Comments on: Death Penalty for Street Racing? China Cracks Down (News)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:01:48 +0000

Check out our facebook page and you will see many reasons why street racing laws should be more harsh.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teasr-Teens-Educated-Against-Street-Racing/246081985459052

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By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:12:50 +0000

Having seen first hand how poorly these people drive, I totally understand this law

By: mr_dirtrider

mr_dirtrider — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:22:06 +0000

I think they should have to do a couple years in Lompoc. Not the prison, just the city of Lompoc. That would be draconian.

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By: joe

joe — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:21:51 +0000

Too many people have received “a irrevocable death sentence withuot trial or jury” due to people on cell phones, people who are too tired, people who are too stupid to drive, people who are too old or young to drive responsibly. I vote for death sentences for those people too, I don’t care if they caused an accident or not. Caught driving too old to pay attention, pay with your life.

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By: jubba

jubba — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:28:45 +0000

i agree…when i read the headline i thought the same…scare tactic. will they
ever put some to death?
i imagine in an eye for an eye situation maybe??!!
i looooooovvvvvvveddddddd ripping around with a bunch of other riders doing 250-270 kph in my city or anyone else’s city town hamlet…whatever. it was fun and i/bike(s) came away relatively un-scathed.
when i started street road racing lot’s of the experienced riders had a “i knew, or was riding with, so and so when he hit a sign pole and decapitated himself. his head was still sitting inside his helmet 50 feet away from body.
not all same decap story but lot’s of serious death/injury stories.
most stories about rider’s death.injury none tooo much about pedestrian death/injury but we only have a few months riding here in the north

here if you pull over or they catch up to you sitting having a pop at the A&W they will immediately impound the bike. your summer is done unless you get another bike. the bike is impounded until court date and court date is never right away. also you get to pay 2-3 months of impound fees and towing bill. never mind the huge arse fines and demerits.
i/we never pulled over.
i live i am now subject to a “distracted driving” legislation. i believe all the examples you posted are covered and fine-able under the law.

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:49:16 +0000

A knucklehead with nothing to lose can acquire a 3-10 year old 600cc sport bike, not so a Ferrari, Porsche, Ducati, or Bugatti.

It is rare that the customers you mention above cause the incidents that the Chinese are supposedly penalizing.

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By: jubba

jubba — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:42:14 +0000

to me and you would not mean much (even if my very friendly good next door meighbor or one of their kids dies means very little to me honestly). but to the family of that one victim likely different story.
not sure but isn’t China people only allowed one child?

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By: jubba

jubba — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:32:10 +0000

too many victims of street racing have received a irrevocable death sentence withuot trial or jury.
really can’t blame China authorities.
and yes i was a crotch rocketeer and moto-crosser. went way too fast way too many times and got lucky way too many times to count while riding on public property.

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By: Marco

Marco — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:18:53 +0000

Street racing is good, clean fun. Get off your holier-than-thou horses, people.

Seriously though – it’s not safe. It’s stupid. Admitted. But you whiney, angry people crack me up. What is it about the fact that a guy rides a motorcycle that makes him more disposable than the same guy in a pickup truck? Why aren’t you ranting about truck drivers killing people, or women talking on their cellphones killing people, or inattentive people killing old people while goofing around with the radio?

THis article is hyperbole and click-bait. How many riders have actually been executed for street racing? Not for vehicular homicide, but for, like the headline says “racing”? None.

Take a breath, and head on over the the newest, hyper-expensive, hyper-sexy Ducati page and turn that frown upside down.

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By: TC2wheel

TC2wheel — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:28:55 +0000

From:http://www.chinatoday.com/data/data.htm

More than 89,000 killed on China’s roads in 2006
Xinhua, Jan. 2, 2007 – The number of road traffic deaths in China was 89,455 in 2006, 9.4 percent fewer than that in 2005, and the first time below the 90,000-benchmark since 2000, according to the Ministry of Public Security. “The country recorded 378,781 traffic accidents in 2006, down 15.9 percent year on year,” said a ministry spokesman on Monday. The 38 major traffic accidents – accidents with more than ten fatalities each – resulted in 558 deaths, dropping 30.9 percent from 2005. It was the lowest number of major accidents since 1991, he said. According to an analytical report, about 130 million violations of traffic rules by drivers last year led to more than 76,000 deaths, down 16 percent, among which the death toll from speeding, fatigue and drunk driving went down 24 percent from the previous year.

I am sure many more vehicles are on the roads in China today than 6 years ago, death rate likely be higher.

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