over the place. Where I have raced in the past are EMPTY warehouses, freight yards, closed business parks, or out in the country far from any houses or traffic or pedestrians. If you’re racing there you are only going to hurt each other. The police here occasionally show up to say, okay guys, time to go home there’s been a complaint. That’s usually the full extent of it. And when the police do decide to catch people, people start running and sometimes get hurt in that process. There are a lot of cars around here that go to the races that are much faster than the police squad cars or CHP Camaro’s, and when they chase them they RUN. I’ve seen people either get away or get hurt because of it; rarely ever do they just pull over after a chase.

For whoever said that parting them out or reselling is just putting more street racers back on the street, how do you know the next owner will go out and street race with it? I’d love to pick up a nice car for cheap, doesn’t mean I’m going to go fly through traffic with it.

the cops are dumb thist just gives the street racers more of a reason to run and put more people at risk of injury if you want to deture street racers give them a $5000 ticket

I’m crying just watching this video. It won’t stop anything. If anyone is going to total my car, it damn right will be me, myself, and maybe I, but hell no to some cops thinking that. If that were the case, I would slam my car right into the side of that cop car.

Thank GOD I live in West Virginia. I’ve got a BMW 318ti, and that car means the world to me. My buddy in the air force says he would kill himself, before he would surrender to the enemy to be beheaded or shot. I would wreck my own car before I would let some ego trippin power hungry mid life crisis “If I can’t have it no one can” cops “obeying” these kinds of laws put into effect by people who own WAY faster cars and more expensive ones. If they speed, they don’t even get tickets. Youv’e got noise regulations for steros, this for racing, laws about ride height and lights and such. But yet a Harley can pop my ears when it rolls by and thats OK? A blown camaro can drive around on slicks but a import with a underbody neon is illegal? I’m not for ricers or the street racing scene myself, I’am more for the car audio side, but this is going WAY to far. I think if you want to make a tuner mad, impound his car for 6 monthes and use it as a police crusier. What would piss you off more than riding the bus to work and seeing a cop driving your sweet sweet baby blairing some shit like Bon Jovi or something, and is smoking from using low octane gas?…..

what a waste of $, they are just causing more trouble, because kids and others will just get another car and make it FASTER! they may even make it look and sound rusty or stock. disguises-people will do it.

To all the people who think this is a good way to deter street racing what makes you think that the cops wont start to target modified cars and get your baby in a bind? I don’t race but I am in the streets like that occasionally.Understand that this has been part of our culture since the car came out and glorified in movies from the 50’s till now. You can say race on a track but really how many tracks are open on a saturday night all over this country? And how many of those tracks are cost effective? Distance+race fees+equipment every weekend you can see why younger people take it to the streets like out fathers and their fathers did.

If they resold the car at an auction or sold it for parts it would be defeating the purpose.They would be putting that same car back out on the street.If they sold it for parts they would be putting the race parts back out on the street.

Wow, there are a lot of people that have no clue what theyre talking about in here…foolish yet ammusing.

Quote 1 “fuck cops i would run them theose fords cant beat a supra”…Well, unless youve got a turbo (or two) in that thing, their fords would whoop a hole in your ass…not to mention the Z28s, SRT10s, SRT8s and others that are faster….

To the ones who said youd run, kill a cop, put a bomb in your car, or best of all, go rambo with an assault rifle…would you really? Killing a cop is easy 25 to life, running from em is jail time, fines, tickets, court(lawyer fees), putting a bomb in your car could kill someone, getting you many years in jail, NONE OF THIS WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU SITUATION! You’re spending more money in fines, tickets, lawyer and court costs, and not to mention it would ruin your life. You can get a good job and build a better car before you would get out of jail. Morons think before you speak, if you did think about doing that, well, then maybe your car should be crushed…

To Ian an Charlie and anyone else arguing about Muscle vs Tuner, THEYRE IN A TOTALLY SEPERATE CLASS!!! Yes, take an evo, put two turbos in it, a 150+ shot of nitrous, flash the ESC, weight reduction, straight pipe it, etc…and you could run 9’s…take a GTO, Chevelle, Shelby etc…supercharge it, 150+ shot it, weight reduction, run straight pipe it and you could too run 9’s…About the same price when you add it all up. The HP makes up for the weight difference, and vice versa. No use in argueing it.

