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Police grab $2 million worth of cars after Canadian street race
This could be the plot for a movie, "Fast and Furious Canada," or maybe "Fast and Furious, the Young and the Rich."
Police in British Columbia say they impounded $2 million worth of high-end vehicles this week after witnesses reported the 13 cars racing on a metro Vancouver highway at speeds of 125 mph (200 kph).
The high-end race cars included a Ferrari, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, an Audi, an Aston Martin, Nissans and a Mercedes, according to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police press release.
Two of the racers would run side-by-side to block other traffic going in their direction on the highway while the others cars would take off in a race, witnesses told the RCMP.
"These drivers seemed to be looking for attention. Well, they definitely got the attention of police," Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service, said in the press release.
What the racers, who police said are all under age 21, won't get is harsh punishment.
"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."
If police were able to charge the 13 drivers with more severe offenses, they could have faced forfeiture of their vehicles, according to a Vancouver Sun report.
The RCMP said most of the drivers were operating their vehicles on "N" class licenses, which means they had not yet attained full driving privileges. Only one of the drivers was the registered owner of the car they were driving, Gaumont told Surrey Now.
The drivers included 12 men and one woman, according to Surrey Now. Gaumont told the paper they were on their way to have a meal when they decided to race.
According to the Sun, the vehicles were:
- 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
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Their poor friend drives an Audi >.<
their poor friend ?! audi r8 goes for over 130 K my friend
rhunekalter
, have you actually seen the r8 audi..doesnt come cheap and is so sweet
It is an Audi R8.. the new 2012 GT version is about 200K....
"Their poor friend drives an Audi >.<"
Hey look up the Audi R8 before you comment. That is considered a supercar and worth over $100,000 . Where are the Porsches. Sad that there is no american car that could run with these boys.
Poor?? Google the price on an Audi R8... Audi owns Lamborghini, smart guy.
I'd rather have an Audi over any Mercedes, and yeah, the R8's are sick.
Poor Audi driver? Thart's the challenge Audi needs to overcome because here we have their high-end car being perceived as sub-par when compared to the other cars including the Nissans. All the cars are amazing!
Who cares Audi is a crap car line any way.
Hey Charlie, perhaps YOU should learn about American cars before YOU comment. Look up Corvette ZR-1, Ford GT and Cadillac CTS-V. I'm just sayin.
Charlie, the Corvette can easily run with these cars. Specifically, a C6 Z06 will regularly beat the Gallardo in a street race like this. It's just not expensive enough to qualify as fashionable.
you must not know much about cars
look up how much an audi r8 costs especially the new v12 version
ever seen ironman...the car debuted there
LOL @ Charlie Houston.
Don't know alot about supercars eh? The Aero TT is the fastest car on the planet as of this moment...AMERICAN MADE.
None were there because they don't have time to play games with kids in grocery getters with bling.
Street racers are killers waiting to happen – see it all the time in SoCal – punks with small import cars all jazzed up with racing exhausts, spoilers and other ridiculous stuff – racing in and out of freeway traffic, accidents waiting to happen, deaths of innocent motorists and their families waiting to happen. The BC authorities didn't see these guys or they would have gotten worse than fines. Who cares if they are Chinese immigrant kids, Mexicans or WASP brats – let them find a track to race on or go to jail.
Just make the street racers automatic Organ Donors.
They are being reckless and dangerous, they are not 'racing'. Don't give racing a bad name over these goobers.
BS that the cars were impounded if they didn't have the evidence to charge them with anything substantial. Maybe that's how they do things in canada though.
LOL @ Trevor. Thanks for the insightful comment. Any other gems? Water is wet?
Who cares what ethnicity they were?
Yeah. As long as they weren't Mexican, I hate Mexicans.
because it matters. It shouldn't – but it does.
nobody cares what there ethnicity is because it is Chinese, one doesn't even need to guess, because this is HONGcouver...errrr Vancouver
Nice to know that the Rich allow their kids to drive uber fast cars to fool around with.
So...... which car won?
My thought exactly! They could have at least reported on the winner.
In my opinion this problem lies within the irresponsibility of the parent. Regardless of wealth, these kids shouldn't be handed road legal rockets for their cars. They clearly don't understand the rules of societal norms. If they get in trouble, they buy their way out of trouble.
IF I hbad $200,000, I would buy TWO GT-R's, have enough money left over for:
gas for the life of the car,
speeding tickets,
insurance,
and have money left over to fly us and our cars to Germany so that I can beat all of you around the Nürburgrin gwith time and money to spare.
To the guy who mentions that the Nissan is only a 6 cylinder, must have been the car blocking the lanes. Have you ever heard of Porsche idiot? 95% of the cars they produce have six bangers. My point, I'll take the Nissan over any of the other cars, unless you threw a 348 Italia in there.
My man's owned or driven pretty much everything under the sun including Corvettes of all flavors and one memorable afternoon with a CTSV, but the one he always pines for is his RX7.
WHO WON?
Cabbage. By a head.
But the water is still running!!!!!!!
Haha. And the Tomato is trying to 'catch up'.
dit dah didit dit dadahh Beedlebaum. Sorry, couldn't resist.
damn rich kids and bs justice 200 fine hahaha they can afford to give the cops salarry for 5 years pocket change
be rich be fast fc the rest mess with the rich race like the rest
They would have no chance againts my 189 horsepower toyota prias fittted with reverse camera and GPS
125 mph...that is not speeding, not for these cars... These kids probably could not handle real speed. What a waste of good horsepower. 🙂
those are good cars going to waste
This puts a whole new spin on racing for pink slips. Win or lose you forfeit your car. Wow, pretty expensive lesson.