Street Racing Assignment for Class...

[Donesyboy]

so my teacher is making everyone in class "make a difference" in the world because she saw that movie pay it forward or somethin like that....
long story short she said i had to find a way to reduce street racing fatalities since im into those "little imports" haha....anyone have any ideas?

i dont think it's possible to end street racing...thats just me it just seems impossible!:loco:

[rainier]

i did a powerpoint presentation on how to reduce street racing in san diego in highschool a couple years back.
thats when racelegal.com was still pretty popular, i have NO idea if it still is.

i dont think i have the assignment anymore, but i can tell you just to start looking at local legal tracks, dragstrips, and base your paper on those.

you cant stop streetracing but you can inform street racers that there is a cheap legal way to do it

[azndoc]

Go to a street race and hand out brochures about why street racing is dangerous to the racers and innocent people. Then pray that you don't your ass kicked by the ricer crowds. GL

[StaticX27]

Illegal meetings on the street won't end, ever. People are too cheap to spend on $200 track days.

So a few suggestions you can try would be to have these organized meets sanctioned by local government / business (take the greddy fest for example). You have areas that are available for local meetings for a very minor fee to cover the cost of the property that are still run by actual certified officials.

Research local laws and see what can be done within the law. Remember, the way to inspire change is not to operate outside of the law, but its to get into a position where you can force change.

[Donesyboy]

alright alright sounds good....street racers are getting more ballsy these days....just the other day in fontana a black sti rolled up to me and the dude asked if i went to the races somewhere in ontario....i was like wtf dude u got balls

[240sx_LE]

I read the book and watched that movie for my english class. I guess making this thread counts, it reaches out, so there you go. Now people who read this can spread the word and the people they tell can also too and so on...

[GSXRJJordan]

Fontana/Ontario is definitely the worst - and the cops are total Nazis because of it. I wouldn't say going to the races and antagonizing everyone is the best idea, but maybe going and challenging them to roll with the "fast" cars at the track...

What I always do when someone talks shit is ask for a time slip - anyone who is legitimately fast will have their time slips in the glove box, etc. Picture this:

You roll to a "meet"/"street race" in your 13 sec SR-powered car. You've got a time slip to prove it. Some jackass in a legitimately faster car is running his mouth, you say "where's your timeslip then, tough guy? Couldn't cough up the $20 for a test & tune night at Irwindale/Palmdale/Fontana/etc?" Now he challenges you to race, then and there, and you direct him to the track, because you're not dumb enough to race on the street.

That guy will probably go, and will probably not think he's fast anymore lol.

One at a time, folks. Just one at a time.

[Donesyboy]

holy crap thats a good idea im gonna use that...she has to accept it..it's true haha...no seriously though street racing is making it crappy for the rest of us enthusiasts cuz johnny law bunches us all together with the rice crowd....

[Maxstyle]

People still "street race"? Thought that sh!t was dead years ago when the led washer lights came on the scene. I hated those things.

[Flybert]

alright alright sounds good....street racers are getting more ballsy these days....just the other day in fontana a black sti rolled up to me and the dude asked if i went to the races somewhere in ontario....i was like wtf dude u got balls

Wait, why did you tell him he has balls? AAHAAHHAHA this makes no sense to me.

[Donesyboy]

i didnt say to him he had balls... i told my passenger that...i mean what the hell i could be an off duty cop or somethin

[Impact Drift]

why don't you go to a local shop that builds legit rollcages and grab some cards. Go to the races and hand those out and pump up cages as a dope ass interior item and pump them up like their the tightest things ever. Not only will you promote safety but you could get some ricers to buy legit items instead of stolen or fake items.

[JRas]

it happens and always will you act like it just recently became a problem

It's been going on awhile

the best thing I'd say to prevent people is to have public tracks and promote inexpensive legal racing

people need to understand it's dangerous and you risk other peoples lives by doing it

most of it is having self-control... which is more difficult than it sounds

[Nismoknightska-t]

"where's your timeslip then, tough guy? Couldn't cough up the $20 for a test & tune night at Irwindale/Palmdale/Fontana/etc?"

palmdale is closed!!!:rant2:

Irwindale is weak.. lame ass 8th mile.. :jerkit:

Fontana is only open like 8 days out of the year? if that.. :confused:

this is why people street race..

[steve shadows]

Thank you ^

even though I don't anymore

this is why people do and should.

[vvtisupra]

offer free track events. I've noticed people who street drift/race tend to do less of that once they have gone to a track event. I know I have. IF you have a city sponsored event. Rather than giving dragnet 10 million dollars, use half of that and open some track events that are free for people to allow them to go to the track. I've heard a few people say the track is too expensive.

One guy rolled his car in the mountains and realizes his mistake and the other guy went to a track event and actually likes it and does less on the street.

[SiI40sx]

What i dont understand is that there's soooo much money to be made in street racing, and in both point of views. The first being from the enthusiast, opening up a BIGGER track to accomodate for the demand and charge $30-40 and have it be on friday night and sat. OR make it 100% illegal to modify a street car in ANY way and have the state make huge mula off tickets of people with the slightest mod, (too low, any dumb exhaust, not oem lights, etc). So wtf?? State doesnt wanna make money, cities dont wanna make money, NO one wants to make money, just sit and complain about how people street race. Wow...... someone get up and do something already!!!

