Clarification (long read)
I will talk to Admin about this situation. Tiger, don't erase this thread until I do.
This isn't a preaching post so don't go there. This is an explanation post.
I will still race at the track and YES I WILL RACE THACKER AT THE TRACK.
I obviously will not race on the street anymore. My opinion in my sig is just that, opinion. You don't have to take my advice, you don't have to follow my footsteps, and you certainly don't have to agree with it.
All that statement says is: THINK before you make a decision. It does not say YOU MUST do as I say.
I could care less if any of you continue to street race. Hell, I did it for years and loved it. I did it up until a couple months ago until it finally clicked in my head what I was risking. I understand some of you are younger and probably don't have the same things to risk as I do, but the one thing we do share in common is our lives. All of you already know that.
Some of you don't think I should post in the "kills forum" because I won't street race? That's funny.
The kills forum is for all kinds of racing, not just street so get that out of your heads. It seems to have turned more towards street racing in the last couple years though. Some people that go to the track still post about their kills at the track.
If anybody cares to wonder why I've changed my mind on street racing you can continue to read on. If you don't care so be it. It might clear up some things for some of you though.
I got a ticket for doing 16 mph over the limit about 2 months ago. Part of the agreement was they would drop it down to 14 mph so I wouldn't get any points. The solicitor makes it a point to have everyone speeding take a "defensive driving" course.
Last week on Wednesday and Thursday night I took this class 3 hours each night.
The first night they had us watch an 1 1/2 hour video on street racing and the possible things that could happen.
It was this video that finally made things click in my head and realize things in life in general.
In this video they showed multiple street races that went BAD. Numerous times they show the DEAD BODIES of the street racers, innocent people, and the worst part was dead bodies of the children that were killed by the street racers. That was the hardest part.
One guy had his girlfriend in the car riding with him and they both t-boned
another car so hard they were ejected and their bodies were mangled beyond recognition. The people they hit were an innocent FAMILY on the road.
This family was t-boned by the street racer at 100 mph in a 45 mph zone. It was known that there was a problem with street racing on that street and the police were trying to crack down on the street racers.
The mother driving was killed instantly, the 2 kids(4yrs and 6yrs) in the back seat died later at the hospital, but the father lived. They interviewed the father and it was HARD listening to him talk about his dead wife and kids. I thought it was strange that while interviewing the father, they had the camera zoomed in close to his head. It wasn't until the end of the interview with the father that they zoomed out and you could see he was in a wheelchair paralyzed from the waist down.
I started thinking about my kids and if I died street racing or killed someone else while street racing. How SELFISH, STUPID, and CHILDISH would that be for me to continue doing it.
They started interviewing the 18 year old kid who was street racing and LIVED from the same accident. He killed his girlfriend, a mother, and her 2 kids. He paralyzed a father.
They had the camera zoomed in on his head too and I immediately thought "paralyzed" also, but at the end of his interview they zoomed out. He was fine other than the fact he was wearing a prison uniform and balling his eyes out. I remember he said "I never did anything like this before, but in the couple seconds I decided to street race it changed my life and another families lives forever". As he finished the interview he said he was serving 10 years in prison for manslaughter.
They showed multiple stories like this all with different scenarios that HIT HOME with me.
I'm not going to lie, it was sad watching these family members, friends, mothers, and fathers talk about the dead people no longer in their life.
Seeing the actual mangled dead bodies in this video, especially the little kids was pretty disturbing. I guess that's why it affected me like it did.
I don't expect some of you to understand, but for the people that do understand where I'm coming from, thanks.
Once again, my sig only states "make the right decision" and don't do something "illegal" that could jeopardize lives. If you take offense to that then so be it, but I still have a right to post that in my sig whether you agree with it or not.
It's kinda funny hearing people say they take offense to someone telling them to THINK before doing something illegal.That's like telling people "do the right thing and don't rob a bank" and people taking offense to it.
I built this car to drag race at the track. The street racing just kinda happened and as I learned quickly, came with the territory. I never had intentions of street racing from the start though.
On that note, if anybody wants to run a 9 sec Evo at the track for fun let me know.
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Originally Posted by ThackerSS
I don't know about the spamming or whatever. I just happened across this thread. I just think that if he wants to post in this forum, he should be able to based on the belief that this isn't just a street racing forum and a kill can be achieved on the track just as well as the street.
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