Now, to the video…the time and effort and money involved in parting out these cars wouldnt be worth it for the police. Full time staff, warehouses, functions, etc…would be needed. On a 90s supra, turbod with the fixins, nice interior, suspension, etc…they wouldnt even get 10K for it, even at its high price tag. Selling the cars as a whole is different, that would be worth the time, as their is no teardown, just auction prep and function.

Crushing them, however is not a good idea. Yes, you will instill hate in drivers, getting them more mad at cops. But it also might deter some from racing on the streets if they know there is a possiblty of their ride getting crushed. Its 6 one, half dozen the other, the cops dont care what happens to the cars, and the logic behind it might or might not work, we’ll see.

Oh, and TunerTech, thats a very good point, about “Just because it works doesnt mean tis right”. Applies very nicely, good comment.

Thats all I got to say…

thats pretty fucked up
i would carry a gun:D

The police are morons. Parts from those cars could be reused. Sure you can recycle the metals but the impact re manufacturing things has on our environment should be more than enough to simply prove that the law enforcement agencies in California are retarded. If I race on a crowded public street take my car and my license, slap a huge fine on me. I won’t do it again. Crushing my car is just wasting perfectly good parts. Crushing the cars is like beating the hell out of your children. Sure it may make them listen to you when you talk, but there are other ways of accomplishing that. Just because it works doesn’t mean it’s right.

Hey Colon, dont start bringing in race and stereotyping to this issue.Its not a white black or asian thing. What are you saying all white males drive nothing but V8s? Ive seen a whole lot of white guys driving imports.I also have alot of black white and asian friends who drive V8s.This isnt a race issue so dont throw out the race card.You guys driving around blasting your music reving your cars and talking trash.Things were good until you guys came out with your lawn mower motors.Granted some are very fast.But the other 6 million with your chrome exhaust pipe and racing stickers dont cut it. Oh and charlie with your clubs 9 sec evo……..Please I have a 8 second camaro in the garage that has an issue with you.So please………leave racing to the real cars

As a 30 year old with kids who is strongly against street racing, this is truly idiotic.

They should confiscate the vehicles and sell them at auction. It’d be a great source of revenue instead of a complete waste. In addition, the cops are only making themselves become more hated in the eyes of street racers. In addition to confiscating unsafe and illegal drag-racing, they should also sponsor open nights at an area drag strip. If there is none, they should look into attracting one to the area. If there is not a sanctioned drag strip, they should do whatever they can to help get the kids a safe way to exercise their need for speed.

these racers out there are putting peoples lives at risk.sometimes killing people.go to the track, bunch of insecure losers,get a life.

crush em.!!

why cant the cities just organize an event a couple times a month or every weekend for a controlled area that is deemed safe and let them do it out there? they used to do that here. every other saturday night and every thursday night the local track would open up for about 6 hours and you pay 5 bucks to race all you want and it took almost everyone off the street!

Kids will street race anyways. Adults will street race anyways.

The solution to this is create a safe and legal environment for them to race! California takes street racing more seriously than anywhere yet California seems to have less drag strips per square mile than anywhere.

Use the money in fines, selling off the car parts, etc. and build tons of drag racing quarter mile tracks you dumb idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a stupid 1/8th mile legal racing venue that is done in the parking lot of San Diego’s Qualcom Stadium! taht is all the kids have here. The nearest quarter mile strip is over 2 hours drive. With gas prices as they are and the fact it’s a long way to go if you break something which most likely might happen…kids are simply going to street race. Why? Because it is convenient!

Build drag stips you idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crush my car, prepare to get shot. PERIOD! Those are beautiful cars…so much time and money put into them…racers will start to carry guns…mark my words….and go down before their baby’s are taken and crushed….odd logic…

i think it really depends on whose car it is. if the person has already been caught several times for illegal street racing, then go for it and crush their car if you really want to. otherwise slap them with a fine, take their liscense away and impound their car.
personally though, id like to see that happen to every honda and toyota with those gay fart cannon mufflers on them

I am from the old school.I was street racing my chevelle when the imports started getting popular.We had our own place to race and then they started showing up.Now in all of my racing there wasnt any fights beer drugs or guns.Once the imports stated showing up things all changed.I witnessed many import street races and if drag racing wasnt dangerous enough they were lining up cars two by two.Starting them as soon as the next two went off the next two lined up.Ive seen drags that the cars were coming back on the same road the guys were racing down.I also dont like the media coverage.Ive seen it many times cars zig zagging in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed on the freeway chassing each other.The media calls this drag racing? Also when someone gets killed in that type of incident they say someone got killed drag racing on the freeway.

