The Fast And The Furious film franchise is an extremely popular one, and it’s pretty likely it sparked many a bad boy to purchase fast cars and get them fixed up to go even faster and look even badder. However, where the movies make drag racing look glamorous (they get the hot women and they seem to avoid jail for the most part), it’s really simply just an illegal practice, more commonly known as street racing.

About Street Racing

Street racing happens around the world, from Portugal to the United States. In most places is it illegal, and in all cases it is extremely dangerous, not just to the racers, but to other vehicles that may be on the road and even voyeurs and pedestrians. Music and movies glamorize this dangerous sport, making it look much safer (and less illegal) than it really is. [Read more…]