A 59-year-old man lost control of his C6 Corvette during a Philadelphia street race, striking a wall and dying at the scene. The tragedy is another grim reminder that racing on public roads endangers not only bystanders but the racers themselves.
Public streets offer none of the safety infrastructure of a real track, leaving little margin for error. The fatal crash reinforces how high the stakes are every time someone treats an ordinary road as a place to race.