Originally posted by FutureProspect
drifting IS more dangerious.
how many events have you been where they bring extra body parts because they know they are going to crash it at one time or another? but i can see why you think its less dangerious than road racing...because well drifting is much slower and happens at lower speeds. :P
there are retards out there that will go out and do a highspeed drift on their first try. THAT is the whole point of this thread.
when you start talking about events, you talk about controlled events rather than on the streets. like i said, in a drift event, you end up fucking up the car, not yourself. i've never seen anyone bring any extra body panels at drift events. ppl don't do that... if you look at the d1 competitions, if they fuck up bumper, they drift w/o it. if they bend their muffler, they hammer it the fuck out. they put new body parts after, not during, the event. and if you're a newbie and go to one of the drift day events, you'll probably have someone "coaching" you, so you won't do anything stupid.
if you talk about the streets, then yes, i agree. drifting can be more dangerous because of retards, hehe. but then again, you can't really road race, per se, on the streets, haha. technically :P.
i just think it's potentially less dangerous because, like you mentioned, you're going slower than road racing or drag racing, so there would be less damage done. granted you can slide into a wall, but then again, you can also do that in any type of racing.