Hi, Guest
I hope I don't merit a whack with the Ban Hammer but here goes:
Street racing has been around for over 60 years. It has been likely happening since cars were introduced to the public, and this new legislation will not make it go away. If nothing else, as mentioned earlier... it'll just get worse.
A lot of us are gearheads, but how many of us have parents who are/were gearheads? How many of THEM streetraced in the 60s/70s? How many of THEIR parents streetraced in the 40s/50s? Come on guys... this is nothing new. It'll be around with the next generation of drivers too unless we give up that much of our rights such that Big Brother always knows where we all are, how fast we're going, who we voted for in the last election, etc.
An example: My Dad street-raced in his teens and a little into his 20s. They only raced in industrial areas, away from the public (mind you there was a LOT less traffic back then). What happened? His best friend was racing someone else that day when his car went under a transport and the car became a convertible. His friend became half a friend. A horrible tragedy that all the lemmings will say "could have been prevented". There's always inherent risk in anything you do. There's risk at the dragstrip. There's risk in going to get groceries.
What needs to be punished here is a group of asshats who can't stop making it a spectacle. Street racing happens every day and by and large no-one gets hurt. On occasion, it does spill out into the public and those responsible should be brought to justice. For those tards, I say lock em up and throw away the key, cut up the license.
For those that have an impromptu drag at 2AM because they're more than 2 hours from the track on a deserted (and I mean EMPTY) non-residential road... what's the harm? An equipment failure for them that causes an injury or worse would likely happen in the same fashion at the track. There's nothing that this legislation will do to street racing that will improve the conditions for those that want to get to the track but they can't.
No spectators. No betting. Just 2 cars going at it for a quarter mile. Anything else isn't a "street race". It's fantasy nonsense, lived out by morons who can't discern between fiction and reality.
I also agree with Kev, build more f'ing tracks and make it a little easier to get insurance so that the track can actually operate without going bankrupt in a year. Even circle tracks have this problem.
Street racing has been around for over 60 years. It has been likely happening since cars were introduced to the public, and this new legislation will not make it go away. If nothing else, as mentioned earlier... it'll just get worse.
A lot of us are gearheads, but how many of us have parents who are/were gearheads? How many of THEM streetraced in the 60s/70s? How many of THEIR parents streetraced in the 40s/50s? Come on guys... this is nothing new. It'll be around with the next generation of drivers too unless we give up that much of our rights such that Big Brother always knows where we all are, how fast we're going, who we voted for in the last election, etc.
An example: My Dad street-raced in his teens and a little into his 20s. They only raced in industrial areas, away from the public (mind you there was a LOT less traffic back then). What happened? His best friend was racing someone else that day when his car went under a transport and the car became a convertible. His friend became half a friend. A horrible tragedy that all the lemmings will say "could have been prevented". There's always inherent risk in anything you do. There's risk at the dragstrip. There's risk in going to get groceries.
What needs to be punished here is a group of asshats who can't stop making it a spectacle. Street racing happens every day and by and large no-one gets hurt. On occasion, it does spill out into the public and those responsible should be brought to justice. For those tards, I say lock em up and throw away the key, cut up the license.
For those that have an impromptu drag at 2AM because they're more than 2 hours from the track on a deserted (and I mean EMPTY) non-residential road... what's the harm? An equipment failure for them that causes an injury or worse would likely happen in the same fashion at the track. There's nothing that this legislation will do to street racing that will improve the conditions for those that want to get to the track but they can't.
No spectators. No betting. Just 2 cars going at it for a quarter mile. Anything else isn't a "street race". It's fantasy nonsense, lived out by morons who can't discern between fiction and reality.
I also agree with Kev, build more f'ing tracks and make it a little easier to get insurance so that the track can actually operate without going bankrupt in a year. Even circle tracks have this problem.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.