Video game the cause of street racing?

[Toronto]

prob. played a role in it,
this story has been all over the news here in toronto
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1138186924013
A copy of Need for Speed, a game that allows players to select custom cars and race them through crowded urban areas, was found on the front seat of one of the suspect’s cars following the late-night crash.

“Here we have, in real life, two guys driving high-end cars at a high rate of speed in an urban area,” said Toronto police Det. Paul Lobsinger.

“I don’t think it’s a giant leap for people to say, `Wow, how does this go together?’” The 18-year-old friends were racing a pair of Mercedes Benzes through one of the city’s wealthiest neighbourhoods on Tuesday night, reaching speeds of 140 kilometres an hour in a 50-kilometre zone, police allege....

...Despite finding an auto-racing game at the scene of the crime, Lobsinger stressed the game wasn’t solely to blame.

“Look, in the proper perspective . . . if everyone imitated a videogame such as that, we’d have to ban cars,” he said.

stupid rich kids racing there dads cars on the street...

[robruf]

this happens all the time in Vancouver probably because the weather is better for longer in the year and there are so many rich kids in Vancouver, more so than in Toronto.

[Toronto]

you think there are more rich kids in vancouver then toronto?
maybe more asian drivers (going on facts and personal experience here) and you know what the means?

and why is your location say ottawa?

[twboy1999]

more asian rich kid in van than toronto for sure

[Stikz]

I can't believe of all the places, these two fags were speeding they were doing it on mount pleasant. They deserve to be charged with vehicular manslaughter.

[nthfinity]

Just days before the law came into effect, two men died when their vehicles collided in Calgary in an apparent street race.

im trying to figure out how that specific law would've stopped a couple vettes' from 'street racing' if the law just requires those who have been cought to have thier licence taken, and thier car impounded for 24 hours... would it have detered them? no :roll:

instead of such legislation... promote taking it to a track, and racing schools etc. 8)

[RC45]

The 18-year-old friends were racing a pair of Mercedes Benzes through one of the city’s wealthiest neighbourhoods on Tuesday night, reaching speeds of 140 kilometres an hour in a 50-kilometre zone, police allege.



SOmeone shold have told them Benz can't stop or turn... not to mention they won't let you shift either.

And exactly what are they going to blame 1949 street racing on? Video games were 40 years in the future...

People have and will always race... from stoneage times to post-apocolyptic times - when 2 or more people line up, a race will ensue... :P

[Mattk]

I'm sure racing happens a lot on Sydney streets at night, and all streets in all cities, for that matter. It's a fact of life, and has been since time immemorial.

[jasc]

this happened in my city last summer. It's just coincidence that NFS was in the car and the game had nothin to do with racing. If someone is going to race it's going to happen.

Coincidence? I think it's a plant, they certainly have the means.

[black_magician]

sorry to bust up the story, but the two aren't related. These guys obviously just couldn't drive. :D BTW, IT"S THEIR FAULT!!! not the games.

[AlienDB7]

this happened in my city last summer. It's just coincidence that NFS was in the car and the game had nothin to do with racing. If someone is going to race it's going to happen.
As much of a coincidence as the Catcher in the Rye novel they found with John Lennon's murderer or Reagan's shooter ;) So nobody really knows...

One thing for sure, video game does make kids overestimate their abilities. Especially with an arcade'ish game like NFS, they would think can handle all the situations on the road at such high speed and the car would go fast as long as they keep the foot down and just turn the wheel...

[ZfrkS62]

The 18-year-old friends were racing a pair of Mercedes Benzes through one of the city’s wealthiest neighbourhoods on Tuesday night, reaching speeds of 140 kilometres an hour in a 50-kilometre zone, police allege.



SOmeone shold have told them Benz can't stop or turn... not to mention they won't let you shift either.

And exactly what are they going to blame 1949 street racing on? Video games were 40 years in the future...

People have and will always race... from stoneage times to post-apocolyptic times - when 2 or more people line up, a race will ensue... :P

Need we point out the Amish horse and buggy street race a few weeks ago? I'm sure the video games played a role in that too :lol: :lol:

[Toronto]

sorry to bust up the story, but the two aren't related. These guys obviously just couldn't drive. :D BTW, IT"S THEIR FAULT!!! not the games.

it is there fault because they can't drive, but they think it is easy because it is in the video game as Alien said .... wait that is all you have to say? doing 3x the speed limit is ok only if you can drive?

and it wasn't a plant, who think the police carry around copies of street racing games in trunk?

[jasc]

Who thinks, the kids said "Hey let's try out Need for Speed for real and afterwards we can go home and play the game that I happen to have in my car." I meant a plant as in the kids' lawyers advised someone to deposit said game, so it can be used as an excuse. Don't you find it too convenient?

[Toronto]

first off they are 18, not kids
2nd how could the lawyers get to the car plant the game, and leave?

if you go to a friends house to play a video game that you own @ his house wouldn't you bring it home with you? or just leave it there?

if they use it as an excuse the judge won't let that happen. this is canada not the US, we only make mistakes on video tapes involving rapes/murderes :wink:

[jasc]

I don't have as much faith in our police force as you do. Obviously the lawyers wouldn't roll up in a Benz and drop the game off. I wouldn't be surprised if some palms were greased.

I'm one year older, but I do consider myself and them kids. Their actions prove they are kids.

I'm sure each of them has every console known to man and the games to match. considering the weren't exactly racing Civics. No need to lend/borrow or Blockbuster anything.

I'm not saying they will get of scott free. For the police to publicly say they, "lack the ability to seperate reality from a game," points towards clemency.

[Toronto]

it was found @ the crime, no if and or buts.

and in the eyes of the courts 18 is an adult i hope this rich punks get 25years of ass rape.

[Toronto]

you guys have seen to many movies...
you think they would pant a video game in crash to get people off the hook...

[findleybeast]

I see driving like this all the time back home, although its usually not actual racing, but people just driving uber fast. Luckily I don't think I've known of any real fatalities in the last few years.

I think attributing this to the videogame is stupid. I know people that drive like that and don't even own a videogame system. I'm not condoning it in any way, btw.

The problem was stupid rich kids with cars too fast for them, and not being smart enough to take it out of a residential/low speed area.

[AlienDB7]

After the prison sentence, the two kids should be sentenced to driving ladas for life, so:
1. They can't go over speed limit
2. If they do crash, they know they're as good as dead

[findleybeast]

^^ haha I agree. That's a suitable sentence :lol:

[Mattk]

A more suitable sentence would be to banish them to riding bikes. Such idiots shouldn't even be on the road.

[Shinigami]

Funny how Need for Speed Underground has no MB's in it.

[Garretts_turbo]

heh, if anything, the racing games allow me to get it out of my system and not drive like an idiot on the real streets.
thats just me though, and im sure that other games in the future will get blamed for somethng equally as stupid.