Street race accident on Rockville Pike last night - 2 smashed cars....

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

On My way home from work(Best Buy in Rockville, Maryland) last night, around 6:30PM, there was a huge backup going south on Rockville Pike (right before the I495 onramp). It seems there was a street race gone bad accident. 2 gray Celica GTS and 1 black NEON SRT4. Cops everywhere, 2 firetrucks and 1 ambulance. The Celicas were pretty banged up. One of them almost had the engine in the front seat. No bullsh*t. The Neon was about 5 yards away from the other 2 cars. There were 2 or 3 people in the Neon and they looked scared as sh*t. The guard rails were almost torn apart as well. Street racing is not worth it. save it for the track. And as if that was not bad enough, it took me an extra 30 minutes to get home because of those dumba$$es.

[HashiriyaS14]

Damn!

I don't know anyone with those cars, but I'll ask around and see if anyone else knows 'em, or knows the details regarding how bad the accident was.

[PantherRacer]

gee...but it isn't like you're foolproof at the track. Just Sunday a civic h/b hit a dip in the dragstrip while at full boost and ran off the track and flipped a couple of times ...it was totalled , but the driver got away with only a broken foot. That happened to a green chevy (I believe it was a chevy) before too. I think they need to make the track wider or give us the old airport lol

I guess you need to take certain precautions but not so much that you suck the fun out of it.

[GEO]

Yeh, I don't understand why they don't make dragstrips wider.

[hannibal]

I was at Dave and Busters at White Flint mall yesterday. I left around 5pm and it took forever. Traffic sucks up there...

Keep it on the track...Or at least away from heavy traffic!

[Bruno240]

well at a track its very unlikly you are going to kill someone else but when u street race those chances go through the roof.

[drifter_for_life06]

yea i saw that on 13WJZ last night

it seems to me that peopel in Souther York County PA and everywhere ive been in MAryland race and crash

def not worth it

[skylndrftr]

well at a track its very unlikly you are going to kill someone else but when u street race those chances go through the roof.

absolutely its one thing to hurt yourself its totally another to hurt or kill people who have no idea your coming

[MainEvent212]

did the black SRT4 have a sidepipe exhaust?

cuz if so, i know who that is

[dfw240_EE]

There is an article about such an incident in this month's SCC. This one was between a 2nd gen Honda CRX and a Mustang (can't remember year). The CRX lost control somewhere past 100mph, jumped the median, and collided with a new Accord head on. The impact was so hard that the engine compartment sheared off and went back across the highway to hit the Mustang.

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

did the black SRT4 have a sidepipe exhaust?

cuz if so, i know who that is

no it didn't.

but on Friday (12/17/) On my way home I say another Black SRT4 with a huge double-decker wing getting a tickect from 2 cops. This was on Cherry Hill road though.

What is it with young kids, fast cars and straight roads?

[GEO]

haha, there should be a special license you need to obtain to drive a sports coupe or sedan with 240HP or more.

[nsrZ32]

Happens all the time....damn shame. Everybody make it out all right? Hopefully the kids will learn something from it.

Shame the neon wasnt the wrecked one....can't get enough of those ugly econoboxes off the road.

[ILikeMy240sx]

SRT-4 + teenager =

[skydragoness]

gee...but it isn't like you're foolproof at the track. Just Sunday a civic h/b hit a dip in the dragstrip while at full boost and ran off the track and flipped a couple of times ...it was totalled , but the driver got away with only a broken foot. That happened to a green chevy (I believe it was a chevy) before too. I think they need to make the track wider or give us the old airport lol

I guess you need to take certain precautions but not so much that you suck the fun out of it.

Of course there isn't guaranteed safety in drag-racing, but certain factors are more controlled than in street racing..

..and that's the point. Since that guy went to the track, only the driver suffered the injury and the loss of their car. Instead of taking out innocent motorists.

[Jusepi97sx]

haha, there should be a special license you need to obtain to drive a sports coupe or sedan with 240HP or more.

I've always had that thought... that cars should be put into categories. and some kind of class should be given to the drivers in addition to getting a drivers license ... especially to young drivers w/ sporty cars and lets not forget SUV drivers..

[HashiriyaS14]

I wouldn't say that people should have a special license, I think that EVERYONE just needs better driver training.

Being able to accelerate, brake, and park isn't enough. You need to be able to know the limits of adhesion, to control and safely end a slide, etc.. Defensive/performance driving should be a REQUIREMENT, not a specialty program.

[Onizuka]

Being able to accelerate, brake, and park isn't enough. You need to be able to know the limits of adhesion, to control and safely end a slide, etc.. Defensive/performance driving should be a REQUIREMENT, not a specialty program.

Yet another reason to move to germany...

... along with the autobahn, tons of crazy cars and the most bitchin 17-mile-public-accessable track on earth. Plus there is nice veiws and crap like that.

[skydragoness]

I wouldn't say that people should have a special license, I think that EVERYONE just needs better driver training.

Being able to accelerate, brake, and park isn't enough. You need to be able to know the limits of adhesion, to control and safely end a slide, etc.. Defensive/performance driving should be a REQUIREMENT, not a specialty program.

You said it man. This has always been a very firm belief of mine.