Teens at Car Meets and Drag Racing



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It is Sunday night and you can not wait to go to the Nationwide car meets and drag races. This is where all your friends gather up to see nice luxurious cars and race them to see who has the fastest car. You know it's dangerous and accidents happen all the time but you love the adrenaline feeling. The feeling of driving so fast and being unstoppable is your motive to going every Sunday even if you have to lie to your parents about it. What could they say anyway your old enough and have your license nothing bad can happen. It is time and head to where the meets are getting started and hang around for a while. The races start the best part of the whole night. You get lined up to race a car and win and again a different car and once again you win. The night has become boring since you have already raced all the cars on other Sunday nights an decide to head home early. The next morning you wake up to the news stating that their had been multiple crashes and police arrest where you had been that previous night, there are a couple of teens dead and other severely injured. What if that would have been you arrested or killed? What if you hadn't left early and still been at the meets?

In reality what are car meets/drag racing? A drag race is a contest between two vehicles racing side by side in a straight line at a designated, controlled racetrack. In most drag racing categories, the first vehicle to the finish line wins. Defining who has the fastest car. In local car meets and races two cars are lined up and a conductor tells them when to go. Same as drag racing the car that gets to the end of the road faster wins. This pass time activity has caused many deaths.According to NHRA nationwide statistics show that 49 people are injured for every 1,000 who participate in illegal street racing among these people teens under 18. According to the NHTSA, motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 16 and 20. This activity is also illegal. The consequences for drag racing are; You can be arrested and have your car impounded for 30 days, If convicted of street racing or aiding and abetting a street race, you can be imprisoned for up to three months and fined up to $1,000. Spectators are subject to penalties as well, Your driver's license can be revoked, Your car insurance may be cancelled or the rates dramatically increased, and Cars in and around illegal street races are often issued equipment violations.

Teens that usually do this are those looking for adrenaline, a pass time that they feel it is fun, and to impress others with their fast cars. I understand this may seem fun and exciting but the consequences of such act are not they are very serious and it may not have happened this time but the next time you may not be so lucky. Think about your car, your family, and yourself before you go and do this again. If you feel peer pressure is not letting you stop let someone know and seek help. Be reasonable with yourself and those around you and do not be afraid to say no or not even show up to the races.

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