Hawaii to install anti-drifting roads

[namdoogwerdna]

Don't think this is a repost - wild

Is Hawaii's solution to illegal street drifting an increased support for draconian law enforcement or enactment of anti-hoon legislation? Nope. Anti-skid road surfaces that have the added bonus of making the roads safer for everyone and faster for enthusiasts.

Residents along Hawaii's twisty mountain roads have long complained of the noise and danger caused by punk kids illegally drifting, but the police haven't been able to deter the practice. Rather than fitting speed cameras, speed bumps or otherwise ruining the roads for slightly more law-abiding drivers, the local government plans to pave the mountain curves in a high-grip surface that'll virtually eliminate skidding and therefore drifting.

In this instance called Tyregrip, but also known as Shellgrip in the UK where it's used to improve the safety of very dangerous corners and slippery bridges, the technology packages a very sharp aggregate inside a tough resin and is applied on top of the existing road surface. It's typically impregnated with a contrasting color to alert drivers to its presence. It works like very rough sandpaper, increasing the friction between a tire and the road, dramatically improving grip. It's not used across long stretches of road because that increase in friction also results in a proportional increase in tire wear. The surface works especially well in wet weather, where the sharp points of the aggregate provide very good levels of grip even when covered in water.

In addition to making drifting nearly impossible, the surface will increase general safety by improving grip levels, especially in the rain. Of course, more grip also equals faster corner speeds for drivers like you and me.

Hawaii plans to install test strips of Tyregrip on eight sections of road popular with drifters. If it proves successful at limiting their antics, it'll be rolled out through other trouble spots too.

From: http://jalopnik.com/5543621/hawaii-t...drifting-roads

[supraghost]

i wonder how tough that stuff is. hawaii drifters might switch from drifting to hill climbing lol

[namdoogwerdna]

I dunno, but I'm sure it wont stop people ripping along the hills, drift or no drift.

[driftingrx5.7]

i wonder if thats the same crap they have been putting on some of our back roads here, its almost scary i don't take some of those roads anymore on my bike!

[turboman808]

So now you can take the corners at over 1 g. Sounds like a win win to me.

[jpalamar]

They stopped drifting, but didn't stop racing... good way to spend tax money.

[twastheglow]

Originally Posted by jpalamar

They stopped drifting, but didn't stop racing... good way to spend tax money.

Exactly. lol They just shifted the type of "motorsporting" that will occur on those roads.

[Dave]

I imagine this will lead to far worse accidents

[dangerousatom]

Originally Posted by twastheglow

Exactly. lol They just shifted the type of "motorsporting" that will occur on those roads.

Ya it will have packs of cars road rallying now not just one "Joe Drift King" ..... IMO complaints of noise levels will most likely go up with the number of auto accidents.

This is again a great example of the Gov throwing money at a problem without thinking outside the box. The money should have gone to create a Drift/Auto-X course run buy the locals.....keep the kids off the streets, creates jobs, and localizes the noise/crashes.

[twastheglow]

I'm honestly just hoping that this decision backfires somehow. lol

[dangerousatom]

Originally Posted by twastheglow

I'm honestly just hoping that this decision backfires somehow. lol

Me too cuz we are all so effected by Hawaii drift scene

[redtoprps13]

from drifting to high speed road racing....good to know....so instead of going sideways at 35 mph....i'll take corners at 75 mph......yay for safety..

[twastheglow]

Originally Posted by dangerousatom

Me too cuz we are all so effected by Hawaii drift scene

lol and...

Originally Posted by redtoprps13

from drifting to high speed road racing....good to know....so instead of going sideways at 35 mph....i'll take corners at 75 mph......yay for safety..

lol.

[92sileighty]

Originally Posted by twastheglow

I'm honestly just hoping that this decision backfires somehow. lol

i'm with this guy. i don't know why, but i just want to see it fail.

[twastheglow]

Originally Posted by 92sileighty

i don't know why, but i just want to see it fail.

Quoted for truth! hahahahaha

[420sx]

Theyll just start spraying their tires with WD40, welding their diffs, and cranking the boost. No matter how much traction there is, people are still gonna get em loose.

Run like 15 degrees of camber, that bitch'll slide.

[GmFwd]

^^ truth

More traction just means you need more power/ebrake/clutch kick to make it happen

[redtoprps13]

i'm moving to hawaii for the touge....now

[RedWabbit]

its better than putting speed bumps in like Japan, at least they can still have some form of racing around the mountain. even though racing on the street is rather stupid.

[jpalamar]

Originally Posted by 420sx

Theyll just start spraying their tires with WD40, welding their diffs, and cranking the boost. No matter how much traction there is, people are still gonna get em loose.

Run like 15 degrees of camber, that bitch'll slide.

Originally Posted by GmFwd

^^ truth

More traction just means you need more power/ebrake/clutch kick to make it happen

I don't know too many people that are going to trash the cars that much to do it. I think it will elliminate lot of the problem just because that kinda mod isn't alwas possible to the average person or even driving skills.... still stupid though because they will just race and not drift.