street racing

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: playstation3

Originally posted by: jagec
Well yeah, if you use as ambiguous a term as "street racing".

as in a race on the street... :disgust:

Well, it's not all black and white though. There are degrees to the level of danger and risk involved. I am opposed to street racing but I'd be lying if I said I never speed or occasionally get caught up in a moment where I want to show what my car can do.

Flooring your car off the line and going as fast as you can to a speed close to what the speed limit is on a deserted road and running your car up to 120mph on a city street at full bore while weaving in and out of traffic are not the same nor would it carry the same penalty...nor should it carry the same penalty.

So, yes, your term is ambiguous. Your poll is equally ambiguous, if I say that I'm against street racing then I'm instantly a hypocrite, if I vote that I am for it then I'm a monster who should be behind bars and the third option is even worse...who defines who is responsible enough to street race? :roll:

I actually voted other. Guess I just explained my reasoning too.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: AdamK47
My windshield banner

Hah, I need to get one of those.

Man, I wish I had one of those. That's probably one of my biggest pet peeves is people who camp out in the left lane going the speed limit.

 

[playstation3]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: playstation3

Originally posted by: jagec
Well yeah, if you use as ambiguous a term as "street racing".

as in a race on the street... :disgust:

Well, it's not all black and white though. There are degrees to the level of danger and risk involved. I am opposed to street racing but I'd be lying if I said I never speed or occasionally get caught up in a moment where I want to show what my car can do.

Flooring your car off the line and going as fast as you can to a speed close to what the speed limit is on a deserted road and running your car up to 120mph on a city street at full bore while weaving in and out of traffic are not the same nor would it carry the same penalty...nor should it carry the same penalty.

So, yes, your term is ambiguous. Your poll is equally ambiguous, if I say that I'm against street racing then I'm instantly a hypocrite, if I vote that I am for it then I'm a monster who should be behind bars and the third option is even worse...who defines who is responsible enough to street race? :roll:

I actually voted other. Guess I just explained my reasoning too.

please to be revisiting the definition of ambiguous. youre either racing, or youre not, please provide an alternate definition for "street racing". as for the poll i am sure the answers are pretty clear cut, your own opinion of the person who answers a specific answer does not make it ambiguous. there is also the 4th option in case you do not agree with any of the other answers. obviously everyone has thier own special idea of what is acceptable driving behaviour and you cant possibly expect me to guess them all. seems to me you guys are just trying to justify being against street racing while still accepting certain forms of street racing, which is just fine by the poll, but doesnt make any of it ambiguous.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: AdamK47
My windshield banner

Hah, I need to get one of those.

Man, I wish I had one of those. That's probably one of my biggest pet peeves is people who camp out in the left lane going the speed limit.

$29

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: pontifex
how can you be street racing and considered responsible? just doesn't make sense.

The same way as you can be considered responsible while running red lights, not stopping at stop signs, and going the wrong way on one way streets...

...ride a bicycle!

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
3 AM in the morning

As opposed to 3AM at night?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: playstation3

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: playstation3

Originally posted by: jagec
Well yeah, if you use as ambiguous a term as "street racing".

as in a race on the street... :disgust:

Well, it's not all black and white though. There are degrees to the level of danger and risk involved. I am opposed to street racing but I'd be lying if I said I never speed or occasionally get caught up in a moment where I want to show what my car can do.

Flooring your car off the line and going as fast as you can to a speed close to what the speed limit is on a deserted road and running your car up to 120mph on a city street at full bore while weaving in and out of traffic are not the same nor would it carry the same penalty...nor should it carry the same penalty.

So, yes, your term is ambiguous. Your poll is equally ambiguous, if I say that I'm against street racing then I'm instantly a hypocrite, if I vote that I am for it then I'm a monster who should be behind bars and the third option is even worse...who defines who is responsible enough to street race? :roll:

I actually voted other. Guess I just explained my reasoning too.

please to be revisiting the definition of ambiguous. youre either racing, or youre not, please provide an alternate definition for "street racing". as for the poll i am sure the answers are pretty clear cut, your own opinion of the person who answers a specific answer does not make it ambiguous. there is also the 4th option in case you do not agree with any of the other answers. obviously everyone has thier own special idea of what is acceptable driving behaviour and you cant possibly expect me to guess them all. seems to me you guys are just trying to justify being against street racing while still accepting certain forms of street racing, which is just fine by the poll, but doesnt make any of it ambiguous.

