Florida Highway Racing and the Legal Penalties Involved

Street racing has become a popular past time forthese penalties keep people from street racing, then
teenagers and young adults. Unfortunately, too manythe law enforcement is doing their job. Street Racing is
people don't realize that street racing is as big of anillegal, and the severity of FL street racing penalties is
issue as it has become. Many people will say that theydesigned to prove just how serious the law is about
are just having fun, but if you are caught street racingthis issue.
the legal ramifications will turn a good time into aAccording to the NHRA Website, for every 1,000
nightmare of fines, lawyers, court hearings, andpeople nationwide that participate in street racing, 49
potential jail time. Provided that you don't die in a Floridaare injured at some point, and a few are even killed.
highway racing accident, the following is a list of someMany supporters of street racing will tell you that the
of the legal penalties you could be facing if you getstatistics aren't "that bad." However, do you really want
caught.o Fineso Impounding of your caro Points onto deal with the legal ramifications of participating in
your licenseo Suspension/revocation of licenseo Jailstreet racing? If you aren't concerned about the fines,
time, house arrest, community serviceo Traffic Schoolthe jail time, or the loss of your car or driving privileges
Yes, if you are cited for street racing, they canfor street racing in Florida, then you should at least be
impound your car; in reality, many states have resortedconcerned for your personal safety. Ultimately, you
to this because of the rapid growth of this dangerousshould hope that getting cited for street racing is the
past time. Additionally, the loss of driving privileges andworst thing that ever happens to you, because if you
the threat of going to jail may seem drastic, but ifdon't get caught, you might end up dead.