http://sradd.com Street racing kills less people than tipped-over vending machines. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:28:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A reminder of this statistic that is in the very first post all the way at the bottom: “But these all pale in comparison to drunk driving. Nearly 144,000 people were killed by drunk drivers in the U.S., a staggering 44 per cent of all fatalities." From 2005 of course. In comparison... "Of these, ... http://sradd.com/2008/06/06/so-why-do-we-do-this/ http://media.myfoxny.com/nassaudwiarrests/ "Nassau County [New York] Executive Thomas Suozzi and Police Commissioner Mulvey have released the names and communities of 109 DWI and DUI arrests from Memorial Day weekend. None of the defendents have been convicted of a crime at this time and are only charged. " And then follows are many ... http://sradd.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-weekend-dwi-initiative-arrests/ So instead of doing what most places in the US are doing, and just making the problem worse while passing more BS laws, one town in Poland stepped up to the plate and created a program that makes street racing legal one night a month on a selected road. ... http://sradd.com/2008/05/25/poland-geniuses-legal-street-racing-program/ California: Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue Police raid Riverside, California parking lot to issue modified car tickets at local car enthusiast gathering. Using $503,000 in federal and state gas tax revenue to pay for overtime, nine police agencies in Riverside, California sent more than one hundred police officers to surround ... http://sradd.com/2008/04/04/fall-off-the-rest-of-the-country-soon-thanks/ this guy, for actually trying to make a change in the "nation's third drunkest city." "McDivitt Law Firm will pay for Yellow Cab rides within Colorado Springs this New Year’s Eve. Attorney Mike McDivitt said he came up with the idea after he was startled by a recent survey that ranked Colorado ... http://sradd.com/2007/12/28/thumbs-up-to/ So MTV's "True Life: I'm a street racer" is currently on (originally aired in 2003) and this has brought some thoughts to my mind. 1. A cop is saying how most of the time the cars are modified with poor quality parts and how we shouldn't want to be driving next ... http://sradd.com/2007/12/22/mtv-inspired-rant/ Department of transportation publishes these. They're somewhat hard to read through, but they get the point across. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/8_CO/2006/8_CO_2006.htm http://sradd.com/2007/10/03/statistics-about-motor-vehicle-accidents/ “Recently, there has been much in print and much grandstanding by politicians, Attorney Generals and Police Commisioners about how street racing is an “epidemic.” “Sadly, Joe Public eats it all up since he/she really has no clue and no way or verifying if what the talking heads are saying is true. ... http://sradd.com/2007/09/21/5/