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      04-16-2008, 12:07 PM   #1
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Police raid cruise night...

http://thenewspaper.com/news/23/2302.asp



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California: Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue

Police raid Riverside, California parking lot to issue modified car tickets at local car enthusiast gathering.



Using $503,000 in federal and state gas tax revenue to pay for overtime, nine police agencies in Riverside, California sent more than one hundred police officers to surround a gathering of automotive enthusiasts. Owners of imported sport compact cars had gathered at the Canyon Crossing shopping center on Friday night to swap stories, talk about their passion for cars and show off the latest enhancements to their rides. At around 11pm police surprised participants by blocking all exits with fifty police cruisers. Officers then began a warrantless search and interrogation operation of the 150 vehicles that were present.



"If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"



Police issued a total of forty-eight tickets for "engine modifications" with police accusing the owners of the parked vehicles of being street racers. Another fifty tickets were issued for paperwork violations, dark window tinting and lack of a front license plate. The most revenue, however, will be generated from the fees imposed on twenty vehicles that were confiscated. Despite labeling the parking lot raid as taking place at a "street racing venue," Riverside Police offered no evidence that any street racing actually took place.



Across the state, gas tax funds are regularly used to fund similar crackdowns that generate big revenue. In 2004, the California Highway Patrol issued a total of 101,553 "modified car" citations worth $10.5 million according to CHP data obtained by TheNewspaper.



Other law enforcement agencies participating in Friday night's raid included the California Highway Patrol, Riverside County Sheriff's Department, and police from Baldwin Park, Fontana, Irwindale, Moreno Valley, Ontario and Mount San Jacinto Community College


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i dont usually voice opinions and i dont even mod my cars, but that is just PATHETIC

just a way to make money i guess
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this was posted in OT

but yeah thats how boston will become. They've already doubled lots of fined in order to make more revenue, they admitted it.
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but yeah thats how boston will become. They've already doubled lots of fined in order to make more revenue, they admitted it.
yeah, my friends have been stopped more often for tints and lack of front plate.
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People don't want to pay higher taxes, so the revenue has to come from somewhere. Why not get people for doing illegal things?
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yeah but you have something called "enforcing by revenue". The law shouldn't have revenue make the factor of enforcement. Sometimes they become harsh to grab as many people as they can just for making the $ :+(
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True, but if they're doing something wrong, then why not? I think people who do nothing wrong think its perfectly fair, especially if it reduces their taxes.

Wasn't it Virginia that raised speeding fines to like $2000 to make up for transportation budget shortfalls? In light of these ideas I'd rather stick with a 5.3% income tax or even 5.8%, wouldn't you?

Well, read this:
"Lawmakers in Virginia and Maryland plan legislation authorizing speed cameras in highway work zones that would generate $500 and $2000 tickets.

Officials in both Maryland and Virginia are planning to introduce legislation allowing cameras in so-called highway work zones that would issue automated tickets worth $500 in Virginia and $2000 in Maryland. Lawmakers are following the lead of Illinois which last year introduced $1000 freeway speed camera tickets that have generated significant revenue. Oregon will begin its own work zone photo ticketing program next year, and states like Colorado are exploring an expansion of existing speed camera programs to include freeway work zones."

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