I'm absolutely livid right now.
This is what they train police officers with? This?! No wonder they all come off as ignorant asshats... they actually are. How is it fair to assume someone who modifies a car is a street racer? Are they going to pull people from bars because they are potentially going to be drunk in public? All this video does is demonstrate how to successfully profile a sport compact enthusiast, and, as stated before, they are not the ones cops should be worrying about. It's any yahoo with a V8 Mustang or Camaro, guys with their shiny new Porsches, and essentially anyone with an upper-end sports car. So, big blocks get to go free... 150 dB exhaust? Sure, why not, so long as it doesn't have an oversized muffler. Motorcycles loud enough to shatter glass? Great, just make sure there's no decal obscuring the driver's vision. If they're THAT worried about the CARB regulations, maybe they should look into the city and school buses that spew black smoke into the sky. Think maybe they're emmitting more hydrocarbons than a Honda 4 cylinder with advanced timing?
This is utterly ridiculous. I know my K&N open filter disqualifies me from being CARB-friendly, but I didn't know it made me a street racer (potentially a felony). I just spent 20 minutes searching the SDPD site to find any of those names listed at the end with no luck. If a letter is the best I can do, than that's what i'll do, but there must be something more effective.
