...what drag racing can lead to.....!!!!!!!
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well now that just sucks, and I cant even say stupid kids, cause those were 2 S2000s not your typical HS street racer.
I could go into how stupid an useless street racing is, both for its danger and its horrible ability to compare 2 cars with no rules. but we all let the testosterone get to us sometimes, hopefully we just use our better judgement about when that happens.
I could go into how stupid an useless street racing is, both for its danger and its horrible ability to compare 2 cars with no rules. but we all let the testosterone get to us sometimes, hopefully we just use our better judgement about when that happens.
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today here in Phoenix we had a 16 yr old killed. he was hot roddin' his ricer and slammed into a Saguaro cactus. The cactus then fell onto the car and killed him.
our Saguaro's out here can reach in excess of 5 tons.
our Saguaro's out here can reach in excess of 5 tons.
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At least there were no innocent bistanders hurt. I know a guy who is now in prison for the next five years because he was racing a guy on the highway, tried to pass on the shoulder, and colided with a girl in her car who was waiting for a towtruck to fix her flat tire.
I really don't understand why some feel the need to do something like that when the consequences are so great.
I really don't understand why some feel the need to do something like that when the consequences are so great.
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Originally posted by N74DV
today here in Phoenix we had a 16 yr old killed. he was hot roddin' his ricer and slammed into a Saguaro cactus. The cactus then fell onto the car and killed him.
our Saguaro's out here can reach in excess of 5 tons.
today here in Phoenix we had a 16 yr old killed. he was hot roddin' his ricer and slammed into a Saguaro cactus. The cactus then fell onto the car and killed him.
our Saguaro's out here can reach in excess of 5 tons.
She also told me about some guy who was out in the desert blasting a big cactus with a shot gun and it colapsed on top of him and killed him. hmmm
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Yikes, I work not very far from there...people who know Roosevelt Boulevard know it's no place to race. I mean Jesus, look at State Farm's list of the most dangerous intersections in the country ( http://www.statefarm.com/di/danlist00.htm )...two out of the top three are on that road not far from where this accident happened. Stupid.
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I live in Philadelphia and I've seen both these cars around town. I guess I won't be seeing them anymore.
On a more interesting note, I've heard that the S2000 suffers from the same "snap-oversteer" that all midship-engine cars have. I wonder if that's why Nissan designed the 350Z with tons over understeer to counteract any unstable behavior in mid-engined cars.
On a more interesting note, I've heard that the S2000 suffers from the same "snap-oversteer" that all midship-engine cars have. I wonder if that's why Nissan designed the 350Z with tons over understeer to counteract any unstable behavior in mid-engined cars.
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Speaking of street racing, this was posted on the TX SE-R mailing list not too long ago:
This is from nissanforums.com, a heartbreaking story,
especialy if you have kids.
Listen up...
Tonight was one of the most shocking nights I have
ever had. Some of you may know I'm a volunteer
firefighter. I don't get to ride in the cool
fire-truck, I'm stuck driving a 99 F-250 "Emergency
Response Team" truck (carries the other diver and I
and all of the medical/diving/fire/EMS equipment).
Anyway we were on our way back from a small kitchen
fire when we got behind a semi ricey Eclipse GS-X a
pretty ricey Accord V6 and a Camaro RS (this is on a 4
lane road). Now the ****ers had been racing each other
light to light and swerving past all slower traffic.
So once we got behind them we were going to radio in
their plates but before we could the light turned
green and off they went.
About maybe a quarter mile ahead was a mini-van (Dodge
I beleive) that had turned the way they were going.
The Accord in the far right lane was being blocked by
the mini van so decided to cut off on the shoulder and
attempt to pass the van. Well the rumble strip sort of
pulled the car further to the right more the he
expected I guess and he cut back left throwing himself
infront of the mini-van and Camaro. The 3 racers had
to be doing about 80 by now, but the Accord went
sideways into the van and then continued on into the
Camaro and then into the cement median doing 83 (what
the spedo was stuck at we later found). The van ended
up rolling because it tried to cut and miss the accord
as it hit it.
When we got up to the scene I almost lost my dinner.
I've seen gun shot victims, scraped people off
railraod tracks, you name it I've probably seen it but
this I just couldn't handle. I ran to the Accord first
to see what was there. The driver went through the
windshield and into the cement median, what was left
of his skull was now somewhere compounded into his
shoulders and the median. The passanger was a very
beautiful girl about my age (19) whos arm was compound
fractured beyond physical recognition, and ears were
bleeding like crazy. No seat belt either. (Airbags
were both removed because of the momo wheel and
"engine management consol" on the passanger side) She
had some apparent head injury from the windsheild and
was either uncounsious or dead. Nothing I could really
do in that car at the time.
I ran over to the Camaro to see what was up there. The
guy maye 25 or so was ok. Had his seat belt on and
everything. I jsut screamed at him to stay in the car
until te cops came.
Off in the distance the ****ing Eclipse didn't even
stop to see what happened. He fled a fast as his car
could go.
Just as I noticed the eclipse, my partner who radio'ed
for help and then ran over to van screamed "Chris get
the **** over here". This is where I almost lost it.
The van on its side held a mother and 2 children, none
which were responsive. I crawled into the middle
window where I thought the yougest child was. She had
to be maybe 4 at the oldest. No seat belt. Was thrown
into the window when it rolled then into the pavement
I would have imagined. Her head had a rather obvious
dent in it BUT she was breathing. I pulled her through
the window.
In the passanger seat was a younger boy maybe 10 whos
arm was crushed under the tipped over van. It later
had to be amputated but he will live do the the 7
minutes of CPR that we did.
