if it came down to some cop in a divy a hundred meters back trying to catch me to crush my car, and unleashing 400 horses on the road infront of me and keeping my z.. i know which one i'd do. :bash:
have to say (hypothetical situation here of course) , Restricted licence in new zealand, 40k over the limit, car full of passengers and after 10pm (against the restricted rules), hadve a cop swing out behind you and with a pretty hefty fine and loss of licence at stake, for a 17/18 year old the choice to plant boot and get away is pretty easily made.. But , handbrake turns and flat out acceleration through narrow winding city streets could have easily, especially in an old car with no 'safety features', be the last thing ever done. Not saying its not the drivers choice to run, but the level of penalty stacked against you, can lead you from doing a 'safe' 90kph down a main road to a 'reckless' 130/140k+ on side roads
yeah i love mountain runs too I prefer my twisty roads to long straights. I'm not much a fan for doing pointless things like burnouts on public roads "hey look how powerful my car is, it doesn't even move!" I believe there are a lot of d**heads out there that could benefit from some harsh penalties. But there has to be some well crafted laws in place to protect people who just love the thrill of driving. Not the people who want to drive their car as fast as they can down the freeway or weave amongst traffic stupidly. Anyway, i still haven't been pulled over so i'm not complaining And by that i mean i haven't been pulled over in general. I don't do stupid things! Read back over that and thought...hmm...ok. Accidentally did 60 in a 50 zone once...cop drove past and stopped in the middle of the road, but didn't follow. And never heard from them again.
We have all been guilty of an infraction or three at some time in our driving careers. Its all about self discipline and it can be very hard to control. A powerful car, peer pressure and your own pressure to impress can be too tempting for some. I do agree with some that suitable outlets to vent should be explored. The idea of government sponsored educational days at various tracks without the heavy police presence at the doors on the way out will encourage street racers off the streets providing a number of issues can be sorted. It wont however remove all the street racers from suburbia because there will always be dickheads who just dont get the ramifications of hoon behaviour. One thing for sure is this issue will not go away anytime soon. my 2c. regards
my 2 1/2 cents If the govt was to build public race tracks for free for all racing, supporting what Chili said, how long before someone was killed and the public outraged? Who would regulate these tracks, what sort of officials would there be to stop idiots? i mean the whol point of building these things is to get racing of the sreets right? On the same note lets build burn out pads for the burnout freaks, skid pans for the drifters and so on. there are so many different falvours of drivers and preferences out there, how do you cater for them? these tracks have bigger implications. illegal gambelling, which then leads to car thefts or jackings, which then leads to gang wars, which then leads to possible homocide? So where to we stop... How about the assholes consider the people on the street and obey the laws provided to eliminate the cause. Unfortunately there are always people above the law and will never do this in which case creates a balance. Another question to be raised here is are the cars track spec or have they been confirgured for track use.. taking an xr6 for example which would handle no better than a boat at high speeds under the hands of a know it all p plater would end up in possible death or a whelchair. How would you regulate that and further aid the families that have had their lives gretly impacted by such activities in the first place... Burn em all. Let God sort them out. Terry
explains the frontal lobe falling off... Yeah mate good to be back better yet, glad yo unoticed i was BACKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!. you still street racing mate?
Of course, I'm no wimp! I wish the Local Council would hurry up and build me a racetrack, though.:zlove:
street racing and hooning ..... did anyone see the absolute idiot on ACA tonight ...????!!! .. 19 y.o. with a heap of infringments for which he has only had his licence suspended twice(each time for only three months ..!!!) .. his fastest ever speed was 290kpm because the speedo could register 320kpm and he wanted to see how close he could get to 320kpm... !!!! an absolute f'wit who could not see why perhaps his licence should be cancelled ... all the tracks in the world will not keep clowns like him from street racing/hooning et al......
did not recognize the car .. claimed some $50-60k in mods .. and his excuse for constant speeding .. i just cannot help myself ..!!!! wtf ...
I just want to know where in Sydney one could possibly reach those sort of speeds, i mean there isn't a road long enough unless he was in a ferrari or zed
There are hundreds of roads in the Sydney area, where those sorts of speeds could be reached, in a powerful vehicle. M2, M4, M5, M7 just for starters.
it is deffinatly a vy, i doubt he could rreach those types of speeds in that car thou but he does reckon hes spent 60k on it
Media and young drivers This is what this is really all about isn't it. First it was P platers in the media for being involved in constant accidents. Now speed hoons racing and having killed an elderly couple. All young people related and who is going to pay the price for this the respected drivers that own modified or high powered machines mostly the older people enthusiasts out of the young category bracket. And yes some of you will say don't be prejudice towards the young. Well myself being in the older category I see daily p platers and young drivers believing they are invicible on the roads and continue to be hoons with their vehicles. As far as police is concerned it just means that modified cars will be more scrutinised, which means that engineer certificates will be become more common to have than ever before. A clean driving record will also help as well as being out of the the considered young age group and in the older group will get you less headaches by police My opinion only
ademon .. this 19 y.o. did no favours for young drivers.. ..one of his 3 month suspensions was for doing 157kpm along a suburban beach front road ..!!!! .. presumably a 50kpm zone ....