I don't agree that all forms of street racing are the same or as dangerous. You say street racing and everyone automatically assumes some kid in a bright yellow car with neon lights, a big wing and a fart can exhaust driving fast and furiously through the concrete jungle. Not some guy in his 30s or 40s driving a stock 4 door sedan with a baby seat in the back opening his car up to put some dumbass in his place without ever breaking the speed limit.

Was it dumb for me to do it? Sure. Was it dangerous? No.

If I got caught I'd take my lumps and move on. Again, it's something I rarely do so I don't consider myself a street racer. If that's street racing then I'd say a good portion of the population engages in or has engaged in street racing. Fscking hypocrites!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: pontifex
how can you be street racing and considered responsible? just doesn't make sense.

The same way as you can be considered responsible while running red lights, not stopping at stop signs, and going the wrong way on one way streets...

...ride a bicycle!

Who does stuff like that? Man, that's just crazy talk.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Yup a street race, I don't wear my seatbelt, I talk on my cell phone while street racing and not wearing my seat belt. I coast in neutral to a stop sign to save gas. I love big SUV's like Hummers. I occasionally drive home drunk in my hummer while getting a BJ from my girl friend while talking on the cell phone and revving me tricked out honda to anyone that passes me. I eat at McDonalds and then throw my trash out the window, but I get a diet coke to save the environment from all the processed sugar. I pass on the right and I speed like crazy. I don't use my signal and stop signs are only yield signs to me. Ill drive on the sidewalk if I have to in the city and I usually tap bicycles that are in my way. I'm the guy doing dougnuts down the street at 3 AM in the morning and I am the guy asleep at 2PM when you need me to move my car. I am me.

Does that make me a bad person? You decide.

That about covers it.

/thread

Post of the Week!

 

[daveshel]

Best justification for mandatory insurance I can think of.

 

[Gillbot]

track only for me

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: playstation3

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: playstation3

Originally posted by: jagec
Well yeah, if you use as ambiguous a term as "street racing".

as in a race on the street... :disgust:

Well, it's not all black and white though. There are degrees to the level of danger and risk involved. I am opposed to street racing but I'd be lying if I said I never speed or occasionally get caught up in a moment where I want to show what my car can do.

Flooring your car off the line and going as fast as you can to a speed close to what the speed limit is on a deserted road and running your car up to 120mph on a city street at full bore while weaving in and out of traffic are not the same nor would it carry the same penalty...nor should it carry the same penalty.

So, yes, your term is ambiguous. Your poll is equally ambiguous, if I say that I'm against street racing then I'm instantly a hypocrite, if I vote that I am for it then I'm a monster who should be behind bars and the third option is even worse...who defines who is responsible enough to street race? :roll:

I actually voted other. Guess I just explained my reasoning too.

please to be revisiting the definition of ambiguous. youre either racing, or youre not, please provide an alternate definition for "street racing". as for the poll i am sure the answers are pretty clear cut, your own opinion of the person who answers a specific answer does not make it ambiguous. there is also the 4th option in case you do not agree with any of the other answers. obviously everyone has thier own special idea of what is acceptable driving behaviour and you cant possibly expect me to guess them all. seems to me you guys are just trying to justify being against street racing while still accepting certain forms of street racing, which is just fine by the poll, but doesnt make any of it ambiguous.

It is ambiguous, because there's many forms of street racing, some of them are extremely dangerous and some, well, really aren't. Are all of them stupid? Yes. Should they all be banned/condemned? No.

 

[exdeath]

I only waste people who are inching forward and revving in the ending lane of a merge at red lights thinking they are gonna take cuts and do quick 0-60 sprints every once in a while. With the kind of power I'm putting out, thats all it takes to put cocky pricks who just got a new car in their place. But I don't speed or participate in anything you could consider street racing. Driving fast on public roads is pretty damn scary when you actually have a car capable of going fast, say hitting 100+ in third gear on a 6 speed.

