[98tadriver]

Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah

A while back in Paramus, my cousin was damn near killed in a racing acident. He was the passenger in one car, driven by his friend, 2 friends in the other car. Other car hit a bump and got lost it into the other car (one my cousin was in), both cars ended up magled wrecks in trees. Somehow my cousins seatbelt got off and he moved his seat down/back (or it just broke off the rack), and tht saved his life because a tree ended up replacing a good part of the passenger side of the car. He was in a coma for weeks, in the hospital for months, and eventually pulled through and recovered.

How much control one driver has doesn't mean ****, because you can never account for all possible situations, and innocent people's lives can be turned upside down. Aside from an occasional highwy punch, you really can not argue that street racing is safe

That brings up another thing- Almost everytime i see something on the news about kids dying in street races, there will be like 4 kids in each car, and its a damn shame when innocent people have to die due to the stupidity of the driver(s). Not that im saying its ok, but anytime i raced, if my cameraman wasnt filming from inside the car, i would fly solo. that and 4 kids is like adding .5 second to my 1/4 mile

(but seriously i wouldnt take passengers for the very reason "if something was to happen with them in the car")