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Well aside from all the psuedo political BS people are spewing about this and that about why (insert whiny yuppy comment here) the truth is if the cops want these cars off the streets, give them to people who can actually use them. Instead of smashing them, seize them and strip the racing part of them down so they are just normal cars again and donate them as charity to needy people. Its just as stupid as melting guns to stop crime. People committ crimes, cars dont. Punish the people not the objects. Untill America realises this we are all just JAFO.

man thats a complete crock of shit! like everyone else is saying its just going to make it worse… And for the guy who said PR drivers should be crushed in there weed wackers… come visit up bro.. im sure we have a lil 4 cyl around that would love to stomp a mudhole in that “saleen” ass of yours… personally we have a 9sec evo in my car club that doesnt like ur lil ford emblem lol… look at your logo and you will notice that ford circled the problem

Comming from Canada, we see alot of racing on the streets. This truely and definatelly NOT a way to stop the racing. In fact, you will probably see alot more racers out there trying to over come the law by being even more dagerous and Faster vehicles on the streets. Trying to be an even bigger baddass! Just a matter of time before the government steps in and starts making controled racing outside of the urban city.

If someone was caught racing their ‘70 Chevelle 454 SS or their ‘69 Camaro or perhaps their new Ford Mustang GT, would those cars be crushed? NO! I highly doubt it. This is just an example of Law Enforcement stereotyping street racers. I bet there are just as many white males street racing their Mustang 5.0s. Are these cars ever crushed? I don’t think they should be crushing just the import tuner cars.

I have a cousin who had been killed in a street racing accident when he lost control of his Porsche so I know what the consequences of illegal racing could be. However, I dont believe that crushing people’s cars is a good soloution. I find it quite amusing the cops and the government are always chanting DON’T race on the streets but they never do anything to help the situaton. Create some programs that provide a place to take your car and have some fun. Do something constructive instead just bringing down a heavy hand which in turn only makes people wanna rebel even more. It seems 2 me that people who bash street racing ar ethe people who refuse to take the time to understand it and why it occurs…

That should be the end for every Honda in the world! PIRIOT!

Waaah Waaah Waaah. All the stupid criticism of the cops in this. Most of these so called street “racers” are a bunch of immature, little minded pricks who try to show their macho by racing some stupid ass tuner down the city streets, endangering just plain guys and gals who are driving within the law.
Your logic is so screwed, it would be like saying its alright to shoot at squirrels, and other animals in the city with a rifle or shotgun just because you want to do it in deference to everyone else.
Crush ‘em all!! Go get a life you little selfish, immature jerks.
By the way, the cops don’t make the laws, they enforce them, and as to the guy who said he’d kill a cop before he’d stop and let them impound his car. You are on sick little prick!

Hey so what if its a honda. Saleen or geo it doesn’t matter. People put their lives into their cars to show up and show up the compation and have fun. Some people don’t have a choice on what they drive but they try to make it work. Not all off us have loaded parents to put in on a car already decked out. Alot of you all need to think about what your saying before commenting.

you can probably at least sell those rims

GREAT WAY TO GO! THE DUMBASSES in the California Police department, have done it again they keep finding new ways for young people to hate them! Wow, i wonder how many more cops are going to die b/c of this. And by the way this isn’t going to stop anyone, it might make them think twice, and make people less willing to be pulled over. I can tell you one thing i will race and i will not be caught by some fat-doughnut-eating-bastard and watch him take my heart and pride away.

First off my friend died from street racing. He was in the passager seat of a driver just trying to show off his ride when the car was T boned. I know it can be fun showing off what your car can do but at the same time we need to be responcible. Take it to the track. I will say, I don’t agree with the crushing of the cars. I think that is just going to make the racers hate the cops more when it is not the cops fault. I think there is deff. a better way this all can be handled. Those out there on the road need to take the law into concideration or suffer the concequences. I use to race on the streets but later I grew out of it and realized the danger for myself and other out there on the road. I really think if you were in a place where you have experiance a loss threw street racing, you would think/feel diff. about the situation.

This new exhibit of legislative stupidity had happened again and again in different forms. Go after those who pass on the right but not those who clog the passing lane… Go after those who swerve to avoid pot holes but don’t bother having the pot holes fixed… now they’re giving racers all the more reason to run when they see flashing lights behind them – at a moment when they’re least inclined to pull over.

That’s just stupid…. what dumb laws… might as well crush all the lambos and ferraris rolling around LA while you’re at it.

