Alabama drag race kills three

[EVIL]

Saw this today.
Sounds like idiots were lined up along the route to me.

Who knows.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...r-alabama-drag-race-crash-kills-three-n486526

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[jdpolzin]

Idiots. I don't even like to drive fast on the street anymore. Not worth the risk. I'll build the hell out of some fast cars because I like the build process and creating a bad ass car, but I'm the guy that never drives them anymore. Call me old, so be it. Too much risk these days. Street racing, driving too fast on public roadways, whatever you want to call it puts everyone else at risk. Being stupid enough to stand on the roadway, specially with a three year old, is just F'ing stupid. People are just too complaisant these days.

 

[John Larkin]

Both were racing G bodys apparently. They should be outlawed.

 

[novaderrik]

not a drag race, a street race...
drag races are sanctioned and on a track... street races are just some dudes playing around on a street.

 

[EVIL]

It was called drag racing for many years before anything was ever sanctioned.

2 cars line up, there's a count down and they launch to see who can get from point A to point B the fastest.

That's what drag racing is. Sanctioned or not.

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[jdpolzin]

Call it what you want, it pisses me off when people do it on the public roadways. We just had a 17 yr old drag racing a 38 yr old here in town. Ended up with a couple in their 70's dead. Take the crap to the track, everyone else in the world could care less that we have fast cars. Driving like an idiot on public roadways is no different than some jackass shooting a gun in a busy shopping mall.

 

[Dialtone76]

So.... I hope I don't offend anyone. This is a serious tragedy, should be a reminder to us the risks of racing, and I would never wish it on anyone. I pray for their families.

That being said, I am ashamed to reveal my sense of humor actually considered that after reading that they were running a Cutlass and a Monte Carlo, I couldn't help but wonder if the article had showed a wrecked GN from the race, would anyone have found it slightly humorous? (i.e. IT'S NOT A F*ckin MONTE CARLO!!!!!)

I know, I am going to hell.

Stay Safe everyone.

 

[Johnnie]

Sometimes humor is the best way to deal with a tragedy.
That being said, this is exactly why I cringe and shake my head in disbelief when some high schooler comes up beside me at a red light in his daddy's GT and revs up on me. They laugh when I shake my head "no, not interested ".
I have spent too many years working in ED's helping trauma docs piece innocent people together. I am not about to act like a fool. Plus I like my GN too much to f-ck it up.

 

[ttypewhite]

As a kid I used to live for this stuff. Every weekend we would go out from sun down to sun up racing. Mind you are cars are no where near the speed of these cars today straight out of the factory. I thank my lucky stars that nothing i was apart of ended in any fatalities. Majority of our races was done in industrial streets on weekends after hours. When i sit back and see stuff like this happening it really is a eye opener and a humbling experience. Although I have not street raced like that in a long time, I am in no position to judge the actions of others. Shit could have gone sour for me back then just as it did with these people today. It is truly unfortunate to see and hear when lives are lost. Back in the 80's and early 90's this was a part of our culture. Some of the best times and experiences in my life with friends in my community stemmed from this. For me, this is not a glass house moment, but a moment of reflection and thankfulness that my future wasn't compromised from doing this as a kid.

 

[Johnnie]

Mike, I could not agree more. Except for me, the time period was in the 70's. I have to agree that I , too, was pretty damn lucky that I didn't kill myself or someone else with my chevelle. I guess you "live and learn" . Getting that job in the ER as a 19 yo snot-nosed kid was probably one of the best things that could have happened to me. First night on the job--- a double fatality. A double fatality from plain stupidity. A real eye opener and a humbling experience for me too. Kinda shook me up. I was lucky to have my dad to talk about it with me. He saw some pretty gruesome stuff, too, in WW 2,,and also shook him up. Our conversations were definitely symbiotic. Helped both of us.
But that first day on that job changed me forever. I thank the "Big Guy Upstairs" that I survived my "stupidity period".