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These people are risking other people‘s lives for their stupid rich-people hobbies. It’s disgusting, really.
by ManuelKiessling 4y ago
These people are risking other people‘s lives for their stupid rich-people hobbies. It’s disgusting, really.
- bbbbb5 4y agoI think you might be severely overestimating the risk, people doing these runs obviously do everything in their power to spend as much time on empty roads as possible.
- codethief 4y agoI am a bit torn. I attended a talk by Toman and he mentioned that, apart from having a spotter on the passenger seat, they have many spotters along the entire way and also use drones and thermal cameras to spot cars, so they always know ahead of time what's coming. In particular, he said that they slow down to legal speeds whenever they get near another car. Given all that, I don't think the risk is that crazy high anymore but I do see where you're coming from.
- iambateman 4y agoIt’s probably safe if they are just going fast in areas where they know it’s empty. But telling the story provides cover for 19-year old kids trying to impress their friends who definitely do not have an advance drone checking for other cars. As long as 30,000+ people die on our roads every year…my patience for these antics is very limited.
- foobarian 4y agoPeople like this will exist regardless of how much patience we have for them. Personally I prefer them to have a less harmful outlet for their antics than trying to organize a revolution or stage a coup. Look where it got the Soviets.
- the_oh_of_ples 4y agoI would gladly be mown down by a vehicle traveling at 175mph if it minimised the threat of a communist revolution.
- bookofjoe 4y ago45,000+ in 2021, highest in many years