Illegal Street Racing: How Can we Minimalize It?

[bretleg]

if u live around or in south east texas you should know if ur a drifter about a thing called grind at gulf grey hound park 5$ for spectators 75$ to participate put still they have free teachers as long as u have a car and helmit and pay. any ways dailydrifter.com is site for info

 

[240SXRacer]

There is no way to stop illegal street racing. As long as people have cars they will race them.

I agree

 

[Gil]

I've spent too much of my "professional" time taking care of people who have been in MVA's. (Motor Vehicle Accidents). I have seen the issues that can come up due to an actual accident, as opposed to some idiot trying to show that he/she does indeed have some hair on their a**.
In the medical profession we have a name for bikers and street racers. We call them "Potential Organ Donors."

I don't know If we'll ever get rid of street racing.
But for those of you that think street racing is stupid. Yay for you.
For those of you that are gonna do it anyway: two requests,
1. Please endeavor to kill only yourself. Put any passengers out of the car during the race.
2. Please sign the organ donor cards on the back of your driver's license. If you're too stupid to live your life. There's somebody out there that can benefit from your idiocy.
Please, If you have to kill yourself make a decision that can help several others live quality lives. Give the gift of life. Then at least your senseless death can have some meaning.
Sign Your Donor Card.
And please wear your seatbelts so you don't damage your eyes by getting thrown thru the windshield.

Then your mother can see your eyes peering out of someone else's head,
She might meet the guy that got your heart and lungs.
Maybe, she'll hear about the person that got your liver.
Or the people that got each of your kidneys.
Heck, Your bone marrow might even help some poor kid with leukemia.
And your skin may be usable for grafts for a burn victim or two.
Yes, you too can be "parted out" just like a wrecked '69 Camaro.

[heavy sarcasm]Gentlemen, Start your Engines!!![/heavy sarcasm].
If you haven't guessed, I have little respect for people that will willingly, and gleefully put others in harm's way just to get a few "laughs". So, again, Street Racers: Please race in a "deserted" area, and ride alone, so the only casualties will be you and the car.

I wasn't kidding back there on the first page.
I've seen speed kill, maim, and in one instance, take away all the memories of a very good friend. He wasn't the one at fault, but he's still impaired.
I've helped put a kid back together that was thrown from an SUV that was rolling down the highway, tearing itself apart. He's still fuzzy about who he is, who his family is, and what happened.
I've seen a young girl nearly killed, and stripped of her ability to bear children, not to mention the year of rehab learning how to walk again. And she was hit by a cop car in the middle of a "high speed" pursuit.
Don't put your life, my life, the life of the cop chasing you, and the thousands of innocent bystanders in jeopardy. Keep the racing on the track, or in video games.

 

[Joey D]

If anyone wants to know about the dangers of street racing, feel free to talk to me about it. I've been there, done that, got a t-shirt. I don't ever want to do that again, nor do I want to see other do it.

I did stupid things when I was younger, and I look back on it all the time and just say to myself...damn it Joe you are one luckey SOB. Trust me, don't go where I've been.

 

[Ghost C]

Haha. Minimize street racing? Might as well piss in the wind. Street racing is -the- scene here, and it doesn't matter that there's half a dozen or more cops out on Main Street, people will still post up big numbers on the radar guns trying to prove how fast their car is.

Personally, I believe that there's no sense in breaking the limit on a crowded street to see who's got the biggest schlong. That might be because I'm always the clear victor off of the line in every race, but that's not the point.

There's nothing wrong with hard acceleration or even light to light racing, so long as you keep it under control. Most people do five over the limit on most roads anyway, some even do ten. But there is absolutely no point at all in doing over double the posted limit to prove who's car is faster. (And I would never do anything of the sort...)

Most people will call me a jackass for condoning something illegal, but what's so illegal about it if it's kept in the limit? I realize that some people can't keep their car under control, but people who suck that bad usually get laughed off of the scene or arrested for wreckless endangerment.

 

[sicbeing]

I have a friend who falls into the "I have a fast car, I know how to drive, I rarely race ever, and when I do race/drift it's where I know I can handle it, where I've done it many times before".

I'd street race on highways and stuff, only if I am able to meet the person before hand and talk to them for a second. I don't like the idea of driving up next to someone and not knowing what they are able to handle and kill me in the process (jump in front of me when I try to pass, nudge me, brake hard, or etc).

Sounds dumb though.

Me: "Hey, lets talk first"
Other person: "O.o"

 

[Patrik]

well, think streetracing can be very fun, if doing it the right way... like in Stockholm when the stop the motorway for drive a few runs, move to another place and drive a few more and thats how it goes for a whole night... if the spectator stop the road like that it's as safe as on the dragstrip, cause allmost all of the drivers wear helmets and everything... and they streetrace just cause they think its exciting cause the police can see them so they have to be quick.