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MrKatalyst t1_jdr78yi wrote

Bunch of losers driving economy cars pretending to be fast a furious.

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needcoffees t1_jdrxr3y wrote

The police have not been allowed to chase in these situations for 20+ years. This used to happen every Wednesday. They try and corner everyone, get the people who stay, and the rest ran. It has nothing to do with the police bill. This is just the same old thing but in the road and not a parking lot. The only reason they chased before was because when kids died they didnt get in trouble, not because of legality. If they should or shouldn't chase is a different argument, but it's definitely not new or even remotely recent

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtq34v wrote

Berlin Turnpike 20 years ago. Just as you said, they didn't chase they just grabbed the ones that actually stopped, often they weren't the same ones acting like assholes but the "audience" encourages them and are usually their friends.

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Icy_Comparison148 t1_jdrzk93 wrote

I don’t think it’s been legal here for a long time, And honestly it’s probably better that way, I rather not get creamed by a panicked kid at 100 running from the cops, or the cop in pursuit for that matter.

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AdHistorical7107 t1_jdt1bkz wrote

What a crock of bullshit. Police are just saying this to avoid doing their job. Period.

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtqf5d wrote

This many people the cops probably were scared. Also don't need dozens of fatal wrecks from recklessly pursuing, and I'm not talking about the drivers deaths but innocent people.

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AdHistorical7107 t1_jdum0xa wrote

Yep, I get that. Because this damn rhetoric around this police accountability act is bullshit. Cops are using it as an excuse, and I'm sick of it. Just do your goddamn job professionally, and you'll be fine.

These damn Republicans love to throw anyone under the bus to further their rhetoric, too. They are disgusting maggots.

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FinnbarMcBride t1_jdqkg2m wrote

Hopefully the cops got at least a couple of plate numbers and can follow-up

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devilskryptonite40 t1_jdqkx3u wrote

Pretty sure that's why they don't bother chasing them. Safer to just grab them later at home. Lots of dummies.

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SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_jdsnsyt wrote

The cops can't assume they know who is driving without getting a video of the face of the driver I'm pretty sure. Even with plate numbers they can't actually issue a citation to the owner of the vehicle unless they can prove that it was the person behind the wheel. If this many people are involved, I'm sure they also know this information which is why they refused to be pulled over.

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mpd5281 t1_jdtc8zb wrote

Incorrect. Connecticut has owner liability laws which apply to certain offenses such as evading responsibility, reckless driving, engaging in pursuit, speeding, etc. The registration number is prima facie evidence that the owner was the operator at the time of the offense. Ideally, if the owner was not operating their vehicle, they would tell law enforcement when questioned, but if they refuse to, they can be held criminally liable under CT law (C.G.S. 14-107).

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtovjs wrote

And you better hope you can prove someone else was driving or that they own up to it..

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F__kCustomers t1_jduum6h wrote

Why is this happening?

  • Because CT is boring. It’s doesn’t want to enhance itself and change to attract youth, brains, and wealth.

Will it keep going?

  • Yes. Dirt bikes and ATV groups will continue. Racing will continue. I plan on getting an ATV myself. The annoyance will continue until CT decides to make tracks for ATV, Dirtbikes, and Cars. They can fit dozens across the state, but refuse. Technically they could section of a portion of a city or town each night and have a regulated racing event. They refuse. Taxpayers are telling you they want a place to express themselves and their vehicles because they pay taxes. This problem could be solved in 6 months, yet the Boomer Brigade refuses.

Why hasn’t this problem been solved?

  • The same reasons grid lock on i95/Merritt has not been solved. The same reason Trucks still find their way on the Merritt - Laziness. This is why I hop Work From Home dismantles this ridiculous tax and spend infrastructure. A death spiral is needed to force Government to be efficient. CT taxes the hell out of everyone and gives it all to pensioners, police, welfare, government programs, and government schmucks that should be replaced by a computer algorithm. The roads are horrible. Use the tax money to make tax payers happy!
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snorkelbagel t1_jdv0h8c wrote

Dollars to donuts the individuals wanting to “express” themselves are vastly fewer than the participation required to justify the costs of making ATV parks or whatever it is you are suggesting.