[ripnbst]

Illegal meetings on the street won't end, ever. People are too cheap to spend on $200 track days.

200$ track days?!? I dont know what tracks you go to but I have never heard of it being 200$ to run the strip. Calling a track day a day at a road course is different, then I see 200$.However I would be willing to bet 80%+ of street racing done is drag racing and at my local track its less than 50$ for a day at the track, gas there and back included. Hell even a drift day for me is right around 75$ including gas. My point is that saying a track day is 200$ isnt really comparing the kind of racing that goes on on public roads to the tracks where it would be done. Its much cheaper.

[Donesyboy]

whoa whoa i wasnt lookin for some kinda debate i just wanted ideas cuz apparently im to lazy to think on my own = ]

thanks alot everyone...im gonna use all of these ideas = D

[johngriff]

Bah, there will always be dangerous and wreckless people on the street.

There never really are any legitimately fast cars at street races anyways, maybe mid 12's tops. After someone has enough money to go faster than that on the street, they start thinking about losing that and take it to the track.

Street Racing = Darwinism, I say let it roll.

What would my grandmother be doing on mansville @ 3 am anyways? Its just tards off'ing tards.

Oh yeah, If I were you, I wouldn't get within 1000 yards of a street race with the way the laws are now, if your teacher is inferring you go to a street race, report her to the principal.

[ripnbst]

Something you could do for class is make a pamphlet on local tracks and say your gonna hand em out at any street racing events you hear about. Even if you dont, your teacher will like hearing it.

[adrians_s13]

imo, street racing will never end... (at least not until scientists release the teleportation ports, ending the need for passenger vehicles. then we'll have teleport races). imo, even if there were free tracks everyday, it only takes one dumbass at a red light to rev at another person's pride (depending if he or she decides to dumb down to the revver) for there to be a race.

Imo, its like saying, how do we stop people from cheating and stealing. There will always be people that live on the other side of the law.

anyways... go to youtube and search MTV's "true life: I'm a street racer". I guess you can use that to help your assignment. One of the main character's gf (Greg's gf) is my neighbor, lol

[Donesyboy]

i cant wait for teleport races!
wow all great ideas! my teacher thinks im a streetracer...thats pretty farfetched

[Prok0]

Not that I support street racing, but you can tell youre teacher she is ridiculous and that if you really want to make a difference you should work to lessen the number of intoxicated drivers..

Statistics for 1998-2001
149,568 fatal crashes
315 involved street racing.
Thats 0.21%.

And thats coming from the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration..

And some more statistics from the NHST..

During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths
Drugs other than alcohol are related to roughly 18% of driver deaths.

Once again, I dont support street racing, but people/the media make it out to be a far larger problem then it is, the statistics speak for themselves...

Well under 0.5% of traffic related deaths are due to street racing while nearly 40% are due to alcohol.

[Risu2112]

Not that I support street racing, but you can tell youre teacher she is ridiculous and that if you really want to make a difference you should work to lessen the number of intoxicated drivers..

Statistics for 1998-2001
149,568 fatal crashes
315 involved street racing.
Thats 0.21%.

And thats coming from the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration..

And some more statistics from the NHST..

During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths
Drugs other than alcohol are related to roughly 18% of driver deaths.

Once again, I dont support street racing, but people/the media make it out to be a far larger problem then it is, the statistics speak for themselves...

Well under 0.5% of traffic related deaths are due to street racing while nearly 40% are due to alcohol.

Yeah I was about to say, by no stretch of the imagination are street races a significant source of fatal car accidents.

Any who, the OP said the assignment was how to reduce said fatalities, not how to reduce street racing; I say be a smart ass and suggest reducing deaths by offering a state sponsored free tire upgrade program where people could go to their local government office and trade in their factory tires for wider/stickier tires to improve their traction. Better traction = Less loss of traction = less deaths from street racing.

EDIT: Just to be clear I'm not advocating street racing, never got into that my self. :\

[zoomswimmer]

I don't think there is ever going to be a way to stop street racing. You know that there are people around who don't even have cars that are built or anything special that still will.

[Timeattack]

In some places in europe the government sets up large parking lots surrounded by concrete barriers for the streetbike guys and its free to go out their and screw sround. The government should do somthing like that here except for cars

[cxlo8331]

imo, street racing will never end... (at least not until scientists release the teleportation ports, ending the need for passenger vehicles. then we'll have teleport races).
i've seen the future and it is teleport racing!
street racing will never go away. its been around for ever.
best way to reduce street racing... organization. get organized and do legal races at local strip. get involved w/ local law enforcement. get in touch w/ local shops that support the industry. look into setting up track days once a month. racelegal is a good example: http://www.racelegal.com/web/about.asp
^^they hold legal street races at qualcomm stadium every few weeks.

- Props to local events like drift day, justdrift and drift buffet that support the local drifting community.

