Street racing as depicted in The Fast and the Furious is stupid. Schmucks that think they can run 120mph down a road with sidestreets should lose their license for a LONG time. I don't give a sh*t about the racers dying in a crash, but I DO care about some family driving home getting t-boned by some guy in a civic thinking he's the sh*t cuz he has a cold-air intake.
We had some idiot here on a motorcycle running over 100mph into the side of a city bus as it pulled out of the bus depot. Burst into flames and he burned to death. Luckily no innocences were hurt, other than the image of the crash burned into their minds.
Plus there's the now-famous news coverage of the lamborghini sliced in half sitting right in the school zone (buses in teh background). Some people just don't care about the lives of others.
If you are going to street race and can't get to a local track, do it on a lone road without blind side roads. If you are in town, keep the top speed close to the speed limit and you won't spend 20 years in a jail cell wondering how the daughter of the parents you killed is feeling now.
But there will always be 16-18 year olds on the road, so street racing will live with us forever. Just help keep the 'sport' out of the 10 o'clock news! Oh, and if you are going to do it, make sure your 'tour wins.
