A "street race" on the freeway in traffic... OK.
The two drivers are knuckleheads and have ZERO to do with running a 1/8 or 1/4 mile dig.
Street Outlaws doesn't have any effect on drag racing/street racing. If youngster are street racing and doing it stupid, maybe somebody should educate them. People have been doing it for years. The methods of meeting up to run have changed markedly in the last 30 years. No longer are a bunch of people overrunning the K-Mart, Scotties, etc parking lots.
Fast and Furious is a bigger danger to the public than SO...
I ran and drove many mid 9 second and 10 second cars on the street in the mid 80's. We drove some ridiculous deathtraps compared to the current crop of cars. :) Never heard of or saw anyone hurt/killed other than drivers during that time, but, we were also smart enough to not run with the street lined with people or at noon down main street... As someone else said, you decide to watch a "street race" from anywhere down track, you aren't very smart and far from an innocent bystander as some that have been killed are portrayed.
I did street race on a freeway a couple times. It was on a section of newly built un-open freeway. Never with traffic... that's fricken STUPID!
Too many idiots out there that have ZERO racers code. You lose, you pay... oops, they decide to pull a gun. That's why I quit, drug money and D-bags with weapons.
JMO and yours may differ. You are welcome to your opinion