I 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.

I 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.

It’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.

People 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.

I would gladly be mown down by a vehicle traveling at 175mph if it minimised the threat of a communist revolution.

45,000+ in 2021, highest in many years