As for getting burned by the same thing over and over, I can completely relate to the kid. I have been a total fuck up when it comes to my driving record, and it didn't effect me until all at once. I've lost my license multiple times and I had to drive to get to and from work to make a living to pay my fines and try to fly a straighter path. I've been ticketed for driving on suspended before. I've done a lot of dumb things over the years.. I'm generally pretty safe, but my driving record indicates otherwise. I never started paying the price for my mistakes until it all hit at once and by then it was too late. Earlier this year I lost my license several times back to back because of a mixture of things--incidents that happened last year where I got a few points for a speeding ticket or two, and since I was on DMV probation I lost it again while it was already taken. I got a letter from the DMV indicating that I would be eligible to pay the reinstatement fee and get it back on a certain date, so I went on that day to get it back only to find that it had been resuspended that very same day. That happened a total of three times in 2008 where my license was suspended and I never even had a chance to get it back. One of them was a mistake from the court where they indicated to the DMV that I had unpaid fines, but I've never left the court without paying my fines. Did that matter? No. License was still gone. Three times suspended this year! All I wanted was to get my shit together, and get my life back on track. I've been through a lot of shit this year! When you want something so badly and it's sort of within reach, you might make a bad decision that you would otherwise never make. I was so close to getting my license back in July and got popped speeding on a country road I was familiar with and unfortunately I was driving on a suspended license at that time, so I freaked out and made a poor decision. I wasn't thinking about the consequences of running... I was thinking about the consequences of being impounded, going to jail, losing my license that much longer, being fined, etc. I've ALWAYS manned up, pulled over, and accepted the consequences for my actions. ALWAYS! Well, this time I didn't. I knew what was going to happen if I did and although it was my own fault, it was going to put my life back into the spin cycle and I didn't want to let that happen. The messed up part about the situation is that I wouldn't be in this mess right now if I had just denied responsibility, but I tried to do the right thing and I'm going to be used as an example.

I'm tired of going into court and seeing people get away with DUI's, drug charges, etc. Why is the punishment for speeding more harsh than the punishment for drinking and driving or for selling heroin? Yes, selling heroin! When I was at my arraignment there was a guy before me that was in there for distributing HEROIN! You know what they told him? They told him he didn't need an attorney since it was his first charge for dealing drugs and they would waive jail time. WHY? That's what I don't understand. I'm facing FIVE YEARS! A heroin dealer gets off with a slap on the wrist, just like the guys I always see with their 2nd and 3rd DUI's???

All I'm saying is that there are a lot of things that go through your head that you can't imagine unless you're in that situation facing what you're facing. I did something stupid, and I'm going to be paying for it for the rest of my life and I will always regret it. No one deserves to die over something of that nature. No one.

 

I wish you the best of luck in your situation, sorry to hear about all that

 

Ya know, you are right. Best of luck!

 

Exactly... that's all I'm saying. He was a pain in the ass to his neighborhood, the cops, and many others. He wasn't a great upstanding citizen by any means, but like I said, most of us have been at least 115mph, and yes, we could've had a brake line bust or anythign else and go flying into someones house, so the "he deserved it" monday morning quarterback shit is just tired and old... Even if he had purposely driven into the house, it is still sad that someone died at the age of 21.

 

No doubt! The sad thing is that he never had a chance to learn from his mistakes with wisdom over the years. He never had a chance for anyone to find out what kind of potential he has in life, or to turn his life around. Young kids do stupid things. Most of them get a chance to regret it later on in life.

 

100% peer pressure from the passangers my thoughts

 

Well... not exactly. The guys that he had with him aren't the type to try to push him into running from the cops, however, if you knew Drew... then you also knew that he would do almost anything to fit in. I think in his mind, he thought his friends would think he was "cool" if he ran. I doubt that he would have run had he been in the car by himself. Basically, he just did a dumb thing as we all do and he paid the ultimate price for it. No matter how dumb it was to run from the cops... the kid didn't deserve to die. A ticket and maybe some jail time... yes, but to die, absolutely not. True... we don't all run from the cops, but we are all guilty of making stupid decisions... we just don't always pay such a high price as a result of our actions. No matter what the kid did, there were a lot of us that liked him and I damn sure didn't want to see him go out like that.

 

i know he didnt derseve to die he was cool as shit i remember acting stupid in school with him... lol i didnt know it was him till i liked in the yearbook from middle school... and i was like SHIT i just talked to him like a week be4 this happened... and how are u gonna say they arnt the type to push ppl??? come on now how long have you known them??

oh and off subject your intercooler is to fuckin big lol jk its pimp

 

I only know Zach... the kid that was in the front passenger side... I guess I have known him 3 or 4 years now. Hes a pretty good kid. The was I see it is whether they coerced him or not... I think the outcome would have been the same. Even if they said nothing to him... I still think he would have run... not only due to peer pressure, but also the fact that his driving record sucked and he had no license. I think the poor kid just got scared. Add that, the peer pressure, and the adrenaline that was going when those blue lights came on and I think what happened was inevitable.

I'm just glad that so far everyone on here has been pretty respectful of the situation. I talked to a friend of his family's today and they said that his mom is taking it really hard. I feel so bad for them. I guess if there is something good that could come from this... I heard a lot of the kids in Lynchburg on Wards (the ones that usually race) saying that they were going to stop. I think some of them realize that eventually luck runs out and having bragging rights of owning the fastest car doesn't mean shit when you are dead. I just hope they remember this and don't go back to old habits.

As for the FMIC... thanks. My buddy Landry did a hell of a job cutting my bumper out to fit that sucker in there.

 

the raceing will never stop its been like that since cars 1st came out every1 has to be bigger and better have this and that done... some ppl might slow down a little but the kids that just got there licenes and mommy and daddy bought them everything they ever wanted for it will end the same way this did... not sayin drew got all that i dont know how he did but that over and done with now you cant go back in time... id rather look at cars then race them some nights but then others i wanna go fast its in everyones "DNA" to be better then the next guy.. thats just my take on wut ppl that love cars are and everyone that knows me knows thats who i am