Too fast, too furious: Dangerous street takeovers stymie police, anger neighbors

Re:Too fast, too furious: Dangerous street takeovers stymie ... by yongjik on Saturday November 26, 2022 @10:43PM (#33760081)

I'm not a fan of American car culture, but this complaint sounds misplaced. Seoul has no shortage of 10-lane streets, sometimes right next to residential areas. I've yet to hear about anyone "taking over" the street.

What America needs is a competent police force that's held accountable for what it's doing (or not doing).

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Re:Too fast, too furious: Dangerous street takeovers stymie ... by mc32 on Saturday November 26, 2022 @10:58PM (#33760172)

We need to apply bigger penalties and have better enforcement. We also could use some dialing down this aspect of pop-culture (movies and music in particular)

Comment so skorpeon87 [who is shadowbanned] who said:

"only fools could believe people are influenced by movies, music, and video games."

If that were true, then we would not see people protesting against misogyny or clamoring for more representation in the various media and producers would tell them to take a hike that it was disproven in the 90s.

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Re:Too fast, too furious: Dangerous street takeovers stymie ... by climb_stealth on Sunday November 27, 2022 @02:11AM (#33761090)

One interesting question is why this is a problem in the USA. Other countries are just as much into cars and don't have this issue.

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Re:Too fast, too furious: Dangerous street takeovers stymie ... by trilbyglens on Sunday November 27, 2022 @04:43AM (#33761699)

I bet in Seoul though they don't hesitate to just strip you of your drivers license completely for infractions like this. That's basically impossible to do in the us. We are utterly dependent on driving, and to strip someone of a license is to effectively remove their means of subsistence.

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