The mother was the only one with her seat belt on, the
airbag broke her nose and somehow knocker her out. But
she is fine. Was concious by the time we got her son
breathing again.
The ****er in the Camaro got cuffed and taken away.
The girl in the Accord was airlifted away. The young
girl in the van later died tonight/this morning from
massive head trauma. The driver of the accord
obviously died of the same. The boy in the van will
live as well, just one arm short.
Sorry about the bad grammer, I'm still in shock. I
doubt I'll get much sleep tonight.
But for you ******** that like to pull this **** on
occupied roads please PLEASE PLEASE take it to the
track. Save your life and someone elses. I'm done
ranting now. For those that read this, thanks.
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This is from nissanforums.com, a heartbreaking story,
especialy if you have kids.
Listen up...
Tonight was one of the most shocking nights I have
ever had. Some of you may know I'm a volunteer
firefighter. I don't get to ride in the cool
fire-truck, I'm stuck driving a 99 F-250 "Emergency
Response Team" truck (carries the other diver and I
and all of the medical/diving/fire/EMS equipment).
Anyway we were on our way back from a small kitchen
fire when we got behind a semi ricey Eclipse GS-X a
pretty ricey Accord V6 and a Camaro RS (this is on a 4
lane road). Now the ****ers had been racing each other
light to light and swerving past all slower traffic.
So once we got behind them we were going to radio in
their plates but before we could the light turned
green and off they went.
About maybe a quarter mile ahead was a mini-van (Dodge
I beleive) that had turned the way they were going.
The Accord in the far right lane was being blocked by
the mini van so decided to cut off on the shoulder and
attempt to pass the van. Well the rumble strip sort of
pulled the car further to the right more the he
expected I guess and he cut back left throwing himself
infront of the mini-van and Camaro. The 3 racers had
to be doing about 80 by now, but the Accord went
sideways into the van and then continued on into the
Camaro and then into the cement median doing 83 (what
the spedo was stuck at we later found). The van ended
up rolling because it tried to cut and miss the accord
as it hit it.
When we got up to the scene I almost lost my dinner.
I've seen gun shot victims, scraped people off
railraod tracks, you name it I've probably seen it but
this I just couldn't handle. I ran to the Accord first
to see what was there. The driver went through the
windshield and into the cement median, what was left
of his skull was now somewhere compounded into his
shoulders and the median. The passanger was a very
beautiful girl about my age (19) whos arm was compound
fractured beyond physical recognition, and ears were
bleeding like crazy. No seat belt either. (Airbags
were both removed because of the momo wheel and
"engine management consol" on the passanger side) She
had some apparent head injury from the windsheild and
was either uncounsious or dead. Nothing I could really
do in that car at the time.
I ran over to the Camaro to see what was up there. The
guy maye 25 or so was ok. Had his seat belt on and
everything. I jsut screamed at him to stay in the car
until te cops came.
Off in the distance the ****ing Eclipse didn't even
stop to see what happened. He fled a fast as his car
could go.
Just as I noticed the eclipse, my partner who radio'ed
for help and then ran over to van screamed "Chris get
the **** over here". This is where I almost lost it.
The van on its side held a mother and 2 children, none
which were responsive. I crawled into the middle
window where I thought the yougest child was. She had
to be maybe 4 at the oldest. No seat belt. Was thrown
into the window when it rolled then into the pavement
I would have imagined. Her head had a rather obvious
dent in it BUT she was breathing. I pulled her through
the window.
In the passanger seat was a younger boy maybe 10 whos
arm was crushed under the tipped over van. It later
had to be amputated but he will live do the the 7
minutes of CPR that we did.
The mother was the only one with her seat belt on, the
airbag broke her nose and somehow knocker her out. But
she is fine. Was concious by the time we got her son
breathing again.
The ****er in the Camaro got cuffed and taken away.
The girl in the Accord was airlifted away. The young
girl in the van later died tonight/this morning from
massive head trauma. The driver of the accord
obviously died of the same. The boy in the van will
live as well, just one arm short.
Sorry about the bad grammer, I'm still in shock. I
doubt I'll get much sleep tonight.
But for you ******** that like to pull this **** on
occupied roads please PLEASE PLEASE take it to the
track. Save your life and someone elses. I'm done
ranting now. For those that read this, thanks.
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I wonder if the eclipse got away. If I was that bastard, I'd split as fast as I could too. If he was dumb enough to stick around and help, he'd be seeing 20years in jail getting a$$-raped on a daily basis.
Street racing within traffic is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Take it to the track.
Street racing within traffic is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Take it to the track.
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Street racing is a big issue here in San Diego. There have been about a dozen people killed in the last year because of it, including a couple of young people recently who were simply driving on a street some idiots decided to race on. Recently a city ordinance was passed making it a crime to be a spectator at an illegal street race. The city actually provides supervised, police sanctioned drag races, at cordoned off locations obviously, as an option because of its popularity here.
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Sad, just plain sad, but seems to me they all win the Darwin award. The racers for their part, but the mother in the mini van just as much for having her children unbelted. She deserves to go to jail as much as any of the racers. I just wish nature had a way of weeding out the idiots without taking the innocents with them.
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Originally posted by vshin
I wonder if the eclipse got away. If I was that bastard, I'd split as fast as I could too. If he was dumb enough to stick around and help, he'd be seeing 20years in jail getting a$$-raped on a daily basis.
Street racing within traffic is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Take it to the track.
I wonder if the eclipse got away. If I was that bastard, I'd split as fast as I could too. If he was dumb enough to stick around and help, he'd be seeing 20years in jail getting a$$-raped on a daily basis.
Street racing within traffic is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Take it to the track.
