Missed a Double Darwin Award by THAT Much… (NSFW)
I know we’ve already done a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot blog this morning. And last time I looked, TTAC wasn’t Jalopnik. But I reckon this video raises an interesting question for all you fathers with sons out there. Is hooning a permissable male bonding experience? I’ve been blessed with [four] daughters. I’m teaching them to drive on a private road. Have done since they were five. And I’m planning on giving them track time, so they can handle high-speed evasive maneuvers and learn accident avoidance. But if one my daughters ever pulled a stunt like this when I was riding shotgun, there would be MAJOR consequences. I’m not saying they should all drive like driving instructors (when students are on board). Nor could I look them in the eye and say “buy a slow car” (assuming please God they’re using their own money). But I would never, ever accept high-speed driving on a public road (AT NIGHT?) while I was in the car. Veteran readers will know that former Car and Driver editor Stephan Wilkinson proudly relates his daughter’s driving chops on TTAC’s e-pages. So, as Bill O’Reilly asks (even though he’s just setting-up a nominal interviewee for an extended brow-beating), am I wrong?
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No biggie, but it's what he does when Daddy's not around that counts -- I have a feeling that he hits the redline when he's with his buddies. Always check your mirrors before changing lanes, people!
That guy's dad in the passenger seat is just a pansy.
Wrong place, wrong time. But all in all, rather tame. Dad's a foul-mouthed instigator (No please, sh**, fu**, ha ha ha ha ha!). The typical I-want-to-be-seen-as-cool-and-a-friend-by-my-kids kinda dad. Which is neither cool or responsible fatherhood. And the kid, while putting his foot into it for a few quarter-mile dashes in between traffic, doesn't really hoon the car even a 5/8 of its potential. But still - night, crowded streets -- wrong place, wrong time.
RoweAS, Do you know what the "5 mile strip" would be now in Virginia Beach? I am from that area so I'm curious whether or not I would have ever driven it too. Unfortunately, I'm sure there is more traffic there now. One of the best driving roads I've heard of recently in Virginia Beach is Elbow Road if you know where that is. I had a friend who used to be into the street racing scene who had a whole bunch of stories about that road.