Street racing, don't do it.

[russiankid]

Watch this video. It is hard for me to watch, I cannot imagine how the children will grow up nor can I imagine how the family feels. Please, take racing to the track.

http://www.nationalroadsafety.org/fi...V2XLR8Film.wmv

[blackvr4]

honestly man ima get flamed big time for posting but w/e, street racing gets an extremely bad rep. i mean yea accidents do happen and people do die from it, but anything that has 2 or 4 wheels and an engine will have death assiociated with it, for instance there is a lot more drunk driving related deaths/accidents than street racing. i am almost postive that there is a bunch of people on here that have or do drive drunk once in awhile. you dont see people posting DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE THREADS as often as STREET racing kills threads or what ever, to try to beat the message in, the do not street race threads are nothing but beating a dead horse with a stick. w/e tho everyone has an opinion on forums, i am not bashing but just stating the honest truth. half the people that bash street racing are the ones driving like reckless idiots on the road, and thats my worthless 2 cents.

totally unrelated but "te gavaresh pa ruske? patamushta ya tosha gavaroo pa rusky"

[russiankid]

I understand where you are coming from. However, street racing expensive cars is plain stupid. You put your life at risk and everyone else's. In a way, both can be prevented. Only reason I posted this video here is because there are a lot of tuned cars here. I am not saying you guys are stupid, but I would really hate to see one of these cars go and not to mentioned the very nice people on here. Drinking and driving is also a serious issue, but to be honest I haven't seen that many accidents that have killed others like this.

And yes, I do speak Russian. Russian being my first language and English being my second.

[pearl]

i used to street race. i came out okay.

people say dont smoke cigarettes, its just as deadly. you are putting people at risk because of things YOU do.

[russiankid]

Originally Posted by pearl

i used to street race. i came out okay.

people say dont smoke cigarettes, its just as deadly. you are putting people at risk because of things YOU do.

I personally don't street race and I don't want to. My car is not race worthy at all.

[pearl]

wasnt saying you do, just saying in general.

[russiankid]

Originally Posted by pearl

wasnt saying you do, just saying in general.

I know I was just saying. People do not think of others, I notice people try to center things around them, so outsiders are just nothing to them.

[pearl]

Originally Posted by russiankid

I know I was just saying. People do not think of others, I notice people try to center things around them, so outsiders are just nothing to them.

same thing with smoking cigarettes, you are putting people that arent smoking at risk of lung cancer. im too tired to make a thoughtful sentence, i will tomorrow at work.

[jdmwill]

so sad

[russiankid]

Originally Posted by pearl

same thing with smoking cigarettes, you are putting people that arent smoking at risk of lung cancer. im too tired to make a thoughtful sentence, i will tomorrow at work.

That is true, however we might as well stop driving cars then. In my opinion, car fumes are worse than cigarette smoke.

[garrettej8]

there's always something to complain about in life about something you don't agree with. there isn't much that we, as normal people, can do except try to live our short pointless lives with the least amount of problems.

while you say street racing is bad, don't do it, there's people street racing while you're typing that. and there's someone defending street racing somewhere else. I see absolutely no problem with street racing as long as everyone involved is aware of what is going on around them (like a private road or very unpopulated road/highway)

this kind of reminds me of those "click it or ticket" campaigns. I think it's very very stupid to give someone a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt if it's their own choice not to wear one. it's ridiculous, but that's a whole different topic.

/rant

[russiankid]

That is true. I don't see a very big issue with street racing on a private road. However, when people do it on public roads with traffic, what the hell are you thinking?

[The Captain]

Street racing on a public road with pedestrians around is the more retarded thing ever. Street racing on a public road with no one around where it is only your life you are putting in danger is fine in my books.

[den9]

i bet every1 races at red lights, i bet half the people here drink and drive, and every1 speeds

theres always a time and place for it, except drinking

busy highways arent the place for it, especially the blvd, everytime i drive down that road i see a car on the median smashed into a tree

[05OCsrt-4]

honestly in that video street racing plays a big part, but the owner of the lamborgini should've been shot before the race, crossing over into oncoming traffic? someone should stop watching Fast and the furious and start going to defensive driving school, oh wait, he's probably DEAD

[frosti108]

go home and wait to die in safety and peace. it seems to be what a lot of people are doing these days. QUITCHERBITCHIN

[Erik]

might be dick, but did that guy have to try to act out the moan? Killed the downed mood in my opinion.
but 5 - 15 for being responsible for the death of 2 people? i think that is still a little too low

[PUREKDM]

Originally Posted by garrettej8

while you say street racing is bad, don't do it, there's people street racing while you're typing that. and there's someone defending street racing somewhere else. I see absolutely no problem with street racing as long as everyone involved is aware of what is going on around them (like a private road or very unpopulated road/highway)

i completely agree with you 100%....street racing is dagerous...period...but when you bring innocent people in the way it's completely different. there is NO justification for driving into oncoming traffic in the middle of a town like that...i don't care how fast you think you are or how good you drive...as long as you are alone and you completely understand what COULD happen and you're ok with the worst case senario, thats on you.

[Hando567]

Yeah i think street racing is fine, as long as the only ones that could be hurt are the ones that are involved and they understand what the consequences could be, however what they did is just dumb, mid-day in traffic? WTF were they thinking? Not to mention why did the guy driving the lambo go into oncoming traffic?

[PoorMan'sR]

Originally Posted by Hando567

Not to mention why did the guy driving the lambo go into oncoming traffic?

cause he thought he was paul walker...street racing is ****in stupid, yea i get that its fine if its just you, another car, and an abandoned back road, but you can't tell wtf is gonna happen on the road, what someone else will do, just go to the track