Street racing
An illegal street racing (also: Street Racing) is a project carried out on the public highway motorcycle or car races.
History
The scene is most likely due to Cannonball Baker, who drove in 1914 in 11 days from the West to the East Coast of the USA. One of the most famous road races of all time, the Cannonball Rally, was driven into the 70s on the route 66 and named after this. In this same time, young people began in the U.S. gezeitet to move their so-called muscle cars on the quarter mile. After the oil crisis of the scene from subsided greatly and only came back in the late 90 's with the new, almost worldwide Tuning boom. The The -fast- and-the- furious - movies, encouraging the young people to be driving the quarter mile on public roads. For the first time now also formed a real street racing scene in Europe.
There is also the scene of so-called classic car rallies which, although regarded as a rule even after best, but where a more moderate driving style is maintained.
Street Racing today
The global street racing community has been divided into three groups. In the U.S., the quarter mile on U.S. Muscle Cars or extremely high-revving cars Japanese manufacturer is still down (drag ).
The second variant is the Speedrunning, which was invented in Sweden and is quite common in Europe. The aim here is to reach in the shortest time from A to B.
As a third variant, the Drift Racing in Asia, especially Japan, develops, which is partly due to the dense development of Japanese cities. ( Illustrates among other things, in " The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" )
Major events are Gumball 3000, Cannonball 8000 and Bullrun. Popular recordings of illegal trips shows the film series Getaway in Stockholm.
Risk of accident
On 31 March 2001, in Cologne's city center is a pedestrian, the son of the former mayor of Cologne Schramma, hit and killed while crossing the street by a oncoming participants of an illegal car race. End of 2006, died in Bochum, a 20 -year-old in an illegal race. Accidents with damage to persons not involved are rare, but reported primarily from Sweden. While being driven specifically in the USA at night on remote industrial streets, find races in Europe deliberately in inner cities and, preferably during the day, on highways instead. Last seven people have died in an accident in Maryland ( USA) in February 2008.
Legal Aspects in Germany
Criminal and administrative offense penalties
Street racing is generally prohibited in Germany ( § 29Vorlage: § / Maintenance / buzer Highway Code, Section 1 ). Who participates in them, commits an offense which is punishable by 400.00 EUR fine and one month driving ban ( § 49Vorlage: § / Maintenance / buzer Section 2 No. 5 Highway Code in conjunction with No. 248 of Bußgeldkatalog - Regulation ( BKatV ) ). There are also four points on their driving ( § 40 FeV conjunction with Annex 13 No. 4.9). Everyone who is involved in a road race (including the passenger or other occupant of a vehicle that support the road race ) as the driver applies as perpetrators (cf. § 14 Administrative Offences Act ).
If, during the race to dangers to persons or property of significant value, is also a punishment as a criminal offense (§ 315c StGB). In this case, threatening imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine and 7 points on their driving ( § 40 FeV conjunction with Annex 13 No. 1.1 ).
Who is organizing an illegal street race, are required by a fine in the amount of 500.00 EUR ( § 49Vorlage: expected § / Maintenance / buzer Section 2 No. 6 Highway Code in conjunction with # 249 BKatV and four points on their driving.
Management Regulatory sanctions
In addition to fines, penalty points and also face administrative official sanctions. Because the fact, as far as it remains with a misdemeanor ( so no one will actually endangered), can be practically committed only intentionally, the road authorities are entitled to require the submission of a medical- psychological assessment (MPU ) and then by the participant in a race, if the score limit is not reached. Participation in illegal street racing after the case-law that allows the conclusion that the motor vehicle driver both his vehicle and the road used misused and thereby brings life and limb to other road users to a very considerable extent in danger; the arrangement for the production of a medical - psychological report is then displayed. The Court relies on a statement by the Federal Council amending Regulation license in 2004, which states. :
Refuses to participate, to have create the opinion requested and submitted, or results from the report, the unsuitability of the driving of motor vehicles, the driver's license will be permanently revoked.
If the intention to carry out an illegal street race, the authorities known in advance, the motor vehicles of participants can be ensured for the purpose of security by the state police laws.
Civil sanctions
Accidents in illegal street racing have also serious civil consequences. A damages by causing other racers or its liability insurance often eliminated. A reciprocal liability of the parties for injuries and damages is in accordance with the principles of liability for damages in particularly dangerous sports only for " unsportsmanlike " or " is illegally " behavior into account what the injured party must prove it. If he fails, he must bear his loss.
If he manages to prove him often, the (possibly not affluent ) tortfeasor remains personally take damage claims. For the parallel existing claim for damages against its liability insurance applies - at least in terms of property damage - tacitly waived. The liability insurance is then released from the performance obligation.
Arab Drifting
Arab Drifting ( Tafheet ( تفحيط ) Hajwalah ( هجولة ) or Farfarah ( فرفرة ) ), partly also known as Erhabe (Arabic "terrorist" ), is a form of street racing that is common in the Arab -speaking world.
This form of motor sport is practiced mainly on highways and wide roads. Uses are usually series-produced front-wheel drive sedans with Far Eastern manufacturers, which are frequently encountered in the Arab world, such as Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Mazda, Kia ). In the early years, vehicles were used with rear-wheel drive, which had but to ask at extreme drift angles hardly straight. Recently, the drift is estimated as a very severe type of Driftings again (eg, Chevrolet Caprice, BMW 7 Series, BMW 5 Series, etc.) with rear-wheel drive cars. Over the years, however, the front-wheel drive has become the standard technique because it gives the opportunity to even just "pull" the vehicle at drift angles of 90 ° partly by full throttle again; This increases the safety and ease of handling. The thrill of Arab Drifting is to accelerate during normal road the vehicle at a very high speed, and to drift in the constant slide through between the other road users, without causing a collision. The unstable vehicle position is either triggered by the use of the handbrake, or better, and used by the majority of drift artist, through the so-called load -change technology ( driving skills ).
Often races have this kind folk festival character and although Arab Drifting is not approved by the authorities, it is usually tolerated due to the large popularity.