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culture of previous generations. Some car enthusiasts and modifiers feel the term labels them as deviant and anti-social and are keen to distance themselves from the term. Boy racer is a term mostly but not exclusively associated with the UK, in Australia and New Zealand
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is sometimes preferred. In the US, "Rice boy" or "Ricer" is a derogatory term for the driver or builder of an imported hot rod, or someone who modifies their car in a cheap way to imitate the look of a higher performance vehicle.
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The term boy racer is used in New Zealand to describe a youth that drives any form of vehicle that is of high performance and/or has been modified in any way (including factory fitted parts). The
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Eighteen-year-old Karn Clarrie Forrest (18), of Milton, appeared before Judge Stephen O'Driscoll in the Balclutha District Court, sitting in Gore, today on two driving charges.
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Responses to the boy racer phenomenon range from laws prohibiting certain cosmetic modifications to vehicles such as decorative lighting or tinted windows to restrictions on
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is a term given to a young person who drives in a fast and aggressive manner; it has become a broader term (often pejorative) for participants in modern
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Suspension modifications to lower a car's ride height and stiffen ride (often referred to as stance)
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scrap yard on the 21 June 2012 by New Zealand Police Minister of the time
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Hellaflush (tyres given excess camber, and scratching the tyre fenders)
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Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America
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The first car to be crushed in accordance with this act was a white
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East Anglian Daily Times: Man's horror at road rage 'gun' ordeal
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Modifications typically associated with the stereotype include:
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Body kits, neon/L.E.D lights and other appearance modifications
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Hawke's Bay Today: Lower cars at your peril says ex-racer
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and the culture follows modification of these cars.
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