People v. Grier

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• holding that the defendant engaged in an “exhibition of speed on a highway” when he accelerated in such a manner “as to cause the tires to scream loudly and to lose traction”
• concluding that statute \could be violated by two or more persons competing in speed in vehicles on the highway or by one person displaying the speed of his vehicle on the highway to another person in the first person's car or in another car\ (emphasis added
• concluding that statute “could be violated by two or more persons competing in speed in vehicles on the highway or by one person displaying the speed of his vehicle on the highway to another person in the first person’s car or in another car” (emphasis added
• court upheld defendant’s conviction for exhibition of speed or acceleration under a similar statute, stating that a particular audience to such an exhibition was not required under the statute, and taking judicial notice of the fact that screeching tires produces tension in drivers

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