street racing

[I-ROC KID]

alright im doing a report on street racing in english and i need some info on what ppl think about it im not for it or against i just think ppl need to wake and either reduce the punishment for racing or increase the punishment on drinking and drive it kills 1000's of more ppl than street racing. i was reading some reports were smoking kills almost 500,000 ppl a year just in america and only 40,000 ppl die in auto accidents and only 5% of those are due to street racing i think we need to get are priorities straight here which one do u guys think is worse eh so yah just tell me what u guys think

[KaotiKCamaro5]

the way i see it.. if you're willing to risk your life, thats fine.. but dont risk other people's lives as well.. i've street raced before, and not until a few buddies of mine smashed their cars racing did i think it was a dumb idea.. it really isnt something that should be taking place on the streets, because we all know that no matter how good of a driver you are, there's always that idiot out there.. settle it on the track.. its what they make em for..

[Savage Messiah]

drinking and driving I think is worse

[Xenostalgia]

If they wanted to really put a halt to street racing they'd have gov't initiated tracks built alot more near metropolitan areas to cut down on high-streetracing areas. And those who drink and drive, should be burned, slowly, from the toes up.

[cuda_dude]

Alright, no matter how strict the punishment may be, it's still your option to street race or not. I find nothing wrong with it as long as your using your head and not racing in high traffic areas etc.... know your limits and know others limits.... People can bitch and bitch about small issues like this untill they turn red but its not going to change anything.... its classified in the same areas as Smoking, drinking, hell even driving in general.... 10mph over the speed limit when driving on the expressway can be the determining factor between life or death and you know we all go that fast.... so to sum it all up... dont be stupid... use your head....

[FormulaLT1]

I am all for street racing under the right conditions, this does not include street racing down a side street were kids play and often run out in the middle of the road. Thats just dangerous and stupid but I have street raced and will surely again. As long as your in a area with no inlet streets during the part your racing on then I don't see anything wrong with it although for those of us that have tracks very close that is the better/safer place to do it.

[topbro2]

i was with my brother when he raced a 94 probe gt in his 91 240sx the weather conditions were good but the road had a 90 degree turn half way and we slowed down but the other guy wrecked pretty scary. he is doing good now

[flatlander757]

I think that street racing is fine under the right conditions as stated above... ie: empty highway late at night, blocked off 2 lane(each way) road, etc etc. I think it's mostly when idiots decide to get a big "posse" together or w/e and try to reenact fast and the furious is when stuff gets stupid. Don't race where there are other cars/people/wild turkeys. Since so many things can go wrong with the driver and/or the car, I believe that it should be known to the driver what their limits are. I think they should be allowed to street race, but if anyone dies, the drivers get jail for say 20-30yr. If the car(s) are totaled, they must pay out of pocket to fix it, lose license for X amount of time, pay for speeding/reckless driving ticket, and X amount of community service.

I think it would be cool to have at least one major road designated as a "No speed limit" zone where this can take place. Maybe like one or two of these roads in each city. It could even boost the economy: paramedics will get money from the idiots who shouldn't be racing, insurance company will be able to raise rates of people once they are out of jail/get license back, more gas will be burnt(though the oil companies dont need any more lol), tow truck companies, and I'm willing to bet some cops wouldn't even mind overseeing this so they can be of assistance when needed(call ambulance, etc). It would probably be best to have a road built off of an existing road so that regular thru-traffic wouldn't be endangered. Could this work? Yes. Would it be plausible? No... the Communistwealth of VA sucks

[Xenostalgia]

Originally Posted by flatlander757

I think that street racing is fine under the right conditions as stated above... ie: empty highway late at night, blocked off 2 lane(each way) road, etc etc. I think it's mostly when idiots decide to get a big "posse" together or w/e and try to reenact fast and the furious is when stuff gets stupid. Don't race where there are other cars/people/wild turkeys. Since so many things can go wrong with the driver and/or the car, I believe that it should be known to the driver what their limits are. I think they should be allowed to street race, but if anyone dies, the drivers get jail for say 20-30yr. If the car(s) are totaled, they must pay out of pocket to fix it, lose license for X amount of time, pay for speeding/reckless driving ticket, and X amount of community service.

