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there is a thing called aggressive driving, which can be under the speed limit as well. so it depends.
 
It depends on your car. I could do it all day long in my accord, and no one would care. If I did it in my old mustang there would be lots of smoke and melted rubber around, and someone might think that was excessive.
 
It's called "exhibition of speed" here in California. Cop pulled my friend over for it once (I was riding with him), gave him a huge lecture, and let us go with a warning.
 
I believe it is... I've heard such an "offense" is called "testing your acceleration". Then drag racing is when you happen to be testing your acceleration at the same time as the guy in the adjacent lane is also testing his acceleration.
 
Yes, it's called excessive acceleration or something ungodly stupid like that. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: Mursilis
Originally posted by: mugs
Depends on what kind of mood the cop is in.
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Unless the cop is in a completely forgiving mood, you're probably going to get a ticket.
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Nah, if you're not some punk kid I don't think the a cop would give you a second look.
 
I actually got ticketed for this back in 2000. The cop wrote it up as "speed racing" and the fine was ~$500 something. I beat it in court. 🙂
 
If you own a Yugo, nope.

My first car was a 1980 Plymouth Champ (made by Mitsubishi!) with 77HP and a three speed auto. I floored it from a stop alot and I don't think anyone ever noticed.
 
A kid at my old old high school in... 2002 got a ticket for "exibition of acceleration" or something equivilently as lame.
 
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
a 1980 Plymouth Champ (made by Mitsubishi!) with 77HP and a three speed auto.
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we had one of those, but it was manual, with the hi/low shifter thing, so it was sorta like an 8 speed, but not really

i liked that car
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
a 1980 Plymouth Champ (made by Mitsubishi!) with 77HP and a three speed auto.
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we had one of those, but it was manual, with the hi/low shifter thing, so it was sorta like an 8 speed, but not really

i liked that car
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Did your passengers ever mess with the pedals by sticking thier feet behind the A/C box?
 
Long ago - had a friend get a ticket for "unnecessary accelaration" in an auto 5-door Pontic T1000 (Chevette clone). There's no way that car did the quarter mile in under 20 seconds, but it probably made a lot of noise trying. I recall riding in it and my buddy having the accelerator floored and the beast topping out about 78 mph. That car was scarier at that speed than anything current would be at 110 mph.
 
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