While at the Canadian International Auto Show, I ran across this pamphlet on street racing at the Toronto Police booth. It appears to be written by CAA. I couldn't keep from laughing once I got to the section about how to recognize a street racer.





FYI, 24 deaths in the past 4 years from street racing may seem like a lot, but keep in mind that every year, 142 men in Canada die by homicide, by cutting/piercing instrument. 74 men each year die from surgical/medical misadventure and another 61 each year are killed by fatal gun accidents.

 

I guess we're all street racers then >_>

thewird

 

man the CAA pisses me off sometimes, especially because I'm a member of it.

 

A wheelie bar?

 

thewird

 

lol.. these guys are serious.. One of there offices is in the same building where I work..

 

nitrous can produce up to 400 extra HP in an average engine? where are these average engines at? lol

 

I like to see an average engine pull off an extra 400hp with just nitrous. If by some miracle it does, I'd also like to see it grenade, because it will.

 

*oversized tachometers*

 

I knew I could get 500hp out of a 1.5L civic just by bolting on some NOS!!!!

 

FS: one parachute. New...still in box.

 

That pamphlet is nothing but a whole bunch of ignorant BS! If you're going to target a subject like this, I say get the facts straight first. I think they watched The Fast and the Furious too many times.

 

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Every Friday in London there are illegal street races where you see nothing but engine super and turbo chargers, parachutes, and wheelie bars. You're all crazy to think it's not true...

 

hahahahahah thats golden. my fav part was the modification section.

 

the only time i see oversized tachometers is in the chevy cavs or sunbirds that have auto trans.

 

damn so im not allowed to use my racing pedals anymore so much for my dreams of a 9 second stock 12A

 

so since when is having a roll cage a bad thing? i understand that a chance of someone racing with a rollcage are higher, but that doesn't mean it will be on the streets lol.

thats like saying if you have an airbag you will streetrace :/

I'm building an fb that will be used as my summer dd and track day car, it already has a roll cage, so do that mean if i get into an accident i will automaticaly be labeled as a street racer?

400hp+ with NOS, does that apply to our engines?:P

i also have never seen a single street racer with a parachute or a wheelie bar. They have no place on the street, especialy on montreal roads.

i think chances of a riced out car getting into streetracing are higher then the performanced enhanced cars they are talking about.

if i had the money to get everything on their list, why wouldn't i just take the car to the track?

 

Because YOU sir are a street racer.

 

you got me there.
I am a street racer.
friends and family all call me "pothole drifter".

 

don't forget the racing pedals. they make the nitrous open the parachute faster!!

If i was a parent and saw this i'd laugh at the CAA right then and there. tell them to get their facts straight before unloading their BS on the masses.

 

thewird

 

LMAO
first time I have seen this one
I love this picture!

 

exhaust fire ownage.

 

I know of a few 1G DSM's around here that have chutes and are street cars. here is a youtube video of them. I'm not a DSM fan, but seeing a car plated with a shoot on the back is pretty bad. lol : C-Dub Talons- The Midwest's FASTEST street cars


as for the chances of SEEING the cars they describe street race, it is way more likely to see your average high schooler race his grandma's Buick.

 

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local.../?hub=CP24Home

Dude was hauling *** on the 400 southbound. Caught doing 250. Is that a new record? I don't remember anyone getting caught going faster.