Why You Shouldn't Street Race

[Meeper]

I saw this story this morning on TV.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20721761/detail.html#

This is why you don't street race guys. Horrible things like this happen.

[dursin]

Originally Posted by Meeper

I saw this story this morning on TV.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20721761/detail.html#

This is why you don't street race guys. Horrible things like this happen.

Wow. Another story here
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,3984885.story
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2...car_crash.html
Sad, but can't say I have much sympathy for morons like this. Driving over 100mph on wet pavement? You get what you deserve.

[Tim Adams]

At least they got it right and called it street racing, not drag racing.

[Darin Morgan]

Originally Posted by Meeper

I saw this story this morning on TV.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20721761/detail.html#

This is why you don't street race guys. Horrible things like this happen.

IDIOTS! Total freaking idiots! Street racing is NOT racing. This is what gives Racing a bad name. I have been in professional racing my entire life and I have NEVER street raced. Not once. I have personally seen three fatalities on the streets and know how fast things go wrong. Sand, gravel. dips, bumps or anything else that unloads the chassis will ruin your whole day, your car and probably your life. Most Accidents happen in the first month or two of taking possession of a high performance car. I see these parents giving there teens these cars for graduation gifts and I also see and have seen a lot of dead kids. I cant count how many times I see this happen over and over and over agian. If people want to buy these cars for there kids, they have a VERY big chance of loosing them. Teens do not possess the skills necessary to operate a car safely for at least the first two years of driving. Put them in a car like this and you have a very big chance of killing them!

If your an adult and want to be stupid, at least be smart about it. That may sound like an oxymoron but its not. Go to the race track or,,,,If you just cant wait to take your car through its paces ( like me) go out in the country and find a nice isolated black top or better yet a blocked off highway under construction, scope the place out, make sure you have enough shut down area and that the road is even, clean and has no bumps, dips, pot holes and trees/telephone poles to hit! Then have fun. At least your only endangering your self and not racing another person on a street with pedestrians, telephone poles and other obstacles.

[volboy23]

That is horrible. Hopefully some people will see this and learn from it.

[barking tires]

Last year our area lost 8 young people in 4 different crashes. They never think it is going to happen to them. I thought the same thing when I was young until I put my car up on two wheels from hitting lose gravel. I was lucky that the car landed back on all four wheels. Needless to say I have never done stupid crap like that again.

[SlingShot]

I know I'll get slammed for this but......Yes I agree street racing in today's world is a bad thing due to the amount of congestion on the roads.

Now for the but part.... Back in the day, I'm talking the 60's all the street racing on Woodward Ave and Gratiot is what gave all you guys the Hot Rods you have now. Like it or not all the high performance ( factory and after market) came from the street in some form or another. May it just be an idea or a cool name for something, that's where it all starts. I'm not condoning street racing, just being a realist on the history like it or not.

RIP to those killed in a senseless accident....

[camaro67]

street racing and drag racing 2different things. drag racing is usually mature adults street racing usually a bunch of teenagers in ricers.been racing 30 years never the first accident.

[SNV]

Holy shit!

Preliminary reports show the condition of the bodies in the Camaro after the crash made gender indentification difficult for medical crews.

This is one of the reason I would never put my son behind the wheel of a car like that. I do trust my son but we all know how people egg you on and how tempted you get.

[barking tires]

Actually it started.....

[babyjulie83]

this story makes me angry, come on people, use your brain!!!

[CamaroSkooter]

I have no sympathy for the people who street race. I only have sympathy for their families or the people they injure during their careless display of ego.

[Hicompression]

Too fast...Too furious.

[Grimmjow]

Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter

I have no sympathy for the people who street race. I only have sympathy for their families or the people they injure during their careless display of ego.

Totally agree. 3 lives lost.. and i'm just curious if the passengers were really into wanting to race or if the driver took matters into his own hands and murdered the 2 passengers with his/her carelessness.