There are many sad stories happened around us because of racing car.
             It's been so much in the news - the street racing problem and the racing fatalities here in the city. It's got a lot of media coverage not just the city we
             Live but around the country. Countering the phenomenon effectively involves understanding the obsession. Street racing offers up the most potent pleasures of urban modernity -- speed, technology, gambling, illicit rendezvous and danger. Racers and police both say the illegal, cat-and-mouse element is part of the allure.
             Here in Vancouver we have a spreading epidemic of street races that have killed plenty of young drivers and forced changes to our driving laws. Although I've done it once street racing in my opinion is REALLY foolish and selfish because there is a high chance of hurting yourself and others. Although I must say they is a rush to doing it. So what are your opinions?
             For many young thrill-seekers, it's a popular pastime that has taken its toll in lives lost. Statistics on street race crashes vary by region; some police forces and insurers keep track of numbers and some don't. In Toronto, for example, 17 people have recently died in a one-year period as a result of street racing.
             Street racers put more than their own lives at risk. In many cases, passengers, pedestrians and other motorists are killed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
             Most street racing machines are unique, reflecting the desires of the owner, who has the pick of a wide variety of performance-enhancing parts available at specialty car shops. A quick browse through the Web site of a typical parts dealer reveals a slew of hop-ups: turbochargers; racing wheels; modified exhaust systems; and nitrous oxide (nitro) kits aimed at boosting speed and power. So a racing car is very costly.
             In December 2002, Canadian Alliance MP Chuck Cadman introduced a private member's bill that would that would allow judges to issue...