I think it would be cool to have at least one major road designated as a "No speed limit" zone where this can take place. Maybe like one or two of these roads in each city. It could even boost the economy: paramedics will get money from the idiots who shouldn't be racing, insurance company will be able to raise rates of people once they are out of jail/get license back, more gas will be burnt(though the oil companies dont need any more lol), tow truck companies, and I'm willing to bet some cops wouldn't even mind overseeing this so they can be of assistance when needed(call ambulance, etc). It would probably be best to have a road built off of an existing road so that regular thru-traffic wouldn't be endangered. Could this work? Yes. Would it be plausible? No... the Communistwealth of VA sucks

[philly rs]

yeah the common wealth does suc, va and pa, and that would be a sweet ass idea if that were to take place...the punishment for it is a bit much, and from time to time i still race on the street, what can i say, its not every day or every week fot that. i saw last night that in denver weed is now leagl as long as its not more than a ounce, so maybe street racing will end up ok under certain conditions...who knows

[I-ROC KID]

i just think that they should just have a road off some where out of town where u can just do the race it would be less likely that u would race ur friend on the street if u could just go to that place and not have to worry about it or if every town just made a track u would think they would make soooooo much money from like ticket sales and all the cars entering and just everything that can be sold there ppl will still street race of course u can't just stop it but i know i sure would go to a place like that then on the streets and having to worry about hurtting someone or getting caught also i hate how u get caught racing its like oooo u lose ur car u lose ur licencec u get a HUGE fine but if u get caught drunk at the wheel its like OOO heres dui and thats about it also i must say there are a lot of dumbass out there that would reck the road that we go to race on i mean some dude at my school got a 86 i-roc black mint condishion had it two days did a burn out/fish tail coming out of the parklot hit gravel and put it in to a pole wrote it right off im not an idiot and i know not to do stuff at school thats just retard it could've easly hit someone if that pole was there so i don't know where im going with this but yah reduce the punishment or make the street where we can do this for free even if its just a 2 lane street some where and close it off at night ,honk 3 times and boom away u go then drive back then some one else goes make a sign that says be here at ur own risk then u can't sue anyone and if u do break something or wreck u gotta pay out of ur pocket ok im down ranting

[flatlander757]

Originally Posted by I-ROC KID

i just think that they should just have a road off some where out of town where u can just do the race it would be less likely that u would race ur friend on the street if u could just go to that place and not have to worry about it or if every town just made a track u would think they would make soooooo much money from like ticket sales and all the cars entering and just everything that can be sold there ppl will still street race of course u can't just stop it but i know i sure would go to a place like that then on the streets and having to worry about hurtting someone or getting caught also i hate how u get caught racing its like oooo u lose ur car u lose ur licencec u get a HUGE fine but if u get caught drunk at the wheel its like OOO heres dui and thats about it also i must say there are a lot of dumbass out there that would reck the road that we go to race on i mean some dude at my school got a 86 i-roc black mint condishion had it two days did a burn out/fish tail coming out of the parklot hit gravel and put it in to a pole wrote it right off im not an idiot and i know not to do stuff at school thats just retard it could've easly hit someone if that pole was there so i don't know where im going with this but yah reduce the punishment or make the street where we can do this for free even if its just a 2 lane street some where and close it off at night ,honk 3 times and boom away u go then drive back then some one else goes make a sign that says be here at ur own risk then u can't sue anyone and if u do break something or wreck u gotta pay out of ur pocket ok im down ranting

you win the award for longest sentence.


ever.

[Morley]

Originally Posted by I-ROC KID

alright im doing a report on street racing in english

After reading that post...forget it, you already failed English. No punctuation, no grammar, no capitalization, speeeeling...WHAT are they teaching in school these days?

[Xenostalgia]

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[cuda_dude]

i forget what famous writer it was... but he wrote a 16 page sentince... with no errors (correct by english terms)... it is possible....