I cannot believe this site has a dedicated forum for street racing. To condon street racing, which is illegal, should not be tollerated. It is unsafe and "WE" (meaning all vehicle drivers on todays roads) should not have to put up with drivers who feel there cars are "RACE" cars and the streets their private drag strip/raceway. Do it legally or don't do it at all.

yea i agree, it is illegal everywhere, yet here is a wonderful place to brag about it. it seems a bit ironic to me. never been a fan of this forum and im a little confused why its even here.

I agree with you. But I think this forum does not "condon" strret racing nor do I believe alot of us think that it's allright.

Street racing is a reality. And there are people out there who take part in it. I suppose this is a place where they can tell us about their experiences. But in the same token we can also freely express our disapproval of it and it's dangers, consequences, and reprocusions.

i dont evne know what street racing is, ive never seen such a thing no one round here does such a thing but then i live out in cornfields no where IL

no one modifies or messes with stuff here, no older vehicles are left either, everything is stock here other than headers, duals, and v-8 engines into s-10 trucks and other stuff

no ricers or other stuff


hum

That's awesome man

Btw, here's an interesting commentary from the local paper a couple days ago;

Will these ideas stop street racing?


Jun 21, 2007 05:45 AM
Mark Richardson
Wheels Editor
There have been calls all week for “something to be done” about street racing after the death this week of an innocent trucker. Let’s go through some of the ideas and see what will actually make a difference.

*Throw the book at street racers. No arguments there, but the penalties were already increased before this week and the racing still occurred. Fines of $10,000 on conviction, impounding and crushing the cars, lengthy driving bans and brutal insurance rates all help, but mean little in the adrenal rush of the moment.

*Increased enforcement. Again, no arguments, but there must be a cop on every corner to actually prevent all street racing.

*Bring back photo radar. Fair enough, but only if it’s used as a deterrent to speed and not as a cash grab, as happened before in Ontario. There would also need to be an intelligent re-evaluation of existing speed limits that considers both safety and actual driving habits. Raise the limits on 400-series highways to 120 km/h and set the cameras at 125 km/h and few people would complain.

*Provide more organized racing venues. Great idea! But street racing has an illicit thrill all its own. It’s the difference between the organized school prom and the parents-are-away party. This won’t make a dent in street racing.

*Speed limiters on vehicles. This would seem to be the obvious one, like taking the bullets out of guns. After all, there’s no real reason why a vehicle on the street should be able to exceed 100 km/h; many trucks are already equipped with speed limiters, mostly to save fuel. But let’s be realistic here: such a Big Brother move would be massively unpopular. There’d be an immediate aftermarket in disabling the technology to allow drivers to think for themselves, which would prove such an expensive investment to be a colossal waste of taxpayers’ money.

*Ban aftermarket performance products. You might as well ban track racing, where these products are intended to be used. Improved — and sensible — guidelines for police would be a good move, though. Sure, ban nitrous boosters, but why impound a kid’s car just because it has cool blue windshield washer nozzles?

*Ban tuner cars. Again, the issue is subjective. Why impound a slammed Civic or Impreza while allowing a considerably faster Mercedes AMG or BMW M5 on the road?

*Ban or limit advertising that promotes reckless behaviour. This is long overdue. But it’s not as cut and dried as cigarette advertising, in which the product is the problem — the problem is the excessive application of the vehicle’s abilities, so where do you draw the line? The government cannot ban such advertising, but media should instigate a policy that refuses to accept it.

*Peer pressure. Ah — this is the only real and lasting solution. It takes a while, but then wearing seat belts and driving sober took a generation to drive home.


This is where the media comes in. We must show the consequences every single time, both human and judicial. We must make it clear that illegal racing is stupid and unacceptable.

It will take time to get over the hormones, but eventually the message will sink in — there’s nothing to be proved by street racing, except that you’re a selfish, murderous idiot who can expect no sympathy for your despicable actions.

Are you going to sit there and tell me that you've never, EVER, pushed your L98 a little harder than you're 'allowed' to do?
Pfft. Please.

I don't condon street racing, but it's out there, and we've all done it. You respond saying no, and I know you're a liar.

