Steet racing in Vancouver.

[poolhaas]

Mounties say 13 young drivers, all under the age of 21, were caught zooming through Metro Vancouver in luxury cars Wednesday at speeds of up to 200 kilometres per hour.

The cars – which included Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Mercedes, Aston Martins and Audis – were reported speeding southbound on Highway 99 from the Massey Tunnel at around 3:30 p.m.

"These drivers seemed to be looking for attention," Cpl. Holly Marks said in a statement. "Well, they definitely got the attention of police."

Officers were able to stop six of the vehicles in Surrey, while the other seven were located and stopped a short distance away in White Rock. All 13 vehicles were seized.

Few of the drivers possess a full Class 5 license, police say, and one of the vehicles had less than 200 kilometres on the odometer.

Each driver is being charged with driving without due consideration and will receive a $196 ticket. They will also have to pay towing and storage charges.

The cars, estimated to be worth more than $2-million collectively, will be impounded for seven days.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond called the incident an "example of extremely dangerous, reckless and high risk behaviour."

Two luxury vehicles were impounded last November after allegedly being driven 200 kilometres per hour on North Vancouver's Mount Seymour Parkway. The cars were eventually seized by B.C.'s Civil Forfeiture Office.

The Ferrari Scuderia and BMW M6 had a combined value of $310,000, representing the largest forfeiture in the province's history at the time. The office's mandate is to deter illegal activity by appropriating cash and assets associated with it.

The Ministry of Public Safety says that police can make a recommendation on whether the province should confiscate the vehicles through a civil forfeiture. Mounties released a list of the vehicles involved on Thursday afternoon, including:

2007 Ferrari 599
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo
2009 Lamborghini Gallardo
2009 Audi R8
2012 Nissan GT-R
2010 Nissan GT-R
2010 Nissan GT-R
2010 Maserati Turismo
2010 Maserati Turismo
2011 Mercedes SL63
2011 Mercedes SLS
2005 Aston Martin DB9

Anyone who witnessed the alleged speeding is asked to contact police.

I wish I could buy a car like that when I was younger than 21.
At least I wouldn't drive in illegal street races

Source: CTV News Vancouver.

 

[Racedude]

If they had so much damn money, why didn't them buy a session at the track? I remember Vancouver has one.

 

[poolhaas]

They probably felt untouchable with cars like that. Just showing off.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Another case of some seriously nice metal falling into the wrong hands...

 

[Jay.]

Where do these 'kids' get the money for cars like these?
I can only just afford a £50k M3 and I have a damn good job.

 

[Crumpet]

Heard about this, more money than sense.

That gold GTR

 

[CodeRedR51]

If they had so much damn money, why didn't them buy a session at the track? I remember Vancouver has one.

If I had that kind of money, I'd buy some land and build my own track.

 

[McLaren]

Where do these 'kids' get the money for cars like these?
I can only just afford a £50k M3 and I have a damn good job.

Mommy & daddy. This article didn't touch on the fact that only 1 of these kids was the actual owner of the vehicle.

 

[JOSHIE-G]

Who wouldnt wanna give it some in cars like those?

 

[Racedude]

If I had that kind of money, I'd buy some land and build my own track.

This this this this this This THIS!!!

Maybe a replica of driving park, or Autumn Ring, they are not that complicated.

Seriously, people need to spend their money more responsibly when they have this much.

 

[CMvan46]

If they had so much damn money, why didn't them buy a session at the track? I remember Vancouver has one.

No we don't really have a track around here. Closest one to Vancouver is over an hour away and not raceable for cars like that. Other track is a tiny 1/4 mile.


Oh and yes those cars are all their parents likely or gang related. We have more then a few massive gangs here....

 

[Kylehnat]

Who wouldnt wanna give it some in cars like those?

It's easy to be brave in someone else's car.

If I have kids, and they ever do this in one of my cars, they will be disowned, and the Bank of Mom and Dad will be closed forever.

 

[Crumpet]

Mommy & daddy. This article didn't touch on the fact that only 1 of these kids was the actual owner of the vehicle.

Something tells me it's the GTR with the ugly wing..

 

[rocko100]

Well I don't know about you but I know what I'd be doing if I was a millionaire teenager...

 

[Azuremen]

A $196 ticket? In the US you'd be arrested and fined god knows what and likely have your license revoked. Even if you had fancy lawyers it would still be more serious than a $196 dollar ticket. And California would've have likely crushed the cars by now.

Canada, why you so silly?

 

[xNEVER-ONEx]

I can't believe this kind of BS took place in my backyard. The fine is a joke, and likely any other consequences are nothing more than just a slap on the wrist. I really really hope the police can some how prove their wreckless driving and permanently seize their cars.

 

[1241Penguin]

Unbelievable. What kind of ****t**** would risk their supercar like that?! I mean, seriously. Those cars can only be dreamed of by most people, and yet they throw it all away by street racing, risking their own AND other lives as well. Spoiled brats. Hope they and their parents learn from this.

Insurance rates will be inflating, undoubtedly, so I think I'll stick with a Subaru Legacy (that I'll finance ON MY OWN) when I grow up.

While we're on the subject on racing in Vancouver; I happen to know that the nearest race track is quite far away (1+ hour drive). Sadly, even with such big province no one really bothers on building a race track for us. I think I'll have to move to Europe for that.