I also don't allow myself to get baited by someone who might potentially have a car equal to my own. It's typically when both cars are on the same level that neither person wants to let off first because they are neck and neck and think they just need to stay in it for a few more seconds... thats when it gets dangerous and you start talking speeds over 100+ mph... desperation FTL.

Sorry, I love my car too much to participate in that crap. If you want to keep going and fly by me 5 minutes after its over and I've already put 10 bus lengths on you from the light, be my guest, but I don't go any more than 10 over. I'm not going to be the one with a payment to make on a wrecked car. Oh wait, I don't have car payments at all!

What I enjoy more these days though, is just crusing on the freeway at 75mph turning 1500 RPM. Try that in a 4 cyl. And when I'm sitting in traffic on a nice calm sunny day with the windows down feeling the car rock and vibrate with every pulse of the Bassani exhaust, I could care less what anyone else is driving. I love my Terminator.

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: Raduque
Edit: BTW, OP, how do you define "Street Racing"? Is it a stop light drag to the next light, or high speed weave-around-traffic-till somebody wrecks? Because I think that every once in a while putting some riceboy in his place from a stop light if the street is clear is fine, but a Civic getting into a pissing match with a Corvette on a busy freeway is completely unacceptable.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Captante
Racing any vehicle on streets that are open to the public is stupid ... theres a reason you get hit with 10 points on your license & an automatic suspension in Connecticut & many other states.

That's not good enough; they should revoke their license permanently.

 

[zylander]

I use to race a lot when I was younger, still do it now (22) but not as much. Back then and now I only do it when there is no one around. I dont weave in and out of cars on densely packed streets. I dont drive 140 on a crowded highway. I race on the highway when there is very light traffic. When we get a lot of pepole together and race on the streets we do it late at night when no one is around and roads away form the public. There are no innocent by standers, everyone in the area knows what is going on. Lately Ive been moving on from the streets and highways up into the mountains, which are even more secluded. I dont see anything wrong with that.

 

[iamaelephant]

Recent news story from my home town

Terribly sad Street racing is moronic and can have fatal consequences. Remember folks, we don't have a cure for death yet.

 

[IGBT]

..yet another reason the legal driving age should be 21. street racing is immature juvenile and reckless behavior. Speed exhibition on public streets is illegal. If you get caught you should loose you license..if you have one and mandatory jail time.. 5 year probation with 2 thousand hours of public service work to be served on your weekends.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..yet another reason the legal driving age should be 21. street racing is immature juvenile and reckless behavior. Speed exhibition on public streets is illegal. If you get caught you should loose you license..if you have one and mandatory jail time.. 5 year probation with 2 thousand hours of public service work to be served on your weekends.

No yet another reason parents should be held responsible for parenting. For christ sakes, if an 18 year old can vote, get a full time job (which he needs a car for), be forced to pay child support, and die for our country, he should be able to drive.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..yet another reason the legal driving age should be 21. street racing is immature juvenile and reckless behavior. Speed exhibition on public streets is illegal. If you get caught you should loose you license..if you have one and mandatory jail time.. 5 year probation with 2 thousand hours of public service work to be served on your weekends.

That's ridiculous. There are plenty of responsible under-21s and there are certainly plenty of idiots over 21. You fail at reasoning again.

 

[Regs]

I go zoom zoom for 3-4 seconds but I don't race.

A. My car isn' t that fast.
B. Someone can get injured or dead
C. It's really expensive

 

[Xstatic1]

i'll admit to having street raced a handful of people. was it stupid? umm, yeah. was it fun? hell yeah, especially since i kicked butt. will i ever do it again? yeah...but on a race track.

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: AdamK47
My windshield banner

OMG, that is great!! Just what I need! I hate it when drivers here do that and then they freakin honk at me when I overtake them.. *****.. They need to stress it in drivers ed here.. No one blocks the left lane back home in Asia!

 

[Chaotic42]

I'm for it, just as long as it's in residential areas, especially near schools.

 

[spaceman]

too fast too furious bitches!
where the n02 and the mountain dew DEEEWWDLEY!?!?!?