There’s already an insane number of dirtbikes / quads ripping by the hospitals in new haven. Even if you added areas for taxpayers to “express themselves”, how would they get there? Would they again use the same roads as cars, minus insurance and vehicle registration, while popping wheelies?

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtoqzh wrote

If the car isn't stolen the owner should be responsible as its their car. They can eat the fine/charge or tell police/courts who drove it. If they can't trust someone to own up to their criminal acts in their car then they shouldn't have let them use it.

If someone let someone borrow their gun (not stolen, different circumstances) and then that gun is involved in a crime with no evidence of another driver what should happen to the owner? Are they responsible for their gun?

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ContributionMost231 t1_jdr18lr wrote

If it’s anything like the ones I have seen out West, most of the plates are fake tags that they take off when they drive away.

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Justagreewithme t1_jdtdo49 wrote

Mostly useless. They have to prove the registered owner was driving for either a prosecutor to be willing to prosecute or a judge to be willing to sign a warrant.

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moderncincinatus t1_jdqqp4z wrote

"refusing to stop... Not going to bother" are you kidding me? Plainville PD would've pit manuevered and started talking shit on social media atm

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coastal_girl14 OP t1_jdqrfyj wrote

The roads are winding and most have a speed limit below 35. Having a high speed chase with 200 cars seems deranged. They got plate numbers. The whole thing is bizarre. This had to be planned and staged. What kind of wing nut group does this?

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moderncincinatus t1_jdqrpv6 wrote

I've seen it with motorcycles and ATVs in New Haven

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kaw027 t1_jdqwexg wrote

Yeah it’s pretty much guaranteed in Hartford and West Hartford any time the weather gets nice

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snorkelbagel t1_jdv0oye wrote

The last time a huge crowd of dirtbikers rolled through new haven that I can remember was a few summers ago. And those fuckwits tried to steal police cruisers (unsuccessfully).

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barbiesalopecia t1_jdqug0a wrote

But they were on two of the flattest and straightest roads in town, the definitely could have pursued them. That and they’ve always been happy to pull people over, it strikes me as very weird that they don’t.

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updownsidewayz t1_jdr9ngs wrote

could be the cop(s) ran the plate and knew who it was - maybe it was a kid or their parent(s) are a somebody - and decided to let them go, otherwise yah it's not terribly safe to have a high speed chase through the streets of simsbury where a bunch of families with kids live, I should say privileged and entitled families with overzealous helicopter parents who complain about anything and everything like if you fart too loudly in town after 9pm

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Broseidon111 t1_jdr11po wrote

Police chase - Why are these LARPers pretending they are in an action movie and endangering everyone by chasing? ACAB

Police don't chase - What lazy, ineffective police. ACAB

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theycallmepeeps t1_jdrlftm wrote

Next door on the East Granby/Windsor line at Tire Rack every Friday a bunch of people do donuts and shit in the parking lot for hours. It’s an ongoing town debate of “call the cops and shut them down” vs “they’re just having fun, shut up lame-ass”

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kaiken1987 t1_jdrt7e9 wrote

Idk about now but used to be like this on the Berlin Turnpike at Dunkin or Taco Bell

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtqk4k wrote

This has gone on for decades.

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fprintf t1_jduvwi1 wrote

It used to but it has been at least 15 years since the Berlin Turnpike was any kind of cruising/street racing scene because the Berlin/Newington police worked hard to shut it down. Many people started going elsewhere in the nearby towns or on streets alongside the Berlin Tpke until they get chased away. It became somewhat easier to find spots when you could organize via web forums and then more recently with everyone having a smartphone.

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99nine99 t1_jdrtado wrote

It used to be over behind FedEx / parts authority/ ups until they got chased out.

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PBall95 t1_jdrm4pa wrote

If tire rack allows it then nobody can really do anything. That warehouse is private property.

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dsm4ck t1_jdx4r13 wrote

In fairness more burnouts means more tire purchases so tire rack gets the last laugh

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houle333 t1_jdqtdyj wrote

If the worst offense listed in the news story is doing donuts in an empty school parking lot at night....

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BoomkinBeaks t1_jdqyfoy wrote

Pit maneuver! Shoot him! Lock her up! Charge them as adults!

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Light_of_the_Star t1_jdr0jus wrote

The story said this was all happening in a parking lot? I have heard of street takeovers maybe in Wethersfield?

