Originally posted by: exdeath
Neither do I, and I've never been pulled over for anything either because I don't do stupid shit at the wrong place at the wrong time. How long ago was all that? The popular media demonizing of performance cars and street racing and associated laws and increasingly harsher penalties is a fairly recent trend.
Just doing my duty of speaking out against expansion of government power and intrusion into daily lives from the perspective of an enthusiast who has to be wary of blanket laws that negatively impact 99.9% of the population because of what 0.1% idiots cause.
All it would take for me is a little tire chirp, blower whine, or exhaust noise for some tree hugging cop who drives a Prius off duty to have a personal grudge and be able to nail me for street racing some day because of vague blanket laws arisen through public ignorance and obsession with safety when they see shit like this on TV.
Tell me if you were a cop that you wouldn't go out of your way to LOOK for some excuse to throw the book out at every lifted SUV you saw, even if they weren't actually doing anything wrong, just because of your own personal biases. Cops and judges are human beings and are influenced by media and culture as well.