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June 11, 2008
Suburban Drifters Terrorize Oregon Neighborhood
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
In Corvallis, Oregon, there’s a stretch of one of those curving subdivision roads that’s apparently a pretty sweet drift spot, so much so that it’s attracting thrill-seeking "teens" who practice drifting along 15th Street curve on a pretty regular basis. Things got serious after one kid lost control in the corner, careened across a suburban lawn, and totaled someone’s Subaru. Needless to say, residents are "upset," and their suggested responses to the drifting scourge are somehow quintessentially Oregonian: they’ve been leafleting the neighborhood, and threatening to plant a tree or to spend a year or five waiting for the city to install a speed bump. Um, how about tire strips? Check out this TV news spot, which inevitably invokes The Fast and the Furious 3 and refers to drifting as "a dangerous Hollywood driving stunt."
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Justin
Jun 13, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I love how they automatically put the blame on a movie. If it was made popular by the movie then why would they make a movie about it. It was popular before. I’m not suggesting it is a good idea to drift on that particular street but come on if the residence are that worried about it put down a speed bump. -Justin
Eric
Jun 12, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Damn that spot is perfect, How could anyone resist! I have these weird roundabouts on my way home and I love to Let the lexus stretch out on those sometimes get the 20′s to break lose LOL!
Alan
Jun 12, 2008 at 8:14 pm
those stupid kids don’t even have a right to drift with crappy cars at night i would lay a spike strip down the block
7urtle
Jun 12, 2008 at 6:41 am
hahaha that kids a dumbass. but i was young and dumb once.speed bump
GTwildfire
Jun 12, 2008 at 1:54 am
They should just find a freaking parking lot in an industrial park on a weekend. This way, if the cops come, they would probably go easier on the drifter and it would be uneventful.
Stewart
Jun 12, 2008 at 1:09 am
“…somehow quintessentially Oregonian…”
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Just what is this supposed to mean?
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Care to elaborate?
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Stewart
Salem, Oregon