Comments by "The Zero Line" (@The_ZeroLine) on "thehistorysquad"
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Been racing since the ‘90s and I, along w/fellow racers in the SoCal area, used to run driving courses for the CHP. They had their own training track off the I-5. It was hilarious to train cops in these huge Detroit boats loaded with thousands of pounds of gear. They felt more like powerboats than care. They were always most excited about learning the J-Turns, which was fairly easy in those cars. But teaching them how to maintain pace in cars of that size, which were generally underpowered for their weight, was a lot harder and many vehicles got smashed in the process, a number completely totaled. US Cops, are generally overly macho and a bit arrogant. “I’m already fast. No little racing driver has anything to teach me” was a common, but unspoken attitude. So, in order to get them to actually listen and respect the process, you had to show them how much faster you were than them. We usually did this by either scaring the sh*t out of them in a ride along or if that didn’t work, we’d put them alone in a car behind us and tell them to keep up. Often we could end up lapping them within 5 laps (the circuit was fairly short). Humbled, the learning could begin. Not always smoothly, dozens of cars were totaled.
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