Number one, imports are like tampons EVERY PUSSY HAS ONE all imports should be crushed.

lolol…..hey i think the rims and coil overs wer still in tact…….im sirprised the nos didnt explode……….FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK that was fucking wrong man…….im gunna continue to race and dont give a damn about the cops

I agree with the statement that more people will try to evade the police due to this. I’m glad they destroyed an ugly car, but I think they could at least part them out. Sell the performance parts to pay for people to return the vehicles to stock and sell the stock vehicles. Give them to poor families or something. They just don’t have to destroy them.

this is ridiculous. no matter how shitty the car is, soon enough these pigs will be doing it to peope going 70 in a 55. I wouldnt pull over anymore in California… the LAPD has a no chase policy anyway. x2 on backwards logic.

Ok we all agree that this is ridiculous, apart from frank that is :S. However street racing is a problem. Lets face it street racers give everyone a bad name just for a cheap thrill at everyones expense. However this sort of action is pathetically retarded. Its exactly the sort of police state fascist reaction to a problem that hasnt been thought through enough that we continually come to expect from a goverment out of control!
Street racers by very nature reject the law and rebel against it, this is part of the thrill of doing something illegal. One thing that punitive history has taught us is that capital, that is violent punishment only begets more violence. In other words, if you smash our cars up we will smash yours up!
However the thrills and adrenaline of street racing can be achieved in other ways on sanctioned tracks at proper purpose built race ways. This is the solution the goverment should be taking. This action is negative and will only engender more illegal activities and quiet frankly if the cops crushed my car id burn a few of theirs. In the words of a dear freind and racing buddy ” this is cruel and unusual punishment”

That’s like lighting a house on fire because it didn’t pass inspection. People get hurt from unsafe building practices all the time; why doesn’t the government just demolish all of them too? Or how about drunk drivers? Why don’t they crush their cars? They injure and kill WAY more people than street racers and don’t have their lives invested in their craft. Yes, I agree that racing should ONLY be done at the track, but this is too far; it will only encourage people to run from the cops. I don’t know the specifics of the law, but if they are crushing cars other than ones that they have specifically caught street racing, that is absolutely outrageous. This is people’s personal property that they have a lot invested into and is in it’s own right an art form. Not only that, but some people have dual-purpose vehicles that they legally drive on the road and race on the track. It sickens me that these kind of laws can pass through all the hands that they do and still get passed without someone questioning their true legality and morality.

Thats BS, more racers are gona run, in effect hurting more people and property because the cops dont know how to drive for sh*t and run into everything. Racing is here, nothing is gona change that.

I think its stupid…its only going to cause people to run from the police even more and if caught build cars that are even faster and run again!

Poor EG. I’m a broke tuner but the guy that just got his car crush probably has four more in his garage. Atleast sell the rims for christsake.

The law enforcement there is being foolish. Strip these cars and sell the parts to fund better equipment for the officers. I know that most of you think your car can out run the out of date police cruisers but, remember you can not out run the radio that is in the car. As seen once on a SRT-4, “Faster than the speed of motorola”

thats complete bullshit…….imports will never die out and thats why domestic car companies are losing business because of all these places sellin import cars will always be on the rise and wont die out unless japan is completly wiped of the map wich is never going to hapin….sooo fuch all these lil domestic cop cars….. i mean think about it…why are these highway patrol cars are gettin beaffed up?…..to keep up with us import street racers when ever we take a cruise on the highway because the pigs are too slow to keep up…peace out!!!!!

This isn’t the polices falt. Its the governments falt. I don’t like cops but you know they are only doin their job.

i would fucking tweak if they crushed my car go on a rampage with a automatic assault rifle

Oh man….that freaken sucks dude….

Haha, the slowvic got crushed!
Good riddance!!!

That is so stupid!!! I don’t even street race and i think that it is a crock of sh*t. How is this going to deture the street racers more than parting them out???????????? Last time I checked California isn’t exactly floatin’ in the money. They need to pull there heads out of there asses and look at it defferently. The people are going to care the same weather the cars are destroyed or parted. Either way they aren’t getting their cars back. At least sell the parts and make some money out of it.

It’s about time those little “weed wackers” are put to rest. The only reason little 4 cyl imports are around are for old people and puerto ricans to try to make up for their little wankers. They should have kept the PR driver in there, that would make a-lot of people happy. Real men drive V8’s. I’ll take any Honda fagget with my 600HP Saleen.

z0mg T_T poor EG

I think you need to put a bomb in your car in case your car will be crushed you can detonate it before and kill some one jajajajaja.

