Originally Posted by
DropTopDrifter
Here is what i sent :
I am responding to the story i saw that aired last night (5/22) about the car meets at The Varsity.
First, i must say i am saddened that you, a community news team, would portray such a small section of what really happens at The Varsity. I have been attending these meets for many years. There was a time when the crowd was more 'civilized' and these parking lot burnouts were of no such thing. I can't tell you where or why it started happening. But i can tell you that out of the 4 or 5 hours that the 'meet' is going on, only a small number of people who actually participate in the nonsense. On top of that, the time that these people are doing burnouts is maybe 20-30 minutes of the whole night. The purpose of going there is NOT TO BURNOUT. It bothers me and a few hundred other people that you would portray US as going up there with the sole intent to burn off tires and be wreckless. The behavior is frowned upon by majority of the people there, but there is nothing we can do about it because we are not police officers. But in all honesty, showing those videos to Joe Schmoe on the street is going to look worse then it is. Here is a better way to ask people about it: Would you rather these kids be doing this in a private parking lot where the people there DO understand the risk involved or out on public streets being used by other motorists who are not expecting it? But that still does not make it right. On the 1st Thursday of every month, im sure The Varsity does see a substantial increase in sales as MANY of the people attending are also being customers. Also, there was a time when people were out enforcing everyone to pay for their parking space. I was more then happy to pay to park there and talk to my friends and show off my car. There are much better solutions rather then pointing a finger at a large group of people for the actions of very few.
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