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Good for him. My first street accident happened when I was 16 (two years before I started street racing--which btw is very dangerous, and for sure I don't advoc
by RaceWon 7y ago
Good for him. My first street accident happened when I was 16 (two years before I started street racing--which btw is very dangerous, and for sure I don't advocate for it. Street racing is irresponsible, and street cars are sooo much flimsier than race cars, it's not even funny). I was in the Bronx (it was not legal for me to drive there at 16 btw) at an intersection crossing Mosholu Parkway. I was Not speeding, I was a novice driver--I looked up at light, it was green; when I crossed the intersection I was T-Boned by another car. Thankfully everyone was ok.
Back then, in certain areas of the Bronx and unbeknownst to me, there were traffic lights that only had two bulbs; one was green, one was red. There was No yellow light--the green and red lights would come on simultaneously which denoted "yellow". That almost killed us.
I took that as a good lesson a few months later as I started down the path of becoming a racer, And I follow this Rule assiduously to this day (to be clear;I no longer street race But I am still Extra careful on unknown roads); make sure you KNOW the road you are on before you drive fast on it. And TBH in my street racing days I would even take a drive by first to make sure there was no construction, broken water mains, ice or whatever happening... it's one of the main reasons I'm still alive.