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Offroad
06-01-2012, 06:25 PM
Link to Article (http://metronews.ca/features/calgarys-need-for-speed/246056/racing-on-calgary-streets-fuelled-by-race-city-absence-drivers/)

Discuss :devil:

Commanderwiggin
06-01-2012, 06:30 PM
Definitely need a new road course that's for sure...

bourge73
06-01-2012, 06:31 PM
I read this crap today in the Metro on the way to work this AM. Funny in the paper edition they said the cars were tuned with Fuel Injection for more power, also the cars were done up with Interior LED lights haha.

know1edge
06-01-2012, 06:35 PM
Some come complete with features straight out of Hollywood — rear-spoilers, under-carriage lights and nitrous-oxide injection systems.

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Kijho
06-01-2012, 06:43 PM
Iced R/T's comment :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Twenty
06-01-2012, 07:04 PM
My Focus has a spoiler. :burnout:

sillysod
06-01-2012, 07:12 PM
...a new venue can’t come soon enough for speed junkies like 27-year-old Brian...

http://images.killermovies.com/f/fastandthefurious2/gallery/4_brian_o_conner.jpg

kvg
06-01-2012, 07:22 PM
Really it is a really bad idea to have a major urban center with no race track for car enthusiasts. It will be interesting to see how many incidents happen this summer with no track around.

Squishy
06-01-2012, 08:03 PM
The part where the article mentions alcohol would be thanks to some dumb ass named Brandon last Saturday. He threw a beer bottle across the parking lot and it almost hit someone's car. Other than the few idiots who can't think for themselves, there's rarely any alcohol, so not sure where the author got this from. Even then, if people cause trouble, you generally have the entire parking lot take care of the individual. We left right before the cops showed up and brandon got 2 tickets, and he was beyond drunk so good for him. But like the general idea here, they take away the race track, what do you think is going to happen. Needless to say, the guy who wrote this is a fucking goof and if recognized by someone who gives enough of a shit, he's going to be in for a beating haha.

kenny
06-01-2012, 08:09 PM
Thank god they mentioned Kenny's age. :rofl:

rob the knob
06-01-2012, 08:14 PM
locates


Originally posted by Squishy
The part where the article mentions alcohol would be thanks to some dumb ass named Brandon last Saturday. He threw a beer bottle across the parking lot and it almost hit someone's car. Other than the few idiots who can't think for themselves, there's rarely any alcohol, so not sure where the author got this from. Even then, if people cause trouble, you generally have the entire parking lot take care of the individual. We left right before the cops showed up and brandon got 2 tickets, and he was beyond drunk so good for him. But like the general idea here, they take away the race track, what do you think is going to happen. Needless to say, the guy who wrote this is a fucking goof and if recognized by someone who gives enough of a shit, he's going to be in for a beating haha.

sillysod
06-01-2012, 08:15 PM
Originally posted by kenny
Thank god they mentioned Kenny's age. :rofl:

saw kenny mentioned and....

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kvg
06-01-2012, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by Squishy
the guy who wrote this is a fucking goof and if recognized by someone who gives enough of a shit, he's going to be in for a beating haha.

Why because he wasn't cool enough to hang in a parking lot in the NE:rofl:

rob the knob
06-01-2012, 08:20 PM
BY NAOMI LAKRITZ MAY 29, 2012




Naomi Lakritz
The word “extreme” is taking on a different cachet. When it’s used to describe various sports, it has an aura of glamour, high performance, exclusivity and daring.

Not so when it refers to driving your car on Alberta roads — and it’s about time the adjective “extreme” carried a negative connotation and came with some very negative consequences.

In the wake of reports of police catching the drivers of a couple of pickup trucks who were barrelling down the deadly Highway 63 between Fort McMurray and Edmonton, doing speeds of 180 km/h, Transportation Minister Ric McIver has begun talking about the possibility of seizing the cars of those going extreme speeds.

Bring it on, Minister McIver. It’s about time these people get their comeuppance.

“I think the public would support taking those vehicles right away,” McIver said.

Let the punishment fit the crime. You speed, you lose.

This member of the public certainly supports it — and I don’t think it should be limited to people using the highways.

There is not a law-abiding driver in Calgary who doesn’t have multiple horror stories to recount about speeders seen on city streets over the years. My most recent incident took place about two weeks ago. I was driving along John Laurie Boulevard when I saw a red ’68 Mustang convertible driven by a middle-aged guy, clearly in the throes of a mid-life crisis, blaring rap music to shake the pavement, and revving his engine at a red light, as he overdosed on what remained of his testosterone, anxious to be off. Or possibly he was just anxious to show off to any young women drivers in nearby cars he had deluded himself into believing might be interested in him if he flashed a lot of noise and speed. As the light turned green and the cars around him began accelerating to reach the posted speed limit of 70, he took off and was soon a speck in the distance, going at least 120, if not faster.