Yeah Fuck Police!

Street racing as been around since the stone wheel. The only older thing is prostitution. If they were to make a safe place to race people would still race the streets (for the thrill). As for selling the parts, they don’t want those parts there so why sell them.

I PERSONALLY THINK “THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA” SHOULD RETHINK THIS.

Besides mommy and daddy will buy thier kids another car or the kids will sell drugs to get the cash……….. LMAO at California

if some of you guys did not drive so wrecklessly and endanger the lives of innocent people then they would not go to such extremes. some of you guys are driving with inflated balls. move out of your parents basement…..get a job……and be responsible- it’s called being an American.

This is GREAT!! I’m sure there are more Honda crap to be crushed!!
Crush em all!!
That car sucked anyway. It’s his own fault he could not out run the cops in a stupid Honda… ha ha…
Porsche’s RULE!!

Cops aren’t the enemy here, stupidity is. Raise money and build a drag strip. If you are breaking the LAW, it’s a cop’s JOB to STOP it, AS A SERVICE TO YOU AND THOSE AROUND YOU.

“the police are jealous that these kids have nicer cars then them”
That or… no, you’re just ignorant.

Zach that just shows your stupid mentality. Run and endanger more peoples lives you are a real legend arent you, NOT !!

Your car should be the first one crushed.

I agree with the earlier comment! ” agree with everyone else that this action will only make more people run from the cops. which is more dangerous.

the other thing i feel strongly about is that is so many states, and law enforcement have problems with street racing and such then i would say that they need to do more to set up proper places for people to hang out, have car shows, and race safely.

if more places and events were set up so that we don’t have to use the streets or in a parking lot after hours, i think it will bring more kids off the streets into a “safe” environment.

i know that florida has tried this and it worked. they have reserved speedways for car shows and drag races, for street racers to come out after hours and have fun but do it safely. another fun thing that they have done is that they bring cops and cop cars out there to race also with you.

i think this is one of the best alternatives that to crushing cars. “
If you give kids a safe,structured,supervide environment to do this stuff then this stuff will end. Policing iy more has never worked to stop anything from drugs,to racing,to Drinking.
The ONLY thing that works is making things safer and sponsored! PERIOD!
I HAVE BEEN RACING ON TRACKS FOR A LONG TIME AND KNOW THAT IT WORKS!

Fuck Frank for writing that!

I don’t like it, I think its gonna have no effect other than to make people run more often and will just add to the adrenaline rush. It didn’t stop me or any of the people I was with, and its not gonna stop anyone else…they will just get another car and restart the hobby all over again. Once you start doing it you get addicted and you won’t stop.

Thats bullshit. How is it that the cops can basically make somebody’s hard earn money go to shit like that. I bet that those cars cost more then a year worth of the cops paycheck. I’m totally against that bullshit.

This is repulsive, disgusting. Do this to there cars youll hear a new news story of a cop getting killed over it watch. I love my car to death i wouldnt allow it if this happened i would kill someone yes i would im not just saying that and im sure there are others out there that are thinking the same cars are my life my car is my life take my car away ill take someones life away.

I only got one thing to say, Fuck the police!!!!!!!

I would pay all day long to watch those unsafe toys get treated the way they deserve. It’s funny people don’t like it, since it seems most of these losers end up crushing their own cars from the front…

This blows , I really dont street race anymore but this has got to be the stupidest thing ever !

Welcome to Russia!

I am all for it, crush the somebitchin pieces of crap!

I can’t wait until someone steals a Poloce Car and crushes it for everyone to see Total BS!

fuck cops i would run them theose fords cant beat a supra

Stupid! This has backwards logic written all over it.

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yo u cant do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cops just hate little kids have sweeet cars
they have to drive a ford all day LOLLLLL
i would say this will make more people to street race

I would love to see somebody put some sort of explosive inside the car that goes boom while it’s being crushed.

THIS IS GOING TO FAR! IF your going to take them away from the kids. Part them out, sell the parts on eBay give the money to charity, etc, etc, etc….

