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Originally Posted by chevy620
This is EXACTLY WHERE the NHRA membership money should go. Not into the Board and management salaries but rather, into communication to allow the NHRA members to get to a race. North Carolina finally got laws passed to exempt most sportsman racer's tow rigs.
Jok Nicholson
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That is exactly right Jok! Dead on post!
This is a classic example of targeting a certain group, which the way I understand it, should not be done. We as a group, need to be pro-active in this situation. It is BS law enforcement. I am all for saftey and that should be number one, however, our rights as taxpayers and citizens should be right up there with saftey.
I was sitting at a stoplight the other day and next to me was a junky flatbed about 18' with a lawnmower on it. No lights at all on the rear. No saftey chains installed. Big junky front steer mower rolled to the front of the trailer as the truck pulled up due to no boomers at all holding it in position. Thats what caught my attention in the first place. Push down lever for the hitch didnt even have a bolt thru it to keep it from flipping up on a bump or a hard stop. And guess what? A DOT car right behind it. I figured this guy is in trouble. When the light changed the truck/trailer went straight and the DOT turned right. I had to wonder as I drove away why didn't this guy get pulled over and "educated". My conclusion: The $300. truck, the $50. dollar lawnmower and the $200. dollar trailer, there is no money in it. Pick on the trucking companies (and the racers now) that can pay the fine.
Everytime I have bought a new rig, I have taken pictures, specs, etc. to the DOT before I purchased it and they didn't have a clue as to what I was buying or what it would be used for legal or not. And Dpt. of Motor Vehicles only cared about the money I paid them.
I have been pulled over on busy interstates and been threatened, lectured and cursed at by DOT from several states but never ticketed or impounded. Why? Because I know how to read and before ever buying one of these rigs I not only learned but carried with me the laws. Federal law, and state law. I have had the opportunity to do some "educating" of my own.
I am sure there are some great Officers out there that do their job to help make roadways safe and to help motorist to avoid accidents and mishaps and I have all the respect in the world for them. (I saw a state policeman changing a tire for a motorist the other day in the heat) However, the ones that have tried to make my life harder for no valid reason have been little pricks, with a "I'm the boss" attitude that only cared about a paycheck and a retirement from the state. I respond to professionalism and courtesy, not harassment and BS. And targeting a race weekend and track is the latter in my opinion.