In addition, if you were behind the wheel for the drag race and had a passenger to keep you company during your quest for speed, your racing passenger might also be keeping you company in jail. Not only is it illegal and a crime in Florida to drive in a drag race, it’s also illegal and a crime to knowingly ride as a passenger in a drag race, street race, or highway race.
However, if that’s not enough familiar faces for your post-speed reunion behind bars, you, your racing opponent and your willing racing passengers might be joined by even more jailhouse company if you had someone responsible for traffic control at your drag race, street race, highway race or speed exhibition. It is illegal and a Florida crime for anyone to purposefully move, divert or otherwise slow traffic for a drag race, street race, highway race or speed exhibition.
Likewise, anyone responsible for promoting, coordinating, facilitating, scheduling or collecting money at a drag race, street race, highway race or speed exhibition, could face Florida criminal charges. On top of that, if you were a willing and knowing spectator at a drag race, street race or highway race, in addition to risking your life around speeding street race cars spinning out of control, you could risk facing a noncriminal moving violation and receive a Florida Uniform Traffic Citation.
You don’t want to face the criminal (or even non-criminal, spectator) sanctions for an illegal, unsanctioned race unrepresented and all alone.
If you’re facing Florida criminal charges related to drag racing, street racing or highway racing in Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Martin County or St. Lucie County, call Florida Ticket Firm at (813) 276-6000 for a FREE CONSULTATION with an experienced criminal traffic lawyer. Florida Ticket Firm can help you.