Street racing is just stupid. At 100 mph, do you honestly think you can stop or turn if a semi pulls out from between warehouses? I have been to a couple street races that were "done right" They were several miles from any population center, and the racers stop in the road while two more cars drive 3/4 mile down the road and block it off. Once they are there, they'd radio (this was before everyone had cell phones) the cars back at the start and they'd go. Even doing that was incredibly stupid, with most of the risks gone. What if a deer ran out on the road? What if one of them blew a tire and took both cars into the ditch and through a telephone pole? I know that seems unlikely, but how many half-assed lowered cars have you seen that have NO tread on the inside shoulder and new tread on the outside? Now let's go back to the warehouses... what's on the other side of that sheet metal wall? Are they storing pillows or explosives? You could take out the whole industrial section with 10 seconds of stupidity. And if they are storing pillows, you still cost someone else money and you didn't pay for it. That makes you a thief too.
I too will admit I've done some stop-sign racing (even recently), but we're talking about going
maybe 90, and with absolutely nothing but flat land in every direction. I also keep my vehicles in great shape, so I
know I'm not going to have an equipment failure, and I won't stay next to someone I don't know, because I don't know what might let go on their car. If I don't have them off the line, they win, it's that simple.
I'm an automotive technician, and the things I have seen on cars would make you never want to ride in a car that you havn't inspected yourself. Why do you want to drive next to that person going 100 MPH?
Let's examine the legal stupidity of it. I'm pretty sure that in most states you lose your license for street racing. I may be wrong, but I never really needed to know that. Sure, it's your right to risk losing your license, but it's still stupid. What happens if you lose control and wreck both cars? You both agreed (or at least implied) that you accept the risks, but the other driver might be angry about you wrecking his car and breaking several of his bones and he might want to sue you. I'm guessing you're probably not loaded if you're racing in a cavalier, and I'm guessing your insurance wouldn't cover you if they found out you were racing. How long would you have to work to pay
that off?
Basically, if there is
any risk to anything or anyone other that your self, it's stupid. It doesn't matter if it's not very risky. Don't do it. I used to be young and stupid. One day you'll look back at all your close-calls and wonder how you're still alive and not in prison. If God didn't want me here, I'm sure I would be dead
