Street racing is a form of unsanctioned and illegal auto racing which takes place on public roads. Street racing can either be spontaneous or well-planned and coordinated. Spontaneous races usually occur at intersections where two cars stop at a red light before they begin racing.
As of today April 1st 2008. I am completly against street racing. I almost lost a dear friend of mine becasue some highschool kids thought it would be fun to street race on their way to school. well one wasnt so lucky running a red light he t-boned a car in the middle of the intersection taht car belong to my dearest friend Tiff she was on her way to the DCCC for class. she ended up in the hospital today. luckily she will survive with only one severe cut injury to her leg and bruises.
the kid walked away unscathed which really ticks me off not only was he stupid and not following the traffic laws, he injures a bystander becasue of his stupidity and get away unharmed.
Now i cant say i have never dabbled in the world of street racing while in hays a buddy of mine drove a EVO Lancer and yeah we often had the mentality that we were invincible. going around the backstreets racing other people till one night he and i almost rolled his car. we went up on two wheels, but someone was watching over us that night and that was the end of it. i havnt wanted to street race again its not like we good or anything we were having fun or thats what it was till we almost rolled a car.
thanks to movies like fast and the furious kids get the idea that they need to street race. Hell even a certain anime Inital D which is about Drift racing which got me into drift racing and got me out in my car from time to time going over the basics of drifting learning how to drift a front wheel car which really isnt a true drift by the way its more like grip racing, but can be just as big a rush as anything taking a corner faster than you should be able too. its just illegal you are breaking the rules and i realized that maybe my life wasnt worth the risk of just getting that rush. my buddy still owns that EVO but he doesnt race it anymore he keeps it covered up most of the time he says its a show car now. laws are now being changed.
As a result, city and state ordinances have been issued regarding illegal street racing. Though laws vary, here are some penalties faced by street racers:
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