[Roccus]

Like you I could possibly assume this might have been a rite of passage or some other nonsense to gain street cred with the gang.

WAKE UP !!! They do it for FUN!!!

[zaxtres]

The rite of passage in this fashion is meant to be fun for them. In the mid nineties, there was a common initiation just like this going on. It had to do with high beams on cars. The would-be initiates would drive around with their high beams on. When an oncoming car would flash their high beams to signal they had their high beams on, the initiates would proceed to chase that car down. People were killed in this. This also was done in the name of fun. Initiations for gangs like this have gone on for decades.

Oh and you might want to wake up and read the part where I state “I possibly could assume”.