The effect of street racing, so you think you are cool....then read it Options

[playr158]

This is for all you kids who thing you are so cool.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=...&id=6356404

[SeverX13]

Can we please stop with theses street racing posts? Your acting like street racing is the worst possibley thing you could do. There are alot of things worse. why dont you post threads about how druggies are idiots? or Murdering a family member? i mean you probably see street race related deaths in the news about 5 or 6 times a year if that. we all understand strret racing is bad. but some of us dont do it to be cool. Im going to be honest. on occation i race. but i do it with no one in the car but me and late at night. i dont care if any of you think less of me. im the same person. Im sure all of you have done something bad like that in your life. Your acting like street racers are the most horrible people in the world. in my area some of them are the nicest people ive met. its just something they do. we dont do it on small 2 lane roads with cars parked ont eh side. they are all more open and plenty of room for error. So yes street racing isnt the smartest thing to do but posting threads like this isnt gonna make people stop doing it. so why waste time? if you hate racers so much then go talk to your damn mayor and sort sh!t out with him. Love me or hate me.

my .02

/thread

~Brent~

This post has been edited by SeverX13: Aug 28, 2008 - 9:32 PM

[Random_Stranger]

Can we please stop with theses street racing posts? Your acting like street racing is the worst possibley thing you could do. There are alot of things worse. why dont you post threads about how druggies are idiots? or Murdering a family member? i mean you probably see street race related deaths in the news about 5 or 6 times a year if that. we all understand strret racing is bad. but some of us dont do it to be cool. Im going to be honest. on occation i race. but i do it with no one in the car but me and late at night. i dont care if any of you think less of me. im the same person. Im sure all of you have done something bad like that in your life. Your acting like street racers are the most horrible people in the world. in my area some of them are the nicest people ive met. its just something they do. we dont do it on small 2 lane roads with cars parked ont eh side. they are all more open and plenty of room for error. So yes street racing isnt the smartest thing to do but posting threads like this isnt gonna make people stop doing it. so why waste time? if you hate racers so much then go talk to your damn mayor and sort sh!t out with him. Love me or hate me.

my .02

/thread

~Brent~

It's not that dude. It's that chance that when something actually does end up happening, like a wreck, injury or death, we look at why it happened and realize it isn't worth putting people at risk. Death of a person, for a cheap thrill. It is really selfish. Now, does it happen? Am I guilty of it from the past? Yes! I admit to doing it on the freeway when no one else but me and the other driver are on an open freeway with not a single car in sight. Once there is a visual of anything, it is then ceased. But that doesn't justify my actions or say it is ok. I should not drive when I have had even a few drinks, and that is when my judgment is poor and I do that. I know better still, yet I have did it.

Anyways, that is besides the point. The point is the MEDIA focuses on this crap and it affects everyone. So you want to race, you wreck your car and no biggie to you. Well people see that, police and media. Then everyone who loves the hobby/sport is then targeted, even when they are innocent, and we all hurt over it. The law comes down even harder, and then you are hassled. Then you wish deep down inside there was something you can do, because you love it so much, but you don't want to get something taken away that you dreamed of owning or worked so hard to get, because you will be convicted of intent to race over the modifications you did, simply because you didn't want to settle for the average, every day car.


That is what this is about. Alcohol is worse. Drugs are worse. But modified cars are easier to crack down on with a possibility of catching someone of either influence from mentioned in this paragraph. Remember, cops have a quota to meet. They catch you, more money for them. Not that they are @$$es, but they have a job to do and we have a responsibility for our passions.


One more thing to remember:

Nobody wants to take responsibilities on their own. Suicide? They blame the music. That is why it is up to us who love what we do, to be responsible and not ruin it for others. Because when a death or any crime is related to what it is we love, then they come after all of us, not just you.

This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Aug 28, 2008 - 10:40 PM