[unicoladron]

if i were assigned something like that, i'd find a way to convince local tracks/raceway organizations to allow younger crowds to race for free/cheap every month or some bs. that would be great.

[adrians_s13]

hell, even if automobiles were never invented... I'd bet people would have illegal bike races.

[Donesyboy]

lol i know i've seen illegal bike races hahaha

[cxlo8331]

^^you they prolly raced horses too!

[cxlo8331]

shit! charriot races!

[JRas]

she said i had to find a way to reduce street racing fatalities since im into those "little imports" haha....anyone have any ideas?

ask her if you can pick the subject of 'preventing/reducing stereotyping'; as she blatantly has done so.

you cannot infer because someone is into something like 'imports' that they necessarily street race or know anything about street racing.

than say "I don't go around inferring since a person is black they are a criminal"

than tell her she may want to "pay it foward" by evaluating her own self to "make a difference" specially in her profession as a teacher :fawkd:

[happy240]

^ well said lol

[Donesyboy]

haha thats funny cuz im black and i think every other black person is a criminal haha jk!!!
no i dont care what she thinks cuz i know im not ricer punk haha so psssh on her = ]

[ericcastro]

Street racers think that they are getting some sort of dope respect for doing it. its a whole "pride" thing. They think that they are pert of some really dope underground shit and they are bad asses.

So when I run into street racers and we have a conversation. I always pretend I am trying not to laugh at them and play it like street racers are pussies that can't compete with the big dogs on the track. I always say shit like, "well, yeah, but street racing is for the little kids".


Basically making them feel like a pussy if they can't race on the track. Just smash thier little ego's into thinking that "real men" and real "racers" do it on the track.
Any sort of "legal" reasoning just helps play into their bad boy egos.

[Sliders562]

true dat. track racers ftw


so much street racing in the news and bad sht going on..

i got pulled over yesterday nite, the cop assumed i was a track racer and not a street racer, and ask what touke was, and he met the president.

yes he gave me an advice, i don't want touke to fall into the hands of street racers ahem ahem, keep the touke brand clean keep it on the track ^_^

[andmattsayd]

i cant wait for teleport races!
wow all great ideas! my teacher thinks im a streetracer...thats pretty farfetched


no it isnt you are a street racer!! brandon!
hahaha jkjkjkjk
just tell juan to take it to the track instead of
constantly making himself look stupid trying to "race" you after school....
:)

[Donesyboy]

haha i kno i kno that guy's gonna be the death of me...
freakin street racers giving us all a bad rap

[SC_S13]

people street race because theres the glamour of being an underground star. thats why everybody watched training day (kickass movie). who wouldnt want to fly high on the other side of the law, given they had the chance? they're free to bet whatever they want, and have all their buddies come watch without having to drive to a track.
the fast and the furious doesnt help too much either, but if theres not going to be any amazing and well advertised events at good tracks, who'll wanna go? and come on....you can't tell me you don't feel the urge to tandem everytime that sti or civic rolls behind you with those HID's flashing in your mirror....


street racing is dangerous kids. JUST SAY NO, i only go for pink slips...hehehe

[gotta240]

What you need to do is write an essay on how they can reduce the number of drunk drivers by TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM THE ANTI-STREET RACING funds.

The statistics are there. The amount of money put into stopping illegal street races is RETARDED.

Also, think about it this way. The money put into stopping the street races is spent in the middle of the night, in industrial areas, where the racers usually only harm themselves and spectators that know what they are doing.

In reality, the street racers that are doing harm are the dumbshits that do it in the middle of rush hour traffic. We already have normal police who catch those dumbasses. Therefore, every cent spent on illegal street races should be put into stoping DUIs, which cause WAY MORE fatalities.

There, i just wrote your essay. Pay me later.

On a side note, i did a similar essay(to what your teacher wants you to write) about 7 years ago. I actually included lots of footage from the actual midnight races(before they got HUGE). Teacher was impressed that i did so much research as to actually go to the races...lol.

[KA24DESOneThree]

315 people is still 315 people. Even if 300 people were street racers, that's 15 innocents.

Just because it's not Columbine doesn't mean they're not important.

Want to help out? Ask around, then tell the cops what you hear. Who gives a fuck what happens to a street racer?

[Donesyboy]

i cant tell the cops...they dont like me...or maybe i dont like them who knows = /

[240cracker]

write a paper on how street racing is good. it can help pay rent. less homless people. tell her without street racing money u wouldnt be able to pay for gas to go to class. u owe ur life 2 street racing.

THE END...

[andmattsayd]

hhahahahahhah what the? ^^

[PhAtXSuMo]

just blabber on how Universal Studios created a world wide madness on making Street Racing popular with all the Fast And Furious Movies.

im not trying to sound like a idiot but my cousin did a similar assignment and used that as a topic.

but imagine Illegal Foot Races LOL iono that made me laugh -_-

[Donesyboy]

write a paper on how street racing is good. it can help pay rent. less homless people. tell her without street racing money u wouldnt be able to pay for gas to go to class. u owe ur life 2 street racing.

THE END...

props for making me laugh for like 10 minutes = ]