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As I was sitting in the car and watching the souped-up cars putt-putt around, I began to wonder if I had found a solution to how cops can stop the street racing deal in Toronto. Of course, there is no real solution that everyone accepts, and my solution isn’t helping at all.

A solution to street racing would be to give police the authority and power to pull over any car they suspected of being modified for race usage (since modifying your car specs is illegal), impound and destroy it if necessary. Of course, how is this different from me saying cops should be able to question and arrest anybody they suspect of being a gang member? It’s not different at all, since it opens up many avenues of prejudice and maybe even racism/discrimination. Well, those who are visible minorities will definitely use that to their advantage.

What’s strange about Canada/Toronto is that they don’t make use of photo ID. Instead, they rely on driver’s licenses and/or health cards. In Hong Kong, each citizen is required to have a photo ID on them at all times, and police are authorized to question you for it at any time. This is just another way police can better public safety…

But of course, if the police adopt this type of law enforcement, where they can judge you and try you just from your looks, they’ll be missing a lot of the Sleepers. Just because it looks like a stock car doesn’t always mean it is (I wish to make a Sleeper), and just because someone is wearing a business suit it doesn’t mean they aren’t in organized crime (in fact, the chances they ARE are even higher).

So, unless the police want to face a lot of discrimination cases, they can’t adopt what I suggested: ruthlessly hunting down every car that LOOKS like it might be modified for illegal purposes in order to attempt stopping illegal car racing.