The Significant Dangers of Street Racing / Educational Video

The Significant Dangers of Street Racing / Educational Video. Street Racing exposes the dangers of street racing by profiling teen racers. By: Jay Yu. TRT: 6 min 4 sec. Producer: Jay Yu. Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. Street racing is a form of unsanctioned and illegal auto racing which takes place on public roads. Street racing can either be spontaneous or well-planned and coordinated. Spontaneous races usually occur at intersections where two cars stop at a red light before they begin racing. Well coordinated races, in comparison, are planned in advance and often have people communicating via 2-way radio/citizens' band radio and using police scanners and GPS units to mark locations of local police hot spots. Street racing is reported to have originated prior to the 1930s due to alcohol prohibition in some parts of the United States. At the time smugglers of unrefined and illegal alcohol would try to find ways to make more power and achieve better handling from their engine and suspension. Aside from being the basis of stock car racing, this became common after the war, and as a result, it is credited as being the origin of drag racing as well. Opponents to street racing cite a lack of safety relative to sanctioned racing events, as well as legal repercussions arising from incidents, among street racing's drawbacks. Most duels are drag races. In 2001, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that police listed street racing as a factor in 135 fatal crashes. The total was up from 72 street-racing-related fatalities reported in 2000. According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, more than 800 citations for illegal street racing were issued in 2001. The city's attorney's office prosecuted: -147 illegal street racing cases in 1999; -161 in 2000; -290 in 2001; In Florida in 2001, 7,216 citations were issued for racing on the highway. -In 1999, the Florida Department of Highway and Safety for Motor Vehicles reported 28 accidents related to Illegal Street racing with 2 fatalities and 27 injuries. -In 2000, the agency reported 39 racing accidents, with 1 fatality and 55 injuries. -In 2002, there were 48 racing accidents, 1 fatality, and 60 injuries. According to the NHTSA, motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 16 and 20. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says 5,749 teens died in the United States from motor vehicle crash injuries in 1999. Nationwide statistics show that 49 people are injured for every 1,000 who participate in illegal street racing. As a result, city and state ordinances have been issued regarding illegal street racing.

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[ok333]

it was a really good video. but just one issue.... the end of the vid. did anyone notice that he put an rb26 engine noise to a sentra? that made me laugh. but a very good vid man. good job

[rosaryfilms]

@ok333 - thank you for watching!

[josejdm1]

great video bro 5/5

[rosaryfilms]

@josejdm1 thanks!

[crazymxboy]

Great vid man

[rosaryfilms]

thanks!

[miatageekscott]

I have a modified Honda, and I get called "pussy" all the time because I don't race. I would rather be a pussy than be dead, or in jail or have a totalled car. That is not to say I don't speed or get on it from time to time, but I don't do things that are just idiotic

[BBFBoss429]

Stick to your vidoe games. Its safer for you and me. If you do go street racing. Go out into the country where there is no one at to get killed. You guys should'nt talk about how the car manufacturers have brain washed you into street racing. Because one day you will cause the manufacturers to stop building the fast cars that you love. Stay sober and use your brain. There are race tracks to do this on. But its the speed that kills. And remember this. Nobody wins all the time.

[apexdna]

Modern day street racing is a joke...and karma is a bitch.

[tony23zz]

@alexthenextboxer no one fucking cares

[cdoggfu]

fucking morons. senior in high school? whats that 17 18? don't street race unless you got at least 10 years driving under your belt not 10 days. 110% morons. and the asians in philly would destroy these pussy as kids. esp that donk with the hello shirt. retard. real philly street racing on my page

[alexthenextboxer]

I'LL STREET RACE TILL I DIE WITH MY 99 ECLIPSE GSX

[invicta1313]

I like your video, but it's lacking some important perspective. Street racing doesn't kill people...stupidity, lack of training and lack of respect for the machine kills people. Finland does more racing, on and off the street, than any country in the world. People are obsessed with it there...but their traffic fatality rate is one of the lowest. Why? Because they spend years working to learn vehicle control and dynamics before they're ever given a license. It's all about respecting the machine.

[Lui4SS]

street racing is like drugs, we want to feel the rush...street racing ain't stupid.. its the drivers that can't handle their car.if you can't handle a car forget about getting a license..if you want to street race do it the right way not the wrong way.

[Salvy102]

ABS and TCS are cute little things, so is the S2000 with the Vtech

[TheMitsubishiEclipse]

@MIKE192rotary Race track is too far aways and they dont allows street car to race in a race track!

[TheMitsubishiEclipse]

@greekooo3 you right same here!

[yiblon]

You're an ad mans dream.