With no police car in sight — there never is when someone like this is so flagrantly available for the nabbing — he naturally got away with it.

If McIver’s proposal were to become law, however, the fear of something much more serious than a mere ticket, such as losing one’s car on the spot, might provide enough of a fear factor to keep guys like him in check.

Who are these bozos who go tearing around city streets and highways, stupidly endangering themselves and others? According to Transport Canada, “speeding is a factor in about 25 per cent of deaths from vehicle crashes.” The statistics culled from a 2008 fact sheet called A Quick Look at Speeding Crashes in Canada, which examined crashes between 2002 and 2004, show that 80 per cent of speeders involved in fatal collisions are younger than 45, with 40 per cent between the ages of 16 and 24.

However, one interesting stat is that “speeding is increasing faster among drivers over 45 ... than among drivers younger than 45 years.” That certainly accounts for Mr. Midlife Crisis in the red Mustang.

The fact sheet goes on to say that “most drivers killed in speed-related crashes were themselves speeding,” that 80 per cent of young adult passengers who were killed in a speeding crash were in the vehicle with a speeding driver of similar age,” that “single-vehicle crashes accounted for more than 50 per cent of speeding deaths and serious injuries,” and that “one in three speeding drivers involved in a fatal crash had been drinking.”

In 2007, an Ekos report on Canadian drivers’ attitudes toward speeding, done for Transport Canada, found that “one in five drivers say that enjoying the feeling associated with driving fast has been a reason for them to speed” and a group that the report labelled the risk-takers, “seems to want to speed because they enjoy taking risks and defying authority. In short, they enjoy it and they do it on purpose.”

It’s long past time for them to face some very harsh music for their actions. Go for it, Minister McIver.

Naomi Lakritz is a Herald columnist. [email protected]

© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald




Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Lakritz+time+bring+speeders+screeching+halt/6691645/story.html#ixzz1wbA4P3lj




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email the author of article

kvg
06-01-2012, 08:28 PM
When she tilts her head like that her teeth are almost straight, The herald must not have a dental plan:barf:

03ozwhip
06-01-2012, 08:45 PM
shes just mad because 68 mustang guy wouldnt give her and her golden choppers the time of day lol

J-hop
06-01-2012, 08:58 PM
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Hallowed_point
06-01-2012, 09:16 PM
Headline: "Racing on Calgary streets fuelled by Race City abscence"


:facepalm: :facepalm:

I haven't posted a comment on a news site in a long time, but this one set me off!!! :thumbsdow

bourge73
06-01-2012, 10:08 PM
OMG Bon Scott from AC/DC is still alive!

Sugarphreak
06-01-2012, 10:15 PM
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Twenty
06-01-2012, 11:18 PM
Apparently Ford did.

Maxt
06-01-2012, 11:23 PM
http://postmediaprovince.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/lakritz.jpg


Geez, Weird Al has put on some weight.

Hallowed_point
06-01-2012, 11:33 PM
That picture is begging for a troll face/u mad?? conversion

Justin-88
06-02-2012, 11:03 AM
Kenny and his underage girlfreind. Jesus, this streetraceing superstar kenny sure seems like a class act, almost as classy as that fine article writer.:facepalm:

EG_Civic
06-02-2012, 11:15 AM
+1 to see a track soon!

bart
06-02-2012, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by kenny
Thank god they mentioned Kenny's age. :rofl:

ha i was gonna say...

know1edge
06-02-2012, 05:24 PM
Originally posted by Justin-88
Kenny and his underage girlfreind. Jesus, this streetraceing superstar kenny sure seems like a class act, almost as classy as that fine article writer.:facepalm:

What makes you think she isn't just 17?

Justin-88
06-03-2012, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by know1edge


What makes you think she isn't just 17?

Cuz thats not how Kenny rolls. He went younger so she's smaller and thus less weight in his race car. Duh

GTS4tw
06-03-2012, 10:19 AM
Vancouver police cracked down after a passenger was struck and killed? What kind of passenger?

Hallowed_point
06-03-2012, 06:28 PM
What really goes on at BS cornerd-KLpV8aM4w :rofl:

Bobino
06-03-2012, 08:55 PM
Originally posted by Hallowed_point
What really goes on at BS cornerd-KLpV8aM4w :rofl:

Bhahahaha :rofl:

cam_wmh
06-05-2012, 11:36 PM
she looks like she could eat an apple through a chain link fence.