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Why all the out cry over Street Racing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiohtee" data-source="post: 15562728" data-attributes="member: 103998"><p>How did I know your argument would assume the exact factors that everybody here agrees is retarded and utterly dangerous? None of us condone street racing around otherwise innocent bystanders. Period. That's the whole argument of time and place. If a mistake is made and a life other than one of the street racers is taken, you were doing it wrong in the first place and should have the book thrown at you. No excuses, no sympathy, except for the loss of innocent life.</p><p></p><p>The basic rules to street racing to eliminate the possibilities of external casualties is as follows: clear line of sight; no on ramps between start and finish; night time setting; warm(er) weather.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are street racing and come up on a blind curve, you're doing it wrong.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are street racing and come up on another car, you're doing it wrong.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are street racing and it is the middle of day, regardless of traffic, you're doing it wrong.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are street racing and it is 40 degrees out, you're doing it wrong. Unless you drive a bolt-on Civic or something.</li> </ul><p>Maybe I'm a loner here, but when I was doing such activities, my eyes weren't anywhere but the road ahead and an occasional glance to the side to get an idea where my opponent was. It doesn't take a great deal of time or movement to do this, and could save you from being side swiped by a non-driving idiot. But again, you were doing it wrong if that were the case.</p><p></p><p>I'd also like to add that speeds in excess of 150MPH is just ridiculous and altogether pointless. I've always capped my races at what my car(s) traps at the track. If it's too close to call it's too close to call and I'll gladly take the loss. But my car was a mid 130MPH car in the 1/4, so it took less than 10 seconds to race from start to shutdown, assuming a 40-60MPH start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiohtee, post: 15562728, member: 103998"] How did I know your argument would assume the exact factors that everybody here agrees is retarded and utterly dangerous? None of us condone street racing around otherwise innocent bystanders. Period. That's the whole argument of time and place. If a mistake is made and a life other than one of the street racers is taken, you were doing it wrong in the first place and should have the book thrown at you. No excuses, no sympathy, except for the loss of innocent life. The basic rules to street racing to eliminate the possibilities of external casualties is as follows: clear line of sight; no on ramps between start and finish; night time setting; warm(er) weather. [LIST] [*]If you are street racing and come up on a blind curve, you're doing it wrong. [*]If you are street racing and come up on another car, you're doing it wrong. [*]If you are street racing and it is the middle of day, regardless of traffic, you're doing it wrong. [*]If you are street racing and it is 40 degrees out, you're doing it wrong. Unless you drive a bolt-on Civic or something. [/LIST] Maybe I'm a loner here, but when I was doing such activities, my eyes weren't anywhere but the road ahead and an occasional glance to the side to get an idea where my opponent was. It doesn't take a great deal of time or movement to do this, and could save you from being side swiped by a non-driving idiot. But again, you were doing it wrong if that were the case. I'd also like to add that speeds in excess of 150MPH is just ridiculous and altogether pointless. I've always capped my races at what my car(s) traps at the track. If it's too close to call it's too close to call and I'll gladly take the loss. But my car was a mid 130MPH car in the 1/4, so it took less than 10 seconds to race from start to shutdown, assuming a 40-60MPH start. [/QUOTE]
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