Drag Racing

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-03-12 12:49am

Do any of you live in an area with this problem? Back home, in Cobb County, it's a pretty big problem. Usually what happens is some 16 year old brat, spoiled by their fucking parents, either buys them or allows them to get a ridiculously fast car, completely unsuitable and exorbitant for a teenage driver, and they use it to drag race, endangering the lives of themselves and others. Every once and a while, more often than not, someone gets killed, and the little darlings basically get a slap on the wrist for being minors, while the people killed by their irresponsibility remain dead. We coddle kids so much these days...

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-03-12 12:56am

People like to think they drive fast cars around here, but I've honestly only seen one car that turned my head: a '69 GTO. Dunno how fast it was, by goddamn, did it ROAR when the guy stomped on the gas. They sure new how to make cars back in the day.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-03-12 12:57am

Yeah, we get 'em from UCF. I've only felt sorry for one. He sideswiped a car going 130. The other car went off the road and into a ditch, killing the driver. The driver was his mother. All the others make me wish I had some kinda of vehicle that could launch a Hellfire missile. The genepool needs some chlorination.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-03-12 01:00am

This is not a new problem.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-12 01:01am

Incredibly stupid. If you want to do it, go to a track.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-03-12 01:07am

Darth Wong wrote:This is not a new problem.

Not at all, but for whatever reason, it's becoming a worse problem, at least where I live.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-12 01:09am

Oakland has had some big troubles, they call them side shows. Unoffical street races that have lead to some deaths. I think its quieted down some because of police crackdowns, I believe they take your car and keep it now, and Im sure the bad economy and high gas prices help a bit to.

I paid $2.14 for 87 octane today. WTF?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-12 01:21am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:Oakland has had some big troubles, they call them side shows. Unoffical street races that have lead to some deaths. I think its quieted down some because of police crackdowns, I believe they take your car and keep it now, and Im sure the bad economy and high gas prices help a bit to.

I paid $2.14 for 87 octane today. WTF?

You're telling me. I'm just glad I got a car with decent mileage.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-03-12 01:59am

In Sydney people used to race through our tunnel at 200KPH+

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-12 02:11am

Gandalf wrote:In Sydney people used to race through our tunnel at 200KPH+

Thats fucking crazy! I totally support seizure of the car in cases like that.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-03-12 02:11am

I don't keep up with it, but we don't have news reports about dead kids due to racing. Now my dad was like judging a drag race when he was a kid (ready, set, yabba dabba dooo!!!) and like some dude died when he fucked up. Usually the brats and the hoodlums that have cars with anything added to them, just go to the drag strip.