I fully understand your concerns. To me, safety encompasses both person and private property.
If you watch any of the videos, MOST are done in a secluded area and every effort is made to control risks. Are there reckless street racers? Of Course! And they are generally douchebags.
But this is - and the competitors take it very seriously. As a viewer of these videos, I’m simply enjoying the content, neither endorsing nor condemning the creators and racers.
Are you also opposed to the content that is filmed at sanctioned events? I have included a few, when there is cash prizes on the line..
I don't have a problem with sanctioned events, the area is probably devoid of people just going about their business. The videos that I watched weren't sanctioned events though. A member of my platoon did illegal street racing and I found it to be stupid and ridiculously dangerous. Once a month he'd talk about how his buddy wrecked and totaled an innocent driver's car. Finally, it happened to him and he ended up in the hospital. He finally saw the light, because his insurance didn't pay for any of it. Because of his bills, he was forced to re-enlist and used his re-enlistment bonus to pay some of them off.
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