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Cobrabill 06-22-2007 05:27 PM

If you think you hear goose-stepping.....
 
......it's coming from the north.:eek:


Attorney general says he can seize street-racing cars without laying charges

Michael Oliveira, Canadian Press
Published: Thursday, June 21, 2007 Article tools

TORONTO (CP) - The government has the power to seize and destroy cars that have been adapted for street racing, and can do so before a race takes place or any charges are laid, Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant said Wednesday.

Car junkies who pour thousands of dollars into their vehicles to make them as fast as possible are wasting their money, Bryant said. He warned potential racers that all it takes is a tip from police to seize and destroy their cars.

"If we can establish someone has parts and they're juicing up their car - obviously for the purpose of street racing - then we can seize those vehicles," Bryant said.

"We will seize it and you will never see it again. We will crush your car, we will crush the parts."

Bryant said cars built for street racing are as dangerous as explosives and can cause catastrophic damage.

On Monday, a truck driver was killed after a crash on Highway 400 that was blamed on speed and dangerous driving.

Prabhjit Multani, 20, and Nauman Nusrat, 19, face charges including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing death by street racing.

Ravi Badhwar, 20, has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

"This was a senseless act that cost a man his life and has left his family without a father, brother and grandfather," Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino said in a release.

"There is no excuse for street racing and aggressive driving, such as the high speeds and unsafe lane changes we have seen recently."

The crash was the third major accident in four days on the busy north-south highway, and the second fatal one.

Bryant said the government has had enough of street racers, and will have no qualms about destroying their cars.

"We don't need to wait until that car hits the road fully loaded," he said.

Bryant also said the Crown has not yet decided whether to appeal the sentences of two young Toronto men who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death after a taxi driver was killed in a crash.

Wang-Piao Dumani Ross and Alexander Ryazanov, both 20, were each handed two-year conditional sentences and two years of probation for their role in the January 2006 crash.

Their lawyers said they weren't racing, although their speeding did constitute dangerous driving.

© The Canadian Press 2007

Ron61 06-23-2007 06:22 AM

Bill,

I saw that on TV several months ago and they were showing the police going to a place where there were a lot of street racers gathered. Almost like the old days in Los angles when they would block off streets to race at night. But it is dangerous and I think had just about gotten out of control up there.

Ron :confused:

392cobra 06-23-2007 06:56 AM

I think this might fall under - Be careful of what you wish for,you just might get it.

When you vote in a Nanny State,what do you expect ?
When you expect them to take care of you from cradle to grave,they will mess with you on everything in between.

Roscoe 06-23-2007 07:24 AM

The New Canadian Mounties.......


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Cobrabill 06-23-2007 07:31 AM

I'm not condoning street racing.But pre-emptive confiscation?THis is insanity.


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