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There is a bit of press sensationalism going on there as well.
If that had been a 75 year old man in a Cadillac that was speeding and unsafely passed a truck and wrapped around a pole would it have got the same coverage?
I highly doubt it as it would have probably been 3 lines in the paper, if reported at all.


As soon as the words "street racing" come into play and the style of car is seen it becomes big news.


How do they even know they were racing?
Although I don't think for one second they weren't the simple fact that they were speeding does not necessarily mean "racing". A BMW and I both passed a truck today and we were both over the speed limit but that does not, for one second, mean either of us were racing the other. The news report says they were "racing" before any type of investigation could possibly been completed so I presume the report was based solely upon the fact they were fast and sporty cars that were going too fast.