Australia takes the lead now in cracking down on illegal street racers. Not only do they have a national ad campaign that refers to “hoons” as having a small man-part they are trying to make up for but now they are taking their beloved transportation and crashing them for educational movies. So if you are an illegal racer in New South Wales there is always the chance that your car may get its fifteen minutes of fame and will be shown at schools and other facilities around the region.

 The NSW government believes that what they are doing is just, since the illegal street racers are so willing to put others lives at risk. Thus by filming and evaluating the cars they crash from convicted street racers they will be able to educate others about the risk they are putting themselves in as well as the risk to the innocent bystander.

A rally was staged in Chicago today in opposition of the fuel bill that has passed the Senate. To form the protest UAW members from Chrysler and Ford assembly plants around the Chicago area were bused in to make their voices heard. Their theme for the rally was to urge Congress to “Save Their Jobs.” The fear among the American auto industry is that the Big 3 will not be able to meet the CAFE increases in time and will be forced to… what?

What would be the true likelihood that the Big 3 would merely close up shop in the face of the increased fuel mileage standards? These same protests were performed in 1991 as the first fuel mileage bill was in the works. Amazing how they managed to reach that goal while a new goal seems so daunting or impossible. I wonder what the protests were like when the Federal Governments made seat belts mandatory in automobiles.

 

An Elko County Sheriff’s Deputy, Mike Moore, had the unenviable task of arresting his wife this weekend for driving under the influence of Alcohol. The wife, Charlotte Moore,  in this instance is also a local prison deputy who was off duty and returning that evening from a downtown business groups wine walk.

After initially pulling her over for either speeding or making an illegal turn, the off-duty deputy fled the scene after being administered a breathalyzer test. Thus resulting in the deputy having to call in for back-up while pulling his wife over a second time for fleeing. Once the back-up officers arrived the husband backed off from the scene and allowed the supporting officers to make the arrest.

Off-duty Deputy Moore (the detained in this instance) was released from jail on Sunday and was put on administrative leave. Mike Moore was probably at home wondering why his dinner was not prepared that weekend. Either way there seems to be a very rocky road ahead for the future of this marriage.

Source[aol.news]

It seems that California has decided to take a different approach to combating illegal street racing. Not only will the police ticket you and impound your car, they are now going to Crush your car.

All that money spent on parts and tuning and styling will be folded up into a deck of playing cards as a warning to all illegal street racers.

Until the process of crushing cars reaches its full potential the deterrent they intend it to be may only result in more racers running to avoid capture. For some racers the $10,000 or so in extra parts on the car is a bit harder to replace.

For California the message is clear: leave the racing to your XBOX or on the track. If you want to race on the streets they will be seeking to crush your spirits.

Source[msnbc.com]

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