K, I checked again, I need to clearify a point (and this is the first post in this thread I've felt worth quoting......
Yes I did watch the whole video and the fact that you were drifting at all when traffic was around is the problem, the lack of traffic later on does not in anyway change that at all. Nor does it change the fact that you admitted to drifting in traffic, I quote...
Yes, sometimes I admitt, I get in what I call a "crazy mood" and don't give a damn about my own safety. Ever heard the expression "you'd have to be crazy" well, sometimes.......I am. and also, and I'm only saying this once, it's one of those things where if you have to ask, you'll never know, but anyways, I hear the expression, "you must have a death wish" all the time, and I've never dissagree'd with it.
I always feel bad about doing things that dangerous aftewards too and swear I'll never do it again.
...so the lack of traffic later on really does not make up for the self admited behaviour.
I have to agree with that, there's no excuse for weaving interstate traffic at 120mph or drifting the highway at 70mph in heavy traffic. I fear the day I mess up doing that.
Its as dangerous as almost anything you can do on the open road, you are deliberately pushing your car beyond the limits of its rear grip. That is not a point for discussion, its a point of fact. To compound the problem you then state (and I have highlighted in bold) that you are 100% positive nothing will go wrong.
Care to explain how you can be 100% positive nothing can go wrong? Because I don't believe you, when a car is involved you can't say that, in fact later in the post you contradict yourself on this point by using the example that just driving to the shops contains an element of risk. Well if that's true (and it is) then how much are you increasing that but when you deliberately push a car beyond it traction limits???
Actually, I need to clear that up some, by 100% positive nothing will go wrong, I mean nothing I can control will go wrong. I can't control the other cars or blind crests or mech failure (almost died by blowing a rear tire on a back road at turn in at 100mph
That was scary.
Have you ever seen the results of a 30mph crash test? Because I have on a number of occasions and its messy, 30mph is enough to cause terminal damage in most cars.
That's the result of a 40mph frontal impact to a BMW 5-series ('98), now imagine if you hit someone who is also doing 30mph (as you claim you are) the combined velocity of 60mph is going to make that picture look like a day dream. Basically you could kiss your legs goodbye if you are lucky.
I know this, I was just getting on a tear and was speaking out of anger. I've seen car's torn in 3 peices and that's why I try to be carefull about head on traffic.
BTW - Speed is not the main cause of accidents (or fatal accidents), the DfT in the UK published a report in 2004, one of the largest of its kind and the results were as follows
You actions seem to fall into both the Behaviour and Lack of Judgement areas, and by the way speed here is determined as speed excessive for the conditions (not just the speed limit) an area you could also be argued to have fallen into, given that the car was at times sideways.
Its also quite amazing that you state that if you spin out and someone else hits you then they are at fault, I honestly do not think that the law would judge it in quite the same way, and your insurance company certainly would not.
Yes, but speed makes things harder to avoid and easier to happen. That's why I don't like myself and swear to never doing it again when I interstate drift. If something were to happen (and it has) to cause me to have to take avaisive action (I actually have footage of me having to abort drift to miss a dog running accross the street on my touge) at a lower speed I can simply lift the gas, steer properly and the car will straighten out and go where I need it. Or I can lock up, use the gas to spin in my lane and stop. Higher angle and higher speed make these things harder to perform. but I'm positive you knew that already. When I can see other cars I try to keep my angle low and my speed slow. For more than one reason. What if one of those sets of headlights was a cop?? I can't afford another ticket. But the camera pushed me to push harder. I can see why you guys would have a problem with that.
And as for the guy behind me being able to stop, I know I'd technically be at fault, but I don't drift when people are directly behind me, so if they couldn't get stopped, then there's something wrong with either them or their car.
See, I am probably A LOT more logical than you guys likely think based on the vid and my other posts in this thread......
Edit: Nice pic Exige...... I always wonder what I could do on an actual race track. I've always wanted too........But $200 entry + 200 miles away, + price of new tires, + only 2 times a year....... Yeah, I don't think so. To get me off the street it'd have to be:
A) Less than $50 entry fee.
B) In Town
C) AT LEAST every other weekend.
Well, you guy's 'll probably be happy to know I'm moving to FLA soon and no turns = no drifting and I will be close to speedworld so I'll be able to start drifting on the track.
