Unnecessary acceleration?

[DarkNinja75]

I've been looking up insurance quotes and I got a parking ticket once. Apparently that doesn't count as a violation so I put none. But scrolling through the list of violations I found "unnecessary acceleration." Is there really a law against accelerating too quickly (that's how I read it, as opposed to accelerating slowly but for no reason)? I always thought I could take off as fast as I wanted so long as I didn't burn rubber, pull a wheelie, or exceed the speed limit.

[USARMworker]

If a cop wants to, he can get you for 'exhibition of speed' for taking off quickly.

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[NorCalBusa]

Probably a term in their boilerplate, origin another state.

[OldFatGuy]

I actually got puled over for that once. It was quite a few years ago and I was driving a full-size Chevy Blazer, not a bike.

The exchange went like this:
Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: No
Officer: You accelerated too fast for city streets.
Me: Did I chirp my tires?
Officer: No
Me: Did I exceed the speed limit?
Officer: No
Me: Then I don't see how I did anything wrong.
Officer: You accelerated too fast.
Me: Can you please tell me what the maximum legal acceleration rate is and how fast I was accelerating?
Officer: If you want to be a smartass, I can take you in right now and impound your car.
Me: I think your fellow officers would laugh at you if you did.
Officer: I'm going to let you go with a warning this time, but don't let me catch you again.
Me: God bless you.

Personally, I think it would have been a pretty chickenshit ticket if he had written one.

[Razel]

801 HTC (Hayward): Excessive Accelleration. But that was back in 1967-68, and it may not be on the books anymore.

I remember it clearly as it was the first citation I ever got. Two-week license suspension, too:wow, which my parents immedately doubled.

[antarius]

801 HTC (Hayward): Excessive Accelleration. But that was back in 1967-68, and it may not be on the books anymore.

I remember it clearly as it was the first citation I ever got. Two-week license suspension, too:wow, which my parents immedately doubled.

Nowadays parents would call you a victim and sue the city. :)

[Junkie]

801 HTC (Hayward): Excessive Accelleration. But that was back in 1967-68, and it may not be on the books anymore.

I remember it clearly as it was the first citation I ever got. Two-week license suspension, too:wow, which my parents immedately doubled.so back then a city ordinance could suspend your license? wow.

[mnb]

That was back in the pre-pussy days where they hardened you to prepare you for the hard knocks of real life as opposed to today's method of raising a generation of wusses (a sweeping generalization - of course not all of em are...)

[Bronto]

That was the Muscle Car Era. Those cars really did put on a show. :wow
Heh it was hard to find anything with less then 400 hp. :laughing

[}Dragon{]

801 HTC (Hayward): Excessive Accelleration. But that was back in 1967-68, and it may not be on the books anymore.


Ray getting his first ticket:

http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/C/danbury_mint_ten_commandments_no_box_P0000013277S0 009T2.jpg

[Razel]

so back then a city ordinance could suspend your license? wow.Traffic commissioner. If I recall correctly (per }Dragon{ it HAS been a while) there were two traffic courts, one for juveniles, and one for adults (21 and older). At the time, two weeks didn't seem that bad. No fine, either.

A ticket almost always meant higher insurance cost, though.

[DarkNinja75]

Heh it was hard to find anything with less then 400 hp. :laughing

And under 10,000 lbs :twofinger

[JPM]

Speed Contests

23109.(c) A person shall not engage in ( )1 a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway, and ( )2 a person shall not aid or abet in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on any highway.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc23109.htm

Yes it's a law on the books but I would find it hard to cite without specific actions such a spinning tires, wheelies, ect.