contention and determined that Throneberry committed an offense in Ferguson’s presence or within his view by failing to stop at the end of the alley before entering the street. The evidence also shows that Throne-berry’s act of “fishtailing” out of the alley is a misdemeanor offense under section 545.420 of the transportation code, which provides that “[a] person may not participate in any manner in ... an exhibition of vehicle speed or acceleration.” Id. § 545.420(a)(5). Though section 545.420 of the transportation code is entitled “Racing on Highway,” courts have rejected the narrow interpretation that the statute only applies where a defendant is involved in some sort of a speed competition with another vehicle. Evers v. State, 576 S.W.2d 46, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. [Panel Op.] 1978) (<HOLDING>); Collins v. State, 829 S.W.2d 894, 896
holding that the defendant abandoned the car he was driving thus relinquishing any reasonable expectation of privacy to the contents of the car when he jumped out of the stillmoving car and fled on foot during a high speed chase with police holding that accelerating a car so that it threw gravel on police car was enough to satisfy exhibition of speed violation holding that accelerating a car so that its tires spun when a light turned from red to green was sufficient holding that the driver of a car who had permission to use the car had standing to challenge its search holding that accelerating a car so that it screeched and fishtailed a bit was sufficient for offense