Windsors 03 Cobra
04-07-2008, 06:21 PM
I don't gather in parking lots but I know some folks do, this story seems similar to what happens near cruising area's.
California Police: Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue.
Police raid Riverside, California parking lot to issue modified car tickets at local car enthusiast gathering.
Nine police agencies in Riverside, California sent more than one hundred police officers to surround a gathering of automotive enthusiasts. Owners of imported sport compact cars had gathered at the Canyon Crossing shopping center on Friday night to swap stories, talk about their passion for cars and show off the latest enhancements to their rides. At around 11pm police surprised participants by blocking all exits with fifty police cruisers. Officers then began a warrantless search and interrogation operation of the 150 vehicles that were present.
In 2004, the California Highway Patrol issued a total of 101,553 "modified car" citations worth $10.5 million according to CHP data
http://thenewspaper.com/news/23/2302.asp
California Police: Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue.
Police raid Riverside, California parking lot to issue modified car tickets at local car enthusiast gathering.
Nine police agencies in Riverside, California sent more than one hundred police officers to surround a gathering of automotive enthusiasts. Owners of imported sport compact cars had gathered at the Canyon Crossing shopping center on Friday night to swap stories, talk about their passion for cars and show off the latest enhancements to their rides. At around 11pm police surprised participants by blocking all exits with fifty police cruisers. Officers then began a warrantless search and interrogation operation of the 150 vehicles that were present.
In 2004, the California Highway Patrol issued a total of 101,553 "modified car" citations worth $10.5 million according to CHP data
http://thenewspaper.com/news/23/2302.asp