Riverside, California may make it illegal to stand near a driver who revs his engine.

The Riverside County, California Board of Supervisors will begin consideration of a proposal today that would make merely being within two hundred feet of an “exhibition of speed” or illegal drag race a crime carrying a $1000 fine or 90 days in prison. The city of Oakland recently adopted a similar ordinance to combat “sideshows.”

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The definition of “preparations” includes “one or more drivers is revving his engine or spinning his tires in preparation for the event” and would apply whether the spectator was on public streets or even private property.

A thousand bucks or three months in jail for standing near someone who may or many not be thinking about speeding.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 at 9:49 am by Radley Balko and is filed under There Oughtta Be a Law, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.