Groupies face 15 days in jail
Spectators who egg on drag racers could land in jail for up to 15 days under a bill expected to be approved today by the city council.
The bill,which has the backing of Mayor Bloomberg,alsoincreases the penalties for dragracin within the city limits to as much as one year in jail and $1,000 fine.
Police officials said yesterday that measure will become ''a significant tool'' in helpin them intensify their crackdown on dragracing and preventing potentially deadly accidents.
The measure will become city law as soon as the mayor signs it . Measures like this usually take about a month after being passed by the council.
The bill was passed unanimously yesterday by the public safety committee.
Its aimed at both ''the fast and the curious'', said the councilman Peter Vallone Jr.(d-Astoria),paraphrasing the titles of the action film '' The Fast and the Furious'' that dealt with Los Angeles road racers.
The city law will supplement state laws that prosecutors have used to try to stem dragracing. Sponsors believe that measure will make it easier for undercover cops to gather evidence that can send offenders to jail.
Under the city measure,dragracing would be a misdemeanor or crime punishable by a maximim of six months in jail and a fine of $600 for the first offense.
A second Violation within 10yearsof the first years of the first would be punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Under the bill,would -be dragracers could recieve the same penalties if merely caught in acts of demonstating that a race is'' imminent.
That includes having equipment in vehicles for injecting speed-boostin nitrous oxide; making an explicit invitation to race;wagering on the race's outcome;raising a vehicle vertically,and /or spinning a vehicle rapidly in a circle.
Ostensibly,that a section would allow an undercover cop to move in before a race got started.
A section of the bill is also aimed at spectators who ''participate''in drag racing by acts ''that reasonably appear to supposet such a race,'' such as wagering on the outcome or actively encouragaging the participants to race.''
Besides the 15-day jail penalty the bill also provides for fines up to $250.
This was in the daily news on september 28,2004 just yesterday.
Okay 1 first of all this city is full of fucking bullshit.
2) noone really bets their money on the streetraces unless its serious most of everyon is broke or afraid to bet because of them investing money into their cars
3) should we be tryin to catch the terrorists or are they long gone ohwell
4) this is once again proof that the government has absolutely nothing to do but pick on kids
5) hondas are a main target and its gettin harder
6) fuck the police
7) fuck you bloomberg and all your asshole friends
8) council memebers suck ass and are all ***
9) just another reason to take our cars
10) the people who are in office arent they so old from makin laws that they are the ones causing accidents?
Spectators who egg on drag racers could land in jail for up to 15 days under a bill expected to be approved today by the city council.
The bill,which has the backing of Mayor Bloomberg,alsoincreases the penalties for dragracin within the city limits to as much as one year in jail and $1,000 fine.
Police officials said yesterday that measure will become ''a significant tool'' in helpin them intensify their crackdown on dragracing and preventing potentially deadly accidents.
The measure will become city law as soon as the mayor signs it . Measures like this usually take about a month after being passed by the council.
The bill was passed unanimously yesterday by the public safety committee.
Its aimed at both ''the fast and the curious'', said the councilman Peter Vallone Jr.(d-Astoria),paraphrasing the titles of the action film '' The Fast and the Furious'' that dealt with Los Angeles road racers.
The city law will supplement state laws that prosecutors have used to try to stem dragracing. Sponsors believe that measure will make it easier for undercover cops to gather evidence that can send offenders to jail.
Under the city measure,dragracing would be a misdemeanor or crime punishable by a maximim of six months in jail and a fine of $600 for the first offense.
A second Violation within 10yearsof the first years of the first would be punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Under the bill,would -be dragracers could recieve the same penalties if merely caught in acts of demonstating that a race is'' imminent.
That includes having equipment in vehicles for injecting speed-boostin nitrous oxide; making an explicit invitation to race;wagering on the race's outcome;raising a vehicle vertically,and /or spinning a vehicle rapidly in a circle.
Ostensibly,that a section would allow an undercover cop to move in before a race got started.
A section of the bill is also aimed at spectators who ''participate''in drag racing by acts ''that reasonably appear to supposet such a race,'' such as wagering on the outcome or actively encouragaging the participants to race.''
Besides the 15-day jail penalty the bill also provides for fines up to $250.
This was in the daily news on september 28,2004 just yesterday.
Okay 1 first of all this city is full of fucking bullshit.
2) noone really bets their money on the streetraces unless its serious most of everyon is broke or afraid to bet because of them investing money into their cars
3) should we be tryin to catch the terrorists or are they long gone ohwell
4) this is once again proof that the government has absolutely nothing to do but pick on kids
5) hondas are a main target and its gettin harder
6) fuck the police
7) fuck you bloomberg and all your asshole friends
8) council memebers suck ass and are all ***
9) just another reason to take our cars
10) the people who are in office arent they so old from makin laws that they are the ones causing accidents?
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