Street Drifting ( Real Life Tokyo stage )

[Biggamehit]

Well not really just reminds me of the Tokyo Stage

http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/12-20-06page-Street-drifting.htm

 

[Jim Prower]

Whilst the corner does look a lot like the what I call the "Carousel" in Tokyo R246....

What. Morons.

 

[Gabkicks]

its all fun and games till somebody looses a spleen/kidney.
drifting was okay. they have lots of trackmeets in japan and other events, so there is really no excuse to go streetracing anymore... well there are a few, but none for most people.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

I kept waiting for one of them to hit the back of that truck, but it never happened.

 

[Race Idiot]

I swear isn't that the corner on R246 because it looks so much like it, iono.

Also <INSERT GENERIC WHINGE ABOUT STREET DRIFTING HERE>

 

[Jim Prower]

It's close, but I think THAT corner had more trees and different buildings on the outside.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Although I am against street racing, Japan's street racing is a whole different thing. Everyone there can drive very good(at least better than 90% of American drivers), and the regular drivers don't get road rage like they do here. On the highways, if they see cars coming, they move over. On the mountains, there is no cars, because people don't really use them for transportation. It's still illegal, but the chances of something bad happening aren't much worse than while driving around normally. I mean, how much videos can you find of a street racer in japan crashing? Then how about street racers in America? Also, the cars aren't going to get messed up, most of then don't have over 60,000km on them, and they get a full inspection of the cars every 3 years, where they check everything about the car, not just if the headlights work or the tire tread.

 

[stumpydino]

well thats because Japanese guys learnt, american kids just copy

 

[Race Idiot]

Although I am against street racing, Japan's street racing is a whole different thing. Everyone there can drive very good(at least better than 90% of American drivers), and the regular drivers don't get road rage like they do here. On the highways, if they see cars coming, they move over. On the mountains, there is no cars, because people don't really use them for transportation. It's still illegal, but the chances of something bad happening aren't much worse than while driving around normally. I mean, how much videos can you find of a street racer in japan crashing? Then how about street racers in America? Also, the cars aren't going to get messed up, most of then don't have over 60,000km on them, and they get a full inspection of the cars every 3 years, where they check everything about the car, not just if the headlights work or the tire tread.

Did you know allot of the popular touge roads have been outfitted with stuff to stop people drifting around those corners? First they added rumble strips and then they added plastic bollards in the lane dividers around the corners.

Also Japan does have it's fair share of people who don't look after their cars, seeing the amount of clunkers that get imported over here. Also most sports cars tend to be weekend toys and have the owner commuting via public transport. More common stuff tends to have more mileage though. But yeah car ownership is allot more expensive in japan so mostly the cars tend to be looked after more.

Also I bet they do have accidents, but they probably don't post videos all over the internet of them. To be honest i've only seen one or two actual japanese street racing videos anyway.

 

[Biggamehit]

to the naked eye it may appear like all Japanese can drive, but i have many buddies over in japan( military and car buissness partners) and some who have lived there for a while and they say other wise. its the same all over the world. some learn to drive well and other pretend. can't wait untill i leave for japan.

also when your car is properly set up for drifting ( at least lsd,minor suspension good compound tires and brakes) you tend to have less accidents becuase you are not forcing the car to do something that its not capable of with old worn oem bushings etc.

 

[Kuken]

Sweeet!

 

[V1P3R]

I kept waiting for one of them to hit the back of that truck, but it never happened.

Yeah.

 

[Azuremen]

Well, at least there isn't much traffic =/

Only a couple of good drifters in that bunch, though I did like how the Soarer looked. Anyone know what that white car was that did the massive smokiness?

Public road bad. Clear area and daylight makes things a bit better... though crazy how they had people just hanging out there watching.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Did you know allot of the popular touge roads have been outfitted with stuff to stop people drifting around those corners? First they added rumble strips and then they added plastic bollards in the lane dividers around the corners.

Also Japan does have it's fair share of people who don't look after their cars, seeing the amount of clunkers that get imported over here. Also most sports cars tend to be weekend toys and have the owner commuting via public transport. More common stuff tends to have more mileage though. But yeah car ownership is allot more expensive in japan so mostly the cars tend to be looked after more.

Also I bet they do have accidents, but they probably don't post videos all over the internet of them. To be honest I've only seen one or two actual Japanese street racing videos anyway.

