ugaexploder wrote:
okay that makes no sense. so doing a highway run where you're going 100-130 having complete control of the car is more dangerous to civilians than powersliding and having NO CONTROL of the car? hmm, you're going to have to explain that to me. i would've figured it was safer for other people when you're ripping it on the highway late at night with no cars around rather than having no control of your car going sideways in the rain. being at certain speeds doesn't matter, it's CONTROL that matters
It's reaction time that matters...ask any state trooper or race car driver. You think there would be many as crashes in NASCAR if they drove at 55mph vs 180-200?
Driving fast down a straight road at night cuts your reaction time even more when you're presented with something directly in front of you. I've had birds smack my windshield, run over a possum in the RX-7 that lifted the *** end of the car off the ground at 90 or so, a couple of Armadillos, slow moving cars over the next rise or sweeper, and I did not have 'complete control', meaning I can't swerve around a deer directly in front of me at 100-130mph or something laying on the road just ahead of my headlights or field of view.
Sure, it's a rush and that's why we do it but is the rush just because you're going fast(er) or maybe it's the feeling of not being in total control and pushing the "limits"?
Better practice those powerslides in an empty parking lot till you have FULL CONTROL!