street racing

[Matt365]

Originally Posted by Xenostalgia

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failed that class huh xeno

[I-ROC KID]

hahah yah i think i got about a 60 in that class but anyways i still just want to know what u guys think about street racing and what not.

and f yes i finally won somethings on here muahah

[R.OConnor]

Well I think its alright under certain circomstances, as long as you arent being too dumb. Street racing is inherently stupid, no way around it but people do it anyways. I raced one guy once and he was weaving in and out of the median and shoulder at night to get around other cars.... so what did I do? I let him go, fuck that shit, im not killing anyone and im not losing my car. if you are talking about an empty highway then hell yeah.

On a interesting note I saw this poster at the washington DOL and it had a picture of a state patrol officer with a bright orange riced out nissan 350Z. the caption read "You never know what we will be driving next... street race and lose your car".
and not to mention your license either.

Drinking and driving does kill a lot of people, way more than street racing but 5% to me is still pretty shocking. I think keeping the punishment for street racing and upgrading the punishment for drinking and driving is what should happen

[flatlander757]

Well the way I see it, there is NO excuse for drinking and driving. You should have someone ahead of time to call and be the designated driver. There are bars to get drunk in.

I have to drive about an hour or more just to get to the closest drag strip. There is nowhere else to legally do it. Every city should have a program to meet the needs of gearheads like us.

Much like how in (I believe) Denver, it is legal to smoke weed, just not in excess of 1oz. Something like that would be good for street racers. Maybe allow racing to take place on whatever road as long as you are 18+, haven't had any wrecks that you were at fault of, say from 11pm - 2am on say Wednesday nights.

Why is streetracing becoming such a bigger problem? The damn government is CLOSING DOWN drag strips. I think I read there used to be about 60 strips in Cali way back in the hot rod era, now there are about 20. Or something along the lines of that.

[Andydg]

I'm all for streeting racing just like many others have said...under the right conditions. I'd prefer not to die or to loose my legs in a car accident, but when I race(d) I've always thought about where I was, what time it was, and checked the rest of my surroundings to make sure that it was safe, and that I wouldn't get caught.

[philly rs]

i think we need to bring this up to some government officials...write some letters or something...there are alot of us and numbers is what matters. we all need to bring this up and make the powers to be do something.

[Mr. Luos]

Originally Posted by flatlander757

Much like how in (I believe) Denver, it is legal to smoke weed, just not in excess of 1oz.

It is not legal.
It is legal per city law.
It is NOT legal per county, state, or federal law.
You have any on you....you can still be arrested for it. The ballot was just to shut up some groups wanting the legalization of doobies.

Street racing.....
Why do tracks have safety requirements? What happens at a track if someone has a problem keeping it straight and hits a wall?? Safety crews are out there in no time.

What happens on the street if something happens?? Most guys street racing will just take off leaving you to fend for yourself. Just to save their own asses from the ticket.

That said....I am 50/50 on street racing. As long as it doesn't endanger anyone but the two racing....go for it.
And I can't say I have never had a couple blasts from a stoplight.

[drvngstorm05]

i love street racing...

[Genopsyde]

Street racing as been going on for a long time, since the 50's at least. But it still breaks the law, especially the speed limit. I do agree however that the consequences are way too severe. A drunk driver can be back on the road legally, but a street racer can't? That's a bunch of crap. I'm not for street racing, I'm not against it either. I've done it and gotten away with it, I've also done it and got caught. That's why I won't do it again.

[MPe488]

The law needs to distinguish between people drag racing down my residential street, and two mature adults going at it at 2 am on an empty freeway. It'll never happen.

And it makes no sense to me that the penalty for street racing is worse than the penalty for a DUI. A drunk driver is at least 5 times as likely to crash and kill innocent people than a street racer (and I'm being INCREDIBLY conservative with those numbers.)

[philly rs]

yeah the law is gay as hell...... as always the law makers have a big head up the ass and crack down on something that is at the bottom of the pole

[drvngstorm05]

lots of cops don't understand the great lengths that real street racers go through so that they don't hurt anybody... they think we are reckless, mindless people with fast cars. when we actually do take alot of care in making sure there is no one around to get hurt...

the danger street racers pose is far less than that of drunk drivers

what i would like to see, but prolly would never happen. is cops coordinating different areas set aside for street racers, then they can watch it and they'll be there just in case something bad does happen. that could eliminate the reason for their fears of us becoming unruly, even though we are much more controlled than they want to believe.

that should be done for those of us that live far from a track

[Savage Messiah]

Dave I'm glad you tacked ont ht last sentance.

I'm not against street racing but think about it guys. You say thay should make... one road... where it's safe and legal to race... there are emergency crews on standby... and it's all good.

Speculate the tax increases to fund this, and hey what they hell get some equipment so that you can see how fast you were actually going...

OH WAIT you're talking about building a drag strip!

[drvngstorm05]

Originally Posted by 97CamaroRS

OH WAIT you're talking about building a drag strip!

um no i wasn't, i'm talking about having a road that's usually open to traffic shut down for races on particular nights... with a cop or two there just to watch, since they're so sure we are going to kill ourselves...

i really couldn't give a shit how fast i am going, how much power i'm pushing or crap like that. what i care about is if i'm beating the car next to me. if you can't win, then numbers don't matter

[topbro2]

my little town is gay because nothing goes on the cops will stop anybody who does a little burnout