Many have heard the word street racers. Who they are, not everyone knows. Residents mistakenly believe that street racers and racers are completely identical terms. In fact, everything is far from simple. Let's try to figure out who street racers are. How do these people live, what attracts them to the night streets, what do they drive?
Racers and street racers
So what is the fundamental difference? Firstly, we can confidently say that both racers and street racers are not even related concepts. These people are completely different. The only thing that unites them is a passion for high speeds. Otherwise, they look at the world in completely different ways. So who are street racers and who are racers?
A racer is, first of all, a pro. He is educated, responsible, disciplined. He acts according to the rules, slowing down corners, fastening his belt, observing all safety standards. His friends are the same as himself. They gather on special racing tracks to clash in a duel, to show their skills and technical capabilities of their cars.
In that case, street racers - who are they? In fact, this is the exact opposite of professional riders. The street racer does not care about the rules; for him there are no such concepts as "too fast" and "too dangerous." Moreover, what is forbidden attracts him. It is this craving for adventurism that drives him into the streets of the night city, which makes him drive and rush off to the place where the same crazy friends are waiting for him.
Rules for those who do not recognize the rules
You should not consider the community of street racers anarchic. In this crazy environment, there are laws of their own that are very strictly enforced. Surprisingly, violation of traffic rules in this party is considered shameful. It is unacceptable to drive a faulty car. It is unacceptable to endanger the lives of other community members and random people. And, perhaps, the most important thing - all the races are carried out within the city. From here, by the way, the name itself takes its roots.
The origins of street racing
The story originates in the USA. Surprisingly, the very first mention of night racing dates back to the 20s of the last century. The first competition was held in California, in an incredibly beautiful place - at the bottom of a dried lake. The purpose of the competition is to overcome 402 meters, managing to disperse the car to the maximum. There was only one requirement for the participants: they had to arrive at the competition on their own four-wheeled vehicles equipped with an engine.
Since then, it has become a tradition that war has cut short. At the bottom of the legendary lake, a military air base was equipped. Deprived of the usual bridgehead, street racers were puzzled by the search for a new one. Without inventing anything better, they began to drive through the streets of night Los Angeles. That is how this amazing sport was born.
Street race in Russia
The indefatigable craving for speedy night pokatushki along deserted streets appeared in Russia and other countries of the post-Soviet space relatively recently - about 20 years ago. Of course, this is due to the collapse of a great power and the flood of information flowing from the West. Foreign films about brave street racers quickly gained popularity. Cassettes with "Fast and the Furious" roamed from hand to hand and peered until complete physical wear and tear. New words unusually attracted hearing with something foreign and unknown. For the first time, the most brave and reckless began to ask simple questions: "Street racers - who are they? How does this wonderful world live?" Around that time, the Russian street race school began to take shape.
Sticks in wheels
The first groups of extreme drivers began to emerge, which subsequently grew to serious organizations. Naturally, the new phenomenon immediately resonated in society. I must say that even now he has many times more opponents than admirers, and in those days when Soviet culture was still firmly living in people's minds, the attitude was completely negative. But can human condemnation of a true adventurer, with all his soul in love with speed, break?
Increasingly, the question was raised: "Street racers - who are they and what are they doing?" And if someone continued to turn up his nose, then a considerable part of such interested people were seriously carried away by the new trend. And one of them has grown to the level of true conquerors of night roads.
For a long time, street racing was illegal and for many caused extremely negative associations. In the doghouse of society were street racers themselves. Who they are, what they interfere with, what they do wrong - hardly anyone seriously thought about this. But the very image of a scorcher racing at a frantic speed through the streets of a sleeping area simply frightened many … However, this did not stop the conquerors of the roads.
