With this bad economy, + anticipated $5.00 a gallon gasoline by summer, now we have bigger fines for traffic violations (To help California recover from it's recession)
The "Driving while using a wireless phone, not hands free" fine should be $1000 for each offense. If California is anything like NYC, they could balance their budget within a year on that alone.
HI!... Just be glad you guys don't live in Canada. Our traffic fines are twice to 3 times that. Right now I'm paying $4.80(CAN) a gallon for 94 octane. Since our money is at par it's very expensive. Here, you get caught doing over 50KPH (32Mph) over the speed limit, you can get up to $10,000 in fines, lose your car for 30 days, and lose your driver's license for 30 days. Plus storage/towing/court fees. I won't even get into their stupid "STUNTING" law....... So don't complain. You yanks got it good.
I love that the fine for "failing to notify DMV of an address change within 10 days" is:
1. higher than either driving without a seatbelt or riding without a helmet
2. equal to the fine for blowing a stop sign (one of my pet peeves in the NYC suburbs!)
Shows where the priorities are - raising funds vs. safety...
We are currently at $10 a gallon (UK 4.454 litres) and anything +30 of the speed limit will usually get you a 12 month ban and depending on the circumstances a possible 6 month custodial sentence.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
You should see what NC Motor Carrier enforcement is like ( I am sure there is 95% similarities ) They stopped me with an 18,000# plate with a 24' enclosed race hauler ( 85% empty ) and still did a full check, axle weights and contraband search. 1/10th of a mile from my shop, and all that they could site me for was "Diesel motor exhaust restriction non-compliance" Which meant, they didn't like not seeing the Cat, or the Turkey Fryer sized muffler not where they would have expected to see them-
RichieRich wrote:If anything, the handicapped violations should be higher.
Still not high enough .
after assembling my daughters wheelchair (in the rain) and pushing her through the parking lot, looked like i had jumped in a pool fully clothed. I know I have a biased view though
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I was wondering if anyone is in, or around the Panhandle that would like to come to Ft Walton Beach for a Vintage race I'm trying to put on at my local track. Dates and times are to follow. I'm trying to gauge interest in our area to see if a larger...
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Wow Jay! Wish I could b back here now. I have many great memories of racing @B&T. Tell mooner Wes says hello.
i know they still sell the associated driver, but i was hoping for something more scale with facial features.
anyone know of any available to order drivers? tamiya? kyosho? just need the chest up & steering wheel, not a complete driver.
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im going to measure up my chassis tonight and see if i need to make adjustments before i powdercoat it to make adjustments lol. if you have any ideas on pricing shoot me a PM there with them or post here etc, its all good. thanks!
This car was the focus of a series of mag articles over in the UK where a famous driver by the name of Greg Halliday gradually modified it in an attempt to compete with the RC10. This was the cheapest British car on the market,...
For those of you that have had the pleasure of racing at the Knox track in S.E Melbourne, I regret to inform that the drivers stand sustained damage by vandals during the course of the weekend.
All of our track maintenance equipment has been...
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Looks like you posted the thumbnail instead of the picture.
I posted parts of this in another topic, but i was asked to provide the article in full, so here it is :)
I really like Craig Drescher's shells.
Paul.
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Racing a Tamiya Manta Ray :lol: I think that shows how talented the guy must have been! :shock:
To be fair his Manta Ray's were the TRF of their day and eventually you could buy something close as the Top Force - RW did a chassis conversion for the...
I did collect some Team Losi and TLR box art cars and where those paint styles comes from. Below are not listed Kinwald, Matt Francis and Adam Drake cars, since those were so obvious.
JrxT: From Toyota racing colors
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the 22SCT box art is Frank Root's paint as well
Thank You for this tip, here they are:
22SCT: Frank Root
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While thinking about what kind of paintjob to apply to my new mrlexan's repros shells, it came to my mind to collect all yokomo box art & pro driver's paint schemes. I'd be happy to get some more ideas, especially of pro drivers of the 870C and...