Racing in LA and it's consequences...

[68Formula]

Well in reading the news article not all of the 6 car's crushed were found actually street racing. Some guy got pulled over with a broken tail light. However, they are running #'s of the parts on the car and if it's stolen it gets crushed too.





http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/crushed_h...zhFwbil4dsaMYA

It is still pretty scary IMO. Think what would happen to my 68 Camaro is they ran the serial number on the T56 I bought off ebay and it belonged to a car stolen at some point....

How does having a stolen part justify crushing the vehicle? Especially with no proof the owner of the vehicle stone the part?

[Chad-1stGen]

How does having a stolen part justify crushing the vehicle? Especially with no proof the owner of the vehicle stone the part?

You are going to have to ask the LA lawmakers on that one.

I'm simply refering to what was reported in the news article. I quoted the whole article in my post but in case you didn't read it they crushe a kids car becuase when he was pulled over for a broken tail light and they discovered the transmission in his car was stolen. According to the article a lot of cars are being stolen and stripped for parts to repair the street racers cars who obvioulsy are going to break a lot of parts. I don't condone it and think it is rediculous but it happened.

[6'9"Witha69]

How does having a stolen part justify crushing the vehicle? Especially with no proof the owner of the vehicle stone the part?

It is called "Receiving Stolen Property". It is a law in many states and you can be found equally liable (criminally) as the person who stole the part. I am no lawyer but have heard of this. Stupid if you really thought you bought a part off a legit company/person.