Post your best kill story here.

[PSP]

No problem. One of the downsides of becoming an old fart (I'm 53) is that you've been around long enough to see the consequences of your actions - whether it happened directly to you or not.

I see from your profile that you're mid 20s - I felt similarly then too, but then you see things happen and it's not so fun anymore. This doesn't mean that I drive 35mph all the time, but I don't push the envelope nearly as much as I could.

Just make sure you pick and choose your "battles" carefully.

[YellowJacket]

PSP, definitely sorry to hear about what you and those around you have gone through as a result of stupidity and street racing.

Without going into too much detail, I also have negative associations with street racing and stories to back my opinions up. I also think that for some people it takes a tragedy or near-tragedy in their life or the life of those around them to realize how serious it is.

I won't try to put a damper on this thread, but I just wanted to say as someone who has experiences similar (although not quite the same) to those of PSP, I also think that street racing is quite stupid.

[Perfectlap]

three friends killed by a speeder here.
idiot Ran a light doing close to 100, they never caught the 2nd car.

[ranbar2]

I know that there are some places here in Tampa where you can "race" off the line at a traffic light. Relatively lightly traveled, newly paved, 3-lane, hard median divided roads with anywhere from a 1/2 to a whole mile before additional potential traffic. I would be lying if I said that, in conditions where there is no traffic, I never accelerated quickly at a green with a kid in a mustang next to me revving his engine. However, I am usually content with beating them off the line and then pull up at the speed limit (usually 50 or so on a road like that) and watch as they blow by me and into expensive ticket speed. However, while this behavior seems reasonably safe, there is still the chance of mechanical failure or unexpected vehicular or pedestrian traffic that could lead to an unpleasant or tragic incident. And on roads with a greater chance of potential traffic (i.e. 99.9% of the time), I wont even accelerate more quickly than usual from a light. After all, that's what a young kid on U.S. 1 in Miami did just before, at 60 mph, he t-boned a minivan that had the misfortune, and bad timing, to make a left in front of him when he wanted to peel out from a light. He was the last thing the person in the passenger seat ever saw. That person was my mother.

[Brucelee]

Do these have to be TRUE stories? If so, I don't have any!


However, I once caught a fish that was THIS BIG...................................!

:dance:

[Automon]

This thread should be closed due to all the whiners and there sob stories. I am getting sick of all the "fathers" telling us not to drive fast. Get back in your Buick century and "pipe down so i don't have to pull this car over" :ah:
Automon

[Brucelee]

We fathers need our outets too you know!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Automon

This thread should be closed due to all the whiners and there sob stories. I am getting sick of all the "fathers" telling us not to drive fast. Get back in your Buick century and "pipe down so i don't have to pull this car over" :ah:
Automon

[ranbar2]

>>This thread should be closed due to all the whiners and there sob stories. I am getting sick of all the "fathers" telling us not to drive fast. Get back in your Buick century and "pipe down so i don't have to pull this car over"
Automon


Automon,

What these "fathers" (and sons) are saying is that driving fast irresponsibly can have serious repercussions. I hope you never have to get the phone call that tells you that a loved one has been seriously injured or killed because somebody wanted to take out a vette. Have you ever seen the victim of a serious car accident?? Unfortunately, I have. And my mother was not the only one.

Look, everyone here likes to drive fast in one way or another, otherwise we wouldn't have bought a porsche. And if you want to drive fast in conditions where the only people hurt if something goes wrong are you and the person you were racing, if any, then be my guest. There are tracks and other venues where you can indulge your need for speed.

But street racing puts innocent people at risk. And, to me, someone who injures or kills an innocent bystander why engaged in a race on public streets is no better than the thug who kills someone while robbing a convience store or a drunk driver who gets behind the wheel. Each of them have caused bodily harm to another while in the commission of an illegal act. Do you seriously think that any responsible person can condone that?

Anyway, this is my last post on this subject. I am done rising to the bait.