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Originally Posted by SCQTT
That is where the whole society is going.
Racing, all forms of it, originated from human's urge to be competitive. All of this was started in an imperfect setting with some form of danger.
You could twist your ankle or bump into a friend and injure them while racing (running) on the playground.
Young people are stupid, old people are stupid. There are laws, we all break some of them time to time. Cause and effect, teach it. Enforce the laws we have.
I have seen lots and lots of people doing much worse. That does not make this right. but it is happening all over America every night. If it is one of the most dangerous activities going on in your community and you want the police to stop it public opinion can push law enforcement to stop it.
Here, where I live in rural Ohio, our deputies the first priority is to respond to heroin overdoes to protect the EMTs. At this point they is little else they have time for.
Sorta a turbocharged version of the couch, bowl and Netflix scenario.
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Except no one ever died from smoking too much pot (ok maybe one person did one time).
Motor vehicle accidents are the second leading cause of accidental death in the US IIRC (first being overdoses). I'm fine with people being stupid as long as it's only risking their own well being. Once they start being reckless on public streets with +3000 pound metal sleds then my opinion starts to change. There are plenty of other ways to get an adrenaline rush without risking other peoples lives.
All these people should just buy motorcycles if they want to go fast. Then they are a lot more likely to just kill themselves instead of an innocent civilian driving/biking home from work.