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> Where is the anger when people try to set speed records on boats? These do not seem to be remotely comparable. Wikipedia has a list [1] of several people th

> Where is the anger when people try to set speed records on boats? These do not seem to be remotely comparable. Wikipedia has a list [1] of several people that died in water speed record attempts. This list does has several names on it. This pales in comparison with the 36,000 people [2] died in auto-collisions in just the US in 2018. Driving 100mph+ on public roads is completely reckless. If you fuck it up, someone's going to die. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_in_motorboat_racing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_in_mot... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...

sandworm101 6y ago
The cannonball run isn't comparable to streetracing any more than "motorboat" racing is comparable to ocean racing. Note that wikipedia article doesn't include any of the accidents I listed above. It's like comparing baseball and tennis because they both involve hitting a ball. Actually, it's worse than that because yacht racing doesn't even involve motors. The only similarity between motorboat racing and ocean/yacht racing is that they both involve some sort of water. I'd say "things that float" but motorboats don't really 'float' while racing.