Social media is probably getting large groups of people together like this.

Sometimes I think if THAT many people are interested in doing this sort of thing, maybe we should offer official track type places for them to use/compete in. It might keep them off the real streets.

New sports seem to crop up every so often. I remember when we had no skateboarding parks. Now it is an actual Olympic sport.

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ZaggahZiggler t1_jdr2n0o wrote

That is on them to make plans with venues that are able to host them, not on society to make concessions for assholes with a car fetish.

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Light_of_the_Star t1_jdr360d wrote

I totally agree. Sometimes I think people do things because it is unlawful? Maybe they love an element of danger? Like even if we did offer some place for them all to go to show off or compete with their cars, ATV's or motorcycles maybe they wouldn't even use it.

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Justagreewithme t1_jdtehb3 wrote

Yes and no. When government restrictions become so overbearing there is no possible compliance. Look at limerock. Track has been there forever and people are still moving next door and complaining. Nobody is going to approve a track, no matter how willing and able someone is to build it. Lawmakers should really be mandating tracks, like they have been with bikelanes. Sure, a minority use them, but it will improve the safety of everyone to have the racers in a designated area.

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtplup wrote

I bike lane doesn't require the same amount of maintenance, oversight, insurance etc.. People also bike to work, the store, appointments etc. A track is purely entertainment. Perhaps they should look for sponsors? Or perhaps these people couldn't afford to use a track or simply wouldnt.

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Gooniefarm t1_jdsa73g wrote

Almost all the tracks got shut down as people built homes next to them and then complained about the noise. Nowhere to take your car and have fun, nowhere to legally ride off road on an ATV. So they use the streets

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtpfuj wrote

How many do you think could afford a track car and road car? The majority of these people do it on the street because they want to show off. 20 hears ago it was a bunch of idiots doing shit on the Berlin Turnpike. I say take their licence for 10 years and confiscate their car... Even better if they have a loan on it.

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Light_of_the_Star t1_jdtrxdy wrote

I am old enough to remember the Berlin Turnpike dingdongs lol. I think today it is leaning more towards ATV/Motorcycles? Maybe a dedicated ATV type park? I am just trying to think of a way to get these knuckledraggers OFF the real roads lol.

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fprintf t1_jduwqcu wrote

I ride off road motorcycles on private property. Believe me when I say it will be impossible to get anywhere to ride in CT for a couple of reasons. First we are fairly densely populated and no one really wants any kind of organized motorized sport anywhere in their town because of the noise and dust. Second, people don't like inviting any kind of motorized enthusiast "element" into their town. We are a rather uppity NIMBY state. Third, CT already has laws in place that exempt property owners from lawsuits for anyone using their private property along established trails, however in the 70s these laws were changed to specifically exclude motorcycles and snowmobiles. I would presume ATVs would now fall into this exception. Finally, can you imagine the scene all the hikers and nature lovers would make? They already think any patch of woodland is theirs and pitch a fit when you try to ride mountain bikes or horses or do anything other than walk. Literally you cannot do anything other than hike and bird watch according to this group, they just don't like human activity.

CT, RI and Delaware are the three states who are exempt from Federal law ensuring there is off-road access and entertainment spaces with federal highway funds. This is why there are trails and other places to do off road motorized recreation in Western Mass, New York, Vermont, New Jersey etc. Everyone who has off-road vehicles in CT has to go on private land or out of state. We are taxed for these vehicles but provided no spaces to use them.... oh, and in one town they tried to prohibit kids from riding quads on their own land.

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Light_of_the_Star t1_jduz4dv wrote

GREAT points! You should post that in a main comment or something. Hidden under my paltry comments it might not get any visibility at all lol

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HartfordSoxFan t1_jdqkrph wrote

I guess all you have to do is hit the gas if the cops try to pull you over in Simsbury, and you're fine? Seems like it will only encourage more "takeovers".

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Knineteen t1_jdr9oug wrote

Yet the punishment for running from police is laughable. Seems incredibly ironic.

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Knineteen t1_jdra8sa wrote

Up the penalties for these crimes. How is this mob mentality not inherently dangerous to the entire community!? It’s absurd what we tolerate in this country.