I would also like to add that my neighbours seem to be quite rich. They have at least 5 cars, including a Porsche 911, Lotus Evora, an Audi R8 V10, and a Honda S2000. I absolutely hate it when they go out at 1:00 in the morning, waking up pretty much the whole neighbourhood.

 

[McLaren]

A $196 ticket? In the US you'd be arrested and fined god knows what and likely have your license revoked. Even if you had fancy lawyers it would still be more serious than a $196 dollar ticket. And California would've have likely crushed the cars by now.

Canada, why you so silly?

This was my first thought as well, but on another forum, a Canadian member stated that the court system will be harsh & give them a stern "talking to".

I couldn't help but laugh.

 

[keldabest13]

That is so cool!! Wish I could do that!

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Unbelievable. What kind of ****t**** would risk their supercar like that?! I mean, seriously. Those cars can only be dreamed of by most people, and yet they throw it all away by street racing, risking their own AND other lives as well. Spoiled brats. Hope they and their parents learn from this.

Insurance rates will be inflating, undoubtedly, so I think I'll stick with a Subaru Legacy (that I'll finance ON MY OWN) when I grow up.

While we're on the subject on racing in Vancouver; I happen to know that the nearest race track is quite far away (1+ hour drive). Sadly, even with such big province no one really bothers on building a race track for us. I think I'll have to move to Europe for that.

I would also like to add that my neighbours seem to be quite rich. They have at least 5 cars, including a Porsche 911, Lotus Evora, an Audi R8 V10, and a Honda S2000. I absolutely hate it when they go out at 1:00 in the morning, waking up pretty much the whole neighbourhood.

Lucky. My neighbors have a Ford Fusion and an old Dodge Dakota and my other neighbors have an old crappy Nissan and a minivan.

 

[Epic B]

Why would these crazy guys only be charged 196 bucks? It should be more like maybe $19600. If they can afford these road missiles, why such a small fine? Those Lamborghinis must 196 thousand each if not more.

 

[xNEVER-ONEx]

Why would these crazy guys only be charged 196 bucks? It should be more like maybe $19600. If they can afford these road missiles, why such a small fine?

Because the law isn't proportional to a person's wealth, there are maximum cap limits on all forms of punishment. Hope this brings some more harsher laws.

 

[deadcell96]

Since when were S2000s considered rich cars?

This is just another example of fast cars in the wrong hands. If I was one of the kids parents, I would sell or keep the car for myself and stick him in a Versa. I dont (android wont let me add an apostrophe) care if it is harsh or not, they brought it on themselves.

 

[-Fred-]

A $196 ticket? In the US you'd be arrested and fined god knows what and likely have your license revoked. Even if you had fancy lawyers it would still be more serious than a $196 dollar ticket. And California would've have likely crushed the cars by now.

Canada, why you so silly?

Every province deals with fines differently. BC obviously doesn't seem very strict, but over here on the East Coast it's different.

Quite some years ago I got caught doing twice the speed limit. Got fined 1800$, car was impounded for 7 days, at 50$ a day, lost my license for 3 months and had to re-take the driver's license exam, with a 2 year probation that would see my license get revoked for 6 months in the event of another offense. And it's even worse in the case of a DUI.

To this day I haven't got another ticket.

 

[F1 fan]

No we don't really have a track around here. Closest one to Vancouver is over an hour away and not raceable for cars like that. Other track is a tiny 1/4 mile.


Oh and yes those cars are all their parents likely or gang related. We have more then a few massive gangs here....

I think he's getting confused with the old temporary CART track in Vancouver. Like a lot of North American tracks, it was just temporary and sadly is no longer around.

 

[E28]

One of my dads friends got a 1 year ban for doing 110 on his bike in the country. These kids went faster than that in a city, and got a fine which is a minuscule amount of money to them.

 

[Max Powers]

All the cars may be seized by the govt and sold, by the way. Dunno how I feel about that but I'm gonna leave politics out of it.

FWIW it was a bunch of rich chinese students in an exclusive boarding school.

http://jalopnik.com/5836880/thirteen-supercars-in-rich-kid-street-race-could-be-seized-and-sold

 

[slims]

I doubt it will go as far as the cars being sold off. The reason for the low $196 fine is because the police didn't catch them.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/0...of-cars-after-canadian-street-race/?hpt=hp_c2

"Each driver will be charged with Driving without Reasonable Consideration and receive a violation ticket with a specified penalty of $196. Additionally, these drivers will be responsible for all associated towing and storage charges," according to the RCMP press release.

That's because police didn't actually catch them in the act and acted only on witness accounts. They weren't caught on radar, video or seen by a police officer, Superintendent Norm Gaumont, RCMP officer in charge of traffic enforcement for the Lower Mainland, told the Surrey Now newspaper.

"I know there's a lot of disappointment, wondering why we only charged them with an offence of $196. They fact of the matter is, we have to look at all the evidence we have and what we're able to prove," Surrey Now quoted Gaumont as saying. "That's why we've charged them with driving without due consideration for the public."

 

[CMvan46]

I doubt it will go as far as the cars being sold off. The reason for the low $196 fine is because the police didn't catch them.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/02/police-grab-2-million-worth-of-cars-after-canadian-street-race/?hpt=hp_c2

Yep that's correct. The police said in an interview if they can gather more evidence they will be charged but right now they don't have anything.

 

[Joel]

$196 and towing fees

The justice system in this country is a joke.

I doubt they'll seize the cars, but if they do, that's wrong on the completely opposite end of the spectrum.