Eight Killed At Scene Of Street Racing...

[Msterbeau]

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...NEWS07/80216019

People are brilliant.

Those aren't quite as dumb as these, though:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eJcKE91Ki7I

[SuZQZ]

How awful.

[predaking]

I feel for them, but why would you go step into the road? I street race and there are (beleave it or not) do's and dont's to it and you DON'T go running into the street after the cars take off, thats just plain stupid.

[Shade Everdark]

I feel for them, but why would you go step into the road? I street race and there are (beleave it or not) do's and dont's to it and you DON'T go running into the street after the cars take off, thats just plain stupid.

Come on, man, there are rally fans who will actually wander out onto the rally track for a better look at their favorite drivers coming down the lane. They count it a point of pride if they get sideswiped and live, or even just get pelted in the face with a rock thrown up by their rally pro of choice.

Marc has it right, people are just stupid.

[predaking]

Come on, man, there are rally fans who will actually wander out onto the rally track for a better look at their favorite drivers coming down the lane. They count it a point of pride if they get sideswiped and live, or even just get pelted in the face with a rock thrown up by their rally pro of choice.

Marc has it right, people are just stupid.

Isn't that what I said?

[ttogreh]

Now, as a libertarian, I am skeptical of most laws. I abide by them, but I certainly think that society can reduce the level of oversight on the individual, in most respects.

That being said, illegal street racing is illegal for a reason. And yet, this could have happened at any private track, as well...

[Msterbeau]

Now, as a libertarian, I am skeptical of most laws. I abide by them, but I certainly think that society can reduce the level of oversight on the individual, in most respects.

That being said, illegal street racing is illegal for a reason. And yet, this could have happened at any private track, as well...

No it couldn't. OK... with serious difficulty it could. Tracks keep spectators behind fences that are generally a long way from the track surface. They don't allow spectators to be where the cars are. So, yeah... there are freak accidents where the car manages to go around or over all the safety barriers, but these days, that's extremely rare.

[ttogreh]

When two or three tons gets moving at speeds exceeding 140 miles per hour, bad things can happen. Strictly speaking, yes... a bunch of morons right alongside the roadway, that does not happen at private tracks.

I think this is really not a disagreement, at all...

[Hellion]

There is a difference between an accident and a freak accident.

a regular accident more than likely but not always, everyone survives

a freak accident which is usually very quick is always guarenteed 100% death.

[jadnifer]

The world is full of stupid people.