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid,

WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA — THE STATE WHERE PEOPLE WAIT 4 DAYS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM BEFORE BEING TAKEN ELSEWHERE — THE STATE WHERE YOU CAN VISIT THE E.R. 3 TIMES IN 3 DAYS, THEN DIE VOMITING BLOOD ON THE FLOOR WHILE NURSES WALK AROUND YOU — but you better watch out if you’re racing. THEN they’ll pay attention.

that is wrong to seize and destroy peoples property, that is only going to encourage running away rebellion and most likely even more deaths but what really angers me is that evan if you are caught just being with these people they will punish you as well, that creates fear in these people. people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people

shweet, that’s the vid i posted, shweet

i agree with everyone else that this action will only make more people run from the cops. which is more dangerous.

the other thing i feel strongly about is that is so many states, and law enforcement have problems with street racing and such then i would say that they need to do more to set up proper places for people to hang out, have car shows, and race safely.

if more places and events were set up so that we don’t have to use the streets or in a parking lot after hours, i think it will bring more kids off the streets into a “safe” environment.

i know that florida has tried this and it worked. they have reserved speedways for car shows and drag races, for street racers to come out after hours and have fun but do it safely. another fun thing that they have done is that they bring cops and cop cars out there to race also with you.

i think this is one of the best alternatives that to crushing cars.

does anyone else think things is going to go terribly wrong? kids are going to street race… this is just going to give them more of a reason to try and get away when caught… more chases are going to cause more accidents and in turn more deaths…

Strict emmissions, 91 octane crap gas, cops sweatin’ just becauce you have a nice car, very little places to race legally, Arnold as your gov…California is about to go into the ocean soon anyway, get out of there and move to another state where its more affordable and they don’t crush cars!

I agree with alot of other people on this post, I believe that there will be more high-speed car chaces through residential streets because street racers and people who are just hanging out with their friends(who might have upgraded cars) know that there is a good chance their ride could be crushed. There has to be another way other than making people want to run from the cops even more than they already do. All I have to say is I’m glad that I don’t live in california.

Watching that car gets crushed just pisses me off. To see them crush a car that someone put a lot of money work into and the guy starts laughing about it. And to make things worst just if you’re in a local street racing hang out. What a waste of money too. They could part the cars out like the guy said (again not something I agree with but better then crushing) but no. I wonder if they crushed all the cars in the beginning of the video cause they were hanging out. Ridiculous.

Well, Driving is a Priveledge, not a right. Because of this, Legislators, the court and thus the Police can execute just about any completely UNJUST treatment that politicians can concoct in their knee-jerk, feeble fucking minds.

In this case, their exceeds trample rights of ownership. What’s yours is yours unless they don’t think you should have it. Welcome to freaking America. Enjoy the ride.

well thats what they had going last year i havent had a chance to go this year ,been going to elk creek dragway,for bracket raceing

i dont think the police have a right to take other people property,the most of them think they are above the law themselves,but guys out there that are seeing this done we need to take the racing to the track,i know ive done my far share of illegel racing ,but think of family’s that are out there may get injured,its alot safer if we abide by a few rules and live another day,here we have street drags at a local 1/4 mile drag strip,”Thunder Valley ” in Bristol Tenn, they race every tuesday and thursday

that is such bull shit man, why the fuck would they do that to peoples pride?? you mine as well put bullets in the owners head instead of crushing there cars, im sure they’d want that more, i know i would

If i worked as the crusher i say screw crushing them and take em home for me.

You California do boys that work at the crusher do not have to crush these cars. Make the police do it themselves. Why are you taking part in this fascist crap? You need a job that bad that you will sacrifice your integrity and honor as a man? Tell them to fuck themselves and git to steppin’!!! Let ‘em hang sissies!!!

Israel, you are a spineless, no good, cocksucker. Get a real job bitchass illegal immigrant.

the police are jealous that these kids have nicer cars then them but this is bullshit, I hate how police believe they are ABOVE the law more racers are just gonna run now, this is pointless and a waste of money

thats sick, why would you do that to somebody’s car? btw those were rice burners not “muscle cars” as the news anchor said.

A group of us about 6 were coming from LACR after a race and we got hastled by the cops for just driving back home in a group. We “Looked” like we would race. BS.

thats total bullshit

Definitely. Not only will more run now but they are going to push the people to the point of fighting back. Glad I don’t live in Cali.

iI agree with zach, i’d rather run than have someone crush my car.

There’s a word for this kind of thing: fascism. The whole time that car was being crushed, I couldn’t do anything but grimace. And the fact that all they need to do is “catch” you hanging out with a bunch of other people with nice cars just makes me sick. I’m not stupid enough to race on the streets, but I hang out with people who do all the time. I think all this new “tactic” is going to do is make the streets more dangerous by encouraging more people to run from the cops. I know for a fact that if a cop tried to impound and crush my car, I would run, endangering way more lives than I do by hanging out in a parking lot with some friends. What will the pigs think of next?