I have nothing against street racing as long as its not done in traffic. The place we would street race only had one road in and out and at night there was no traffic whatsoever. And we were smart about crowd control no one was allowed to stand on the side of the road, all spectators were behind the starting line. If thats how youre doing it I dont see anything wrong with it. I do have a problem with people racing and weaving in and out of traffic though.

I've never participated in some sort of organized street racing, but I do love the occassional red light race.

Thirty years ago, there was no traffic. Thirty years ago, there was very little traffic even on the highway. Thirty years ago, night time driving was for the people who worked at night or had some reason to be driving. Forty years ago, I used to ride my bike down Broadway and even take the left turn lights, using hand signals. Never had a problem with cars or drivers. Bikes have the same rules of the road cars do. Today, I wouldn't ride a bike down to the corner store, let alone want my kids to, which I don't have any, thank God. Thirty years ago, and going back more years than I have lived, there was something called common courtesy, which was taught during drivers training. Today, there is no common courtesy. Today's drivers couldn't care less about the other drivers, just that they're in their way. 10 years ago, I noticed traffic on the freeway almost 24 hours in both directions, both lanes. There used to be a saying about getting out into the open air. Now there is no open air. There's only traffic, other drivers going about there business. Even all the back roads have more traffic. Today's parents aren't doing that. Who teaches kids how to drive? Next time you see kids in a car, and their parents are driving like maniacs, what do those kids think is normal driving? The kids are learning the rules of the road from them. 26 years ago, I joined the Army. I became more responsible for my actions. It made me who I am today. The best thing I ever did.

When I bought my car I wanted to see what it would do. No one was around, out in the middle of nowhere, not racing anybody. Yes it will do 140+. Do I need to prove it again? NO. You all know what an L98 is and what it can do. It's more than what should be allowed on the streets. It is in essence, a factory race car. Needs no modifications. Somebody who wants to modify it is doing it for the wrong reason. Especially if it's there daily driver, or plan to drive it on the streets. When I get on the freeway yes I put it to the floor. Not all the time. A lot of shorter onramps need more pedal. When I see behind me someone weaving in and out of traffic, I apply slight pressure (that's all I need) to the gas pedal so they can't cut in front of me. Why? Because if they're going to take my safety zone I might as well not even have one. Do I spin the tires? Do I get people to egg me on to do burnouts. NO. My mother instilled in me values. Who buys the tires? I do. Who puts money into my car? I do. Who maintains it? I do. I don't go out and race people. I don't have anything to prove. If you have to go out and street race, what do you have to prove and who are you trying to impress? I hope it's not me. When I read posts about someone wanting to spend their hard earned money, which they have little of, on mods they don't need anyway, all I can think of is big business is getting rich on them.

Drugs are illegal. If there was a THREAD dedicated to drugs and drug use, that would be condoning drugs.

Pedophilia is illegal. You hear on the news and see more and more websites being closed down, and arrests due to it. Too bad the judges won't keep them in jail. Any website that has posts with positive respect to pedophilia is condoning it.

The biggest problem is liberal TV, liberal media, and liberal advertising. This website is a type of media. So it should be also be accountable for its forum content. I saw one time on I think it was Horsepower TV, about modifying some engine, adding NO2, and talking about street racing. At the end of the show he said: "Have fun....But Don't Get Caught". That's condoning street racing and illegal modifications.

This thread will be locked. The admins always say that TGO does not promote racing but this section is proof other wise.

Street racers are idiots.

Look what they are doing in Cali now. I saw it on the news. You get caught streetracing they take your car and crush it. They do not sell it, they do not let you buy it back, they crush it.

Look it up on yahoo news. A nice pic of 4 raced out cars sandwiched together and a guy crying next to it.

Too many people are dying because of stupidity.

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So is thousands of innocent Americans dying for, and protecting an equally terrorist state such as Israel, but you don't see anyone doing anything about that though, either. Your pathetic argument is pointed toward the wrong crowd. Why not approach the source, or are you just a weakling looking to target a bunch of innocent teens looking to have a little fun with their hobby....?

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