NASCAR is boring???

[boingo82]

Originally posted by Kristasw
You watch the race to see the wrecks? What a sicko. I can tell you from being a paramedic and firefighter for 14 years that automobile wrecks are one of the most disgusting things you'll ever see.
Wanna take a ride with me next time I have to pull a dead baby out from underneath the dashboard after the mother wakes up fifteen minutes later and screams "where's my baby???".
Joyous

Yes, NASCAR is boring. Cars going round and round and round and round in circles on a flat track... = boring. You can watch it if you like it.

On the other hand, though I don't LIKE car accidents, after being in two I'm utterly fascinated by them, not from the "killing people" side but the way the massive forces exerted in collisions affect the structure and appearance of the car. I spend a great deal of time looking up crash-test results, and pondering them. It's amazing, the incredible differences in occupant safety between cars of the same weight, in the same class. Just minor reinforcements in a structure can make the difference between life and death - yet so few people are informed about the safety of the cars they drive. For example, it's beyond me that ANYONE would drive a Chevy Venture or a Ford F-150 . Now, I know as well as you do that not every crash is exacted in the same manner, from the same angle and same speed as the tests conducted by the IIHS - but if you can make a simple choice - like wearing a seatbelt or driving a certain car vs. another - that can save your life, why wouldn't you? Would you rather be in the aforementioned Venture, or the Toyota Sienna?

I think the most frustrating aspect for me, if I were to do that line of work, would be the people that don't buckle up their kids, then speed....and the car rolls and everyone's thrown out. I'd want to beat them for being so STUPID as to do something that'd kill their children....it's like neglect.

Anyhow, I appreciate you and the others like you with the stomachs and strength to help others of us in our time of need..and I promise to do my part to make your job easier, by buckling up myself and everyone around me, and buying the safest cars possible. Thanks.

[kaoru-tochiro]

Originally posted by boingo82


Yes, NASCAR is boring. Cars going round and round and round and round in circles on a flat track... = boring. You can watch it if you like it.

well...all car racing is preety much going in circles and drag racing is going in a stright line in 5 seconds, is that more fun? I think most people that don't like NASCAR is because its a really "hick" thing to watch. They don't like to talk on mondays at the office about how they saw a bunch of good ol'boys smashing their Tauruses up to win that critical championship of which American car is the best.