Originally Posted by hyperlite
theres nothing wrong with streetracing...just as many people die from normal everyday driving, if not more.
Though there is certainly PLENTY wrong with streetracing, I am more interested in the second part of your statement. Without having any numbers in front of me, I would tend to agree that more people die from everyday driving than do as a result of streetracing itself, in total. However, it is pretty shortsighted to simply stand on that point, because there probably needs to be some adjustment to adequately compare the two activities. If you took the numbers in raw form (as you have in your argument) and could actually adjust the numbers to "deaths per miles driven," I would have to believe that the streetracing numbers would be higher considering the fewer numbers of participants and the distance travelled during the activitiy, compared to all other drivers and the miles that they drive on a daily basis.
no one is purposely looking to "kill" someone in a streetrace, its just an unfortunate accident like anything else
OK, with this logic we should excuse a drunk driver's causation of a fatal traffic accident. "It's just an unfortunte accident..." You and I both know where the blame sits in this situation. It's no different when streetracing causes a fatal crash.
take some time to think about what i said
Good advice for yourself.