You know in japan it is illegal to have a messed up aero? It's considered defective then.

The drivers in Japan may not by much more skillful than the drivers here, but they are a lot more curtious and stuff. They won't ram into your car if you cut them off or something. Their attitude towards driving is a lot better than here.

As for videos of Japanese street racing, just look for Grip Video or JDM Insider for videos. JDM Insider is where this video came from.

 

[V1P3R]

Isn't it illegal to not have your car kept clean?

 

[Biggamehit]

all Industrial area in japan are like that, no cops etc becuase no people are there. they only patrol at night like ever few hours.

also that is an infamous spot in japan. if you go there, you will see Drifting pretty much through out the day.

 

[Gabkicks]

I kept waiting for one of them to hit the back of that truck, but it never happened.

👎

 

[DIZZIWOO]

In the UK we have to have our cars checked properly every year so most UK drivers tend to look after there cars aswell. Although there isnt a major drifting scene in the UK its getting alot bigger anyway.

Do americans have to pay car tax? or do you even have such things as MOT's?

 

[Biggamehit]

We dont pay taxes but the Department of Motor Vehicles gets allllll the money they can get, for example in Maryland. we pay 128 dollars for renewal of Registration.

some states have pretty strict emissions and inspection laws.

the Department of Transportation ( DOT ) governs the entier US. but each state can alter the law to suit the kind of motoris that they have. some states dont have any emissions laws.

 

[Race Idiot]

In the UK we have to have our cars checked properly every year so most UK drivers tend to look after there cars aswell. Although there isnt a major drifting scene in the UK its getting alot bigger anyway.

Do americans have to pay car tax? or do you even have such things as MOT's?

The mot isn't that strict a test realy though, I managed to pass mine even though one of my rear calipers needs adjusting, my rear discs are effed and my front tyres are worn on the inside.

I'm gonna fix all that in january though.

 

[DIZZIWOO]

Race idiot i think it depends on the quality of the test centre you go to. For instance i went to any random one because i need it doing asap and it wasn't very good really they let me pass even though i had similar problems to you but a few months later a friend went to a good centre and they really banged down on him they ended up failing him on a seat belt.

 

[Car-less]

The mot isn't that strict a test realy though, I managed to pass mine even though one of my rear calipers needs adjusting, my rear discs are effed and my front tyres are worn on the inside.

I'm gonna fix all that in january though.

How strict the MOT seems really depends on how dangerous the car is.
As long as the brakes worked sufficiently well, and were not visibly worn, corroded or damaged, they would pass.
The tyres should pass so long as they have a minimum tread depth of 1.6mm over 3/4 of the width of the tyre, and no noticeable defects on the sidewall. A narrow worn band on the inside may pass if the rest of the tyre is in good condition, or if it was missed by the inspector.

My first car, a rustbucket Talbot bought for £50 went through MOT after MOT without much trouble, even though one of the Wings/fenders/quarter panels was composed mostly of cardboard and duck tape for the MOT, and just made of sharp rusty edges once the cardboard got soggy and fell off about a week later. Once the rust spread to the Sills though, it became a structural matter and it was game over.

Seatbelts are considered essential safety equiptment, so the slightest defect would be a fail. Many other parts can be passed on a technicality - its just a matter of knowing the exact wording of the MOT tester's handbook, and how precisely your MOT tester understands it.

 

[Wolfe]

Well, at least there isn't much traffic =/

That's the thing about Japanese street racing/drifting. The public knows to stay away, and they know where and when to expect street racers. That doesn't make it right, or legal, but it is safer (to a degree) than street racing/drifting in many other parts of the world.

For example, I remember happening across a website about some chick who was obsessed with bridges. She was in Japan, studying a historical bridge on a mountainside, and one night she asked a taxi driver to take her up the mountain road. He refused, telling her that street racers were out at that time of night. She was flabbergasted as to why anyone would want to race on those roads.

 

[Biggamehit]

IT's a Industrial Area populated by an small number of people. Really no buissness being there unless your an truck driver. which is why the roads are so wide and you see all the trucks parked on the side.

 

[Omnis]

What. Morons.

Yeah, those guys were crazy. The point of drifting isn't to freakin' power-over out of a corner and lose total control on the straight. I thought it was a bit ridiculous.

Also, cheers to the Camera man for standing right BEHIND the truck. Way to go, idiot. When someone crashes into that truck and shears off his legs in the process, he'll be quite enthused.