Philly.com just ran a story about a tragic accident that killed an elderly woman early this morning. In a typical sensational journalistic fashion they took the fact that a kid had (probably stole) his parents FF Volkswagen Passat and tried to enter a turn way to fast (80mph) according to the report and crashed which resulted in an unfortunate death. Of course they drew the conclusion that this kid had watched Tokyo Drift and went out to attack the streets of Philadelphia since it’s the “Drifting has become a daredevil trend among local teens.”
It’s unfortunate that someone being stupid in a car is being chalked up to “drifting” in the mainstream media right now. Nothing about the article even presented him as doing anything other than over driving into a corner and having no hope once he turned the wheel. Thanks Bonnie L. Cook for warning us of this new hot trend which came from a movie (that came out in 2006) per your references. It’s a sanctioned sport which provides kids who have proper vehicles (not their mother’s Volkswagen Passat) on a professional level down to a grassroots sport. Matt Petty runs a great program for beginners to advanced drivers just up the street in New Jersey which you can find out more information about at: www.clubloose.com
Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20101027_Drifting_kills_woman__81__boy_charged.html
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