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Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. While I enjoy driving as much as anyone, this is one of those deals that Mom used to talk about as being all in fun until someone's eye gets put out. "No civilian casualties" was the motto in the movie, but in real life not a lot of us commuting to work in '84 K-cars are going to be looking out for 170 mph Vipers coming up our six.

I don't think it's necessarily a reaction to people rich enough to pay the fines making public roads a racetrack - after all, I react the same way when some punk in a hopped-up Escort does it. And I'm sure all of these are experienced high-speed drivers in well-maintained automobiles capable of the speeds required. It's just that they're not the only ones on the road, and that these folks blowing by a student driver or a farmer in a combine or an Amish horse-wagon makes for a great sight gag in the movies, it really isn't that funny in real life. So call me a Scrooge.

Call me another Scrooge, I agree entirely... my father died in an auto accident when I was just 8 and my sister 4, leaving my mother a very young widow. There are real and tragic consequences if these "fun-lovers" make a tiny mistake at high speeds on a public roadway.

I'm a huge auto racing fan. But the public roads are no place for a race (unless its a controlled street course). These guys are rich enough to rent out their own race track. They should do so, that way the only folks at risk are those who willinging put themselves in harm's way by participating.

Furthermore, the drinking should be done AFTER the race, not before and during.

In one european country, traffic violation fines are adjusted based upon the recipients' ability to pay. I'm not sure if that would fly here in the US, but they might
stop laughing if they were fined, say, $850,000 right from
the git go. As we used to say "That'll learn ya.."