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WellSeasonedUsername t1_jdu3ocg wrote

You’d expect something like this in hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport or Waterbury but… simsbury?!

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adultdaycare81 t1_jdqsisu wrote

Are they doing something with those Plate Numbers?

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SpedPolice t1_jdr7m04 wrote

The cars are registered, just get them when they’re at home.

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maxbud004 t1_jdss25o wrote

Rich little arrogant piss ants.

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Dimako98 t1_jdtcgzo wrote

I doubt they're from Simsbury, or even from the surrounding towns. They probably just decided to go there randomly.

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BowlLarge t1_jdqwrid wrote

Gotta give simsbury PD something to do prob one of the most exciting “events” this year …. The cops can’t even “chase” one car that will not pull over, I’m surprised they even left the station for 200

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TemporaryBench2271 t1_jdsebt8 wrote

No discretion here I’m in the group chat for the takeover it’s called CT maniacs I’m just in it for the videos and seeing who I know there but I ain’t got time for that I drift on my own time when it’s safe and not disrupting anyone i volunteer& I got a good job just too much to lose

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtqwct wrote

Where do you go to drift race? I didn't know of any tracks, is it expensive?

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TemporaryBench2271 t1_jdtraac wrote

Anywhere I can get away with it lol

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtsnws wrote

Oh, so I should have ignored your when its safe lie? Hope you get nailed too. My mistake for thinking you gave a shit about anyone else. At least you used your throw away... Did you throw away the plates you used at this event too?

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TemporaryBench2271 t1_jdvrsom wrote

Dang chill out Karen I don’t put fake plates on my car I keep the plates I already got on it, I’m done wasting time talking to you Karen because I don’t have time for it and you are the only person here that has made an effort to reply to every little comment someone has made on this thread and to me that screams I have no life

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Jawaka99 t1_jdrw494 wrote

Where's the fleet of tow trucks that should be on the way to Simsbury?

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ParkingHelpful2690 t1_jdrw6z9 wrote

The car racing in CT is so out of hand. I don’t think I’d really mind it if I didn’t have a child OR if they didn’t fly through our neighborhood at night firing off their exhausts at 2-3AM. Pests. All of em

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Gooniefarm t1_jdsao0z wrote

Nothing like hearing a straight piped motorcycle coming home after the bars close. Do Harleys all die if you let off the gas? They always keep revving the engine even when stopped.

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WhittlingDan t1_jdtrkx5 wrote

I wish they would nail all of them for noise complaints. I had a neighbor that would wake me up coming home from the bar at 1am and again before 7am leaving for work. The mother on the other side got so fed up she started pushing his bike over, a lot. I caught her while I was taking my garbage out, Deer in headlights look until I thanked her. Got a few home cooked dinners after that before finally moving.. Just as I thanked her, I'm sure her kids would have if they were old enough to talk more or understand.

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WellSeasonedUsername t1_jdv2orn wrote

Willing to bet most of these cars aren’t registered or insured.

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bliv314 t1_jdrqt0g wrote

Lol this is just the beginning...wait until someone gets hurt then everyone is going to be crying why the police are not doing more..when only about 2 years ago everyone wanted to defund them....just wait and watch how this all plays out..

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WellSeasonedUsername t1_jdv2rdp wrote

We just need more laws to prevent this tragedy from happening. Think of the children.

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red_purple_red t1_jds0iv6 wrote

Wow the police didn't even make an attempt to apprehend them. This is terrifying.

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tangtang1028 t1_jdrvnvd wrote

Stop voting Blue. It’s really not that hard. CT continues to add gun laws in this. But the offenders with guns are violent felons who get released right away back on the streets. That’s the democrats. Look it up if you don’t believe me.

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coastal_girl14 OP t1_jdrxyng wrote

Do your research...lol. It's the Dems! The Democrats encourage street racing and all sorts of crime. Nonsense. CT has one of the highest standards of living in the country.

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tangtang1028 t1_jds4jii wrote

You people will never actually get it. The richest parts of CT are “democrats” but are the most white, most policed, taxed the least, have the best school, have no affordable housing. Does that sound very blue? Idiot.

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WhittlingDan t1_jdts0zs wrote

You don't get it we don't want racists, bigots and talibangelists in office.

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