Hawaii To Install Anti-Drifting Roads [Anti-Hoon Laws]

[ZilviaBot]

05-20-2010 11:00 AM

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Is Hawaii's solution to illegal street drifting (http://jalopnik.com/tag/drifting/) an increased support for draconian law enforcement or enactment of anti-hoon legislation? Nope. Anti-skid road surfaces that have the added bonus of making the roads safer for everyone and faster for enthusiasts. More*» (http://jalopnik.com/5543621/hawaii-to-install-anti+drifting-roads)
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[sickstatus]

that sucks. lol.

[simmode1]

^^^Not if you prefer grip driving!:ddog:

[upsdude]

lol gotta love the government.

[JDMSTYLE]

haha its gonna be great for the grip drivers.
hopefully they see that this is dumb and give us a track already.

[Kwonza Says]

What I was thinking...I lived there almost 15 years and yeah kinda bummed that I herd they closed down the track there : ( and I dont know if they do some events at Aloha Stadium? yes? no? but yeah hopefully this will push towards a track for the drivers there ^^Y

[fliprayzin240sx]

Haha...you know what they do to grip tapes in Japan?!?! They just drift faster and use more shittier tires in the back...

[yokotas13]

^^^ pretty much

[TheRealSy90]

Yeah i've already posted on this thread on a different forum, the road will still be driftable.

[roboticnissan]

can they really stop ppl from drifting with something like this'?? i think ppl will just adapt like more power to over power the extra grip. they would have to put speed bumps right?

[ronmcdon]

I like that!

Not a bad cost-effective idea, esp if the roads are shitty.
As said before, there aren't ways to get around drifting (if needed be).

[5pecialist]

Seems like a waste of tax payer's money to me. I am sure a few bad apples will find a way around it.

[Silverbullet]

super high grip roads? Sounds like it'll make the drifting even more fun. WTF are they thinking lol.

[alesserfate]

who cares, time for bigger turbos!

[KA240SX808]

can they really stop ppl from drifting with something like this'?? i think ppl will just adapt like more power to over power the extra grip. they would have to put speed bumps right?


They should have left the shitty road it had couple years ago before they repaved it lol

Waste of $102k :doh:

[ranger240]

sucks for any motorcyclist who dumps it right before this nasty road surface

road rash to the bone

[theboy]

sounds like time attack just became huge there now

[Choku_Dorian]

well thats one way to increase entry speeds...

wonder how it smokes?

[KA240SX808]

sounds like time attack just became huge there now

Thats the only thing I could think of. Sideways @ 35-40mph? Or gripping @ 50+? I wonder which ones gonna be worse... :doh:

[raz0rbladez909]

sucks for any motorcyclist who dumps it right before this nasty road surface

road rash to the bone

I was just thinking the same thing myself. Its kind of like when they started putting bumps on handrails and ledges to prevent skaters from grinding, usually leads to them just finding another place to do it.

[Silkroad FC]

haha its gonna be great for the grip drivers.
hopefully they see that this is dumb and give us a track already.

Yeah I sitll can't believe you guys don't have a track. I was there a couple of years ago for buildthetrack.com event, and I thought something was going to come from it.

[KA240SX808]

So far this is all I see....
Kalaeloa Raceway Park (http://www.kalaeloaracewaypark.com/)

[brizanden]

lol love this post

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/12/2010/05/3ec21452500fe70d2ed7322874d54938/340x.jpg
Drifters are set to respond by running even balder tires
lmao

[jdhariwal]

hahaha wow i really thought the governement and local police werent really aware of drifters. here in the bay area, you dont really hear about this stuff, so cops arent taking any action against us. people need to stop drifting intersections and showing off.

[boobs13]

That's crazy, sand paper lol I hope they don't start doing that here in Cali

[drftem]

danm well round top drive has always been a fun spot to go run at.oh well nothing has ever stopped the runs there or triangles or the pineapple field roads. This wont stop it either

[KA240SX808]

Triangles got stopped for sometime. IDK if it's still patrolled. Cross-Roads you can for maybe an hour or 2 before someone comes...

[Dress-UpCar]

sounds like risky roads

[GWB654]

triangles has a security guard at night

[mcwheels]

Okay, that's actually kinda funny. And to be honest, cool if it works.

I mean it sucks for drifters who are either starting out or don't have enough power to break the extra traction. And even moreso because it destroys tires faster. It's just like when a new law comes out and people who don't want to abide by it have to get smarter.

[racebredZ32]

just visited there and thought about what it would be like 2 drift these roads.. damn this sucks

[youradumb1]

lol...love this

[J90lude]

Haha...you know what they do to grip tapes in Japan?!?! They just drift faster and use more shittier tires in the back...

hahaha I kno right!

[spinitsidewayz]

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Just get yourself 4 of these!

Lol.

Damn, I chose a great time to be stationed in Hawaii... No track, only event is Auto-X at Aloha, and they don't have even have practice days...

This also seems like another one of those cases where the rich people get to spend state/federal money on something useless.

