[oldeguy]

2.0duratecpower,Jun 28 2007, 06:14 PM Wrote:The whole street racing problem is blown out of scale. Before i get people jumping down my throat I DO NOT SUPPORT STREET RACING. People have raced their cars on backroads and from stoplight to stoplight for years. I'm willing to bet that some of these politicans leading this witch hunt at some point or another had some part in "street racing". The thing is that there are more cars in general on the road today then there were 40 years ago. Therefore your going to have more "street racers".

If you looked at the number of crashes caused by "street racing" from forty years ago compared to the number of crashes that occured under normal circumstances and did the same today the average would be similar. The only problem is there are probably no hard numbers from forty years ago and getting anyone to admit (especially now) that they took part in "street racing" would be like trying to squeeze water out of a rock.

Also the morons who do take part in "street racing" are a small minority of the car culture. Also what is the definition of "street racing". To cars going the same speed down a highway? Leaving a light at a slightly faster rate of speed? Why not have a motorsport weekend of sorts put on by the government at a local track and show the few jacka**es out there who are street racing that having a time slip is concrete proof you quicker than the other guy? ALso don't have the police ticket the law abiding drivers leaving the raceway or car shows. It just brews a hatred for the police and re-inforces the idea " I'm going to get a ticket anyway i might as well race on the street".
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All your points are valid, but, in Ontario, there have been several deaths of innocent drivers in the last couple of years, two in the last two weeks, as the idiots who use the main roads as race tracks don't seem to understand that things can go wrong on a public street. Racing is for the track, not the public roads. The Attorney General of Ontario, has declared that any modified car, is a street racer and if caught, will be crushed. Note, Ontario is electing a government this Fall.