[iStayBroke]

Haha...you know what they do to grip tapes in Japan?!?! They just drift faster and use more shittier tires in the back...

YouTube - Street Drifting at Aja Port, Okinawa Japan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUEXAes2jgI)
Thats exactly what they do.
Skip to about 1min in

[jklein122]

Wow. Hmm, the one benefit is it helps to a little bit more traction to cars that aren't drifting in the rain. It sucks that they can't just use that money to open up a track or something. Kind of reminds me of how some places added some anti skateboarding stuff.

[ROOSEY]

i hate the government. waste of money like everything else im moving out of this place once im able to.

[Bambi]

I was just thinking the same thing myself. Its kind of like when they started putting bumps on handrails and ledges to prevent skaters from grinding, usually leads to them just finding another place to do it.

I can relate to this. We either a) find a new spot or b) if the spot is irresistible we just remove the skate blockers or bondo some cracks/bumps/holes and just put some wax on the ledge and skate it again. Unless you completely destroy/remove it we'll keep comming back and skating it because we love what we do. :p

So, in this case just use some shitty bald tires and wax the ground and spray some pam on them wheels. :hahano:

[Limitless Ultd.]

Where theres a will, theres a way gents. I do wish they would give the HI guys a track, but nothing beats late night road carving.

[2slow4oz.]

what ronald regan is back lol, its just as bad as the goverments idea of star wars!=p

[SKINNY D]

i hate the government. waste of money like everything else im moving out of this place once im able to.

not against the street drifting here, but i would like to know where mr ROOSEY is contemplating on moving to if not america?

[irax]

the real work around for this is
start drifting before the extra grippy patches

[s14tan]

Is this for serious? lol

[Chrischeezer]

I bet if you go earlier in the day and drop some dirt. let cars run it over and spread it around all day it would be good to go.

[bkt808]

wait till the superferry starts going interisland again:D

[KOUKIboy]

The solution to street drifting is a public track that is opened at all times, just swipe your credit or debit card and you're in, aww its nice to dream. Lol...This sucks..

[sneakerjunkie]

man thats crazy, i visited maui and wanted to drift the road to hana in my buick i rented hahahaha

[DSMelitistPrick]

Is drifting even enough of a public nuisance?

I may live in Ohio, but I've traveled extensively throughout at least 2/3 of the states in the US, and I've never actually seen street drifting in real life.

[soreballz]

Is drifting even enough of a public nuisance?

It is in low-lying mountainous areas.

[fyneyoungstunna]

^ hahaha high-lying mountainous areas as well; do some google maps of mountain roads in Colorado, you'll Nutt in your pants!!

[Bambi]

I bet if you go earlier in the day and drop some dirt. let cars run it over and spread it around all day it would be good to go.


I see we have rocket scientist in our hands.:s101:

[Chrischeezer]

^ damn right,

[iStayBroke]

I posted the link earlier, but here is a video of how you go about getting around the patched area. Around 1min in.

UUEXAes2jgI

Watching this brings back childhood memories haha, this industrial area is near kinser and I used to actually hear this at night. It's what I went to sleep to, and a big reason why drifting interests me so much. /endcoolstory

[JBs13*]

i live in hawaii and if they actually do that then i think its really stupid, what a waiste of government money

[frftw]

So, in this case just use some shitty bald tires and wax the ground and spray some pam on them wheels. :hahano:

bwahahahaha!
soooo the drifters are just gonna drift faster and therefore crash faster, and the gripp drivers are gonna go ape shit. I wish they did this on the east coast!

[6330]

I'm glad I live in Australia, what a waste of ca$h!

[Presha]

^^In brisbane this stuff is popping up everywhere, though it isnt for drifters just spastic drivers who cant take corners in the wet...

[ArBy25DeT]

these grip roads sound fun...no matter what they do they cant stop illegal street action lol

[kouki_pants]

i heard about this a while ago never thought they would go through with it!!!! i moved off the islands just before hrp shut down. and im guessing aloha stadium isnt holding events anymore.....?........ kolekole pass!!!! we can dream! [this is a curvy ass road that runs from central to west oahu]... the only option i see is to build the track!!!!!

[eoinl4529]

we have a couple of roads here in ireland with that shite on the corners.

they didnt put them there because of drifters but of bad drivers crashing there.

alls good in the very few spots we can drift in though.

looks like hawaii drifters are going to be doing some balls out sideways from now on :yum:

[worr20]

this is so stupid. By that video it sounds like its gonna be louder too. Its hard for us people in hawaii cause theres such a small amount of places to go.

[greeD]

why did they do that?mmm I like watching others drift.,I t was so cool in fast and the furious tokyo drift

[Bambi]

ahahahahhahahahaha

[Purestock240]

wont this push some drifting out of mountain roads and into populated areas?

[MAHALOHAWAII]

build the track

[lancerevil]

^ they really need to stop with the dirt racing bs and lay the asphalt already.

[Halabeaster54]

I wount even try drifting in NY to over populated. I'd have to go out on long island and somehow find a curvy road, it'll just be easier to find a track.

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