r/pics • u/Alan5764 • 9h ago
The roads in Pontiac MI after the Dream Cruise car show. Absolutely coated in burnout. (OC)
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u/racer_24_4evr 8h ago
So this is where they ran the drift thrill rides during Roadkill Nights last weekend, hence the massive amount of rubber, although I’m sure some of it is from the dream cruise.
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u/AmplifiedApthocarics 9h ago
crazy how poisonous that stuff is, crazy that we exist in clouds of it basically 24/7 then wonder why were getting bowel cancer at 29 and 3/4 of kids come out autistic
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u/Natedoggsk8 8h ago
I heard once that almost no science has been conducted on what tire particles do to our environment. The particles fall to the sides of roads everyday.
FYI tire smoke isn’t actually smoke it’s vaporized particles of tire that have not gone through a chemical change like smoke. They eventually reform and fall to the ground.
My favorite Motorsport is drifting so I’ve always been interested. The smell isn’t terrible but I don’t think an actual smart person is going to inhale any of it
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u/cpufreak101 8h ago
I'm aware that there was some research proving tire wear is one of the biggest contributors to microplastic generation though, which fun fact, the effects of micro plastics can't be studied because a control group cannot be found.
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u/Natedoggsk8 8h ago
Damn we shed that stuff onto the ground every day when we drive. Tire companies are huge, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are hold back the discoveries that it’s hurting us. I totally forgot that I heard they were made either PFAS
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u/AmplifiedApthocarics 8h ago
heavy metals, polyfluoroalkyl substances, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds and a special little guy called 6PPD-quinone, every human being that has been urine tested for it; has tested positive.
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u/NicholasLit 6h ago
Tons of air pollution too, ask your police rep to patrol and prevent lawlessness
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u/FuglySlutt 3h ago
I think you are underestimating the size of this event. The amount of law enforcement at it is extremely heavy. This behavior is inevitable.
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u/NicholasLit 3h ago
Maybe state police or national guard can help?
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u/FuglySlutt 3h ago
The State police are absolutely involved already.
But they aren’t hurting anyone. It’s literally a celebration of the city and its heritage of muscle cars. It’s called the Motor City for a reason. It is only one weekend of the year and it’s a very controlled event kept to a single major highway. That would be insane to call in the national guard because people are spinning tires at an event that is literally built to show off the exact kind of cars that do that.
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u/rawonionbreath 7h ago
I’d welcome the death of car culture in America. Seems like it has declined a decent amount from where it was 30 years ago but it’d be nice to see it fade even further so we can waste less of our space, money, and infrastructure on vehicles.
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u/FuglySlutt 3h ago
Yes. I probably don’t feel as strongly about it as you. But the effort to bring public transit to has been tried and shot down so many times due to lobbying of the big 3 car companies. Decreasing car culture in the US is possible. Detroit, however, is not where it is going to happen.
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u/PreviousImpression28 6h ago
Until there’s a way to teleport, cars will be here until the end of humanity, whether you like it or not
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u/RichardSaunders 21m ago
lol because the only alternative to cars is teleportation
subways, trams, regional trains, bikes, scooters, buses... seriously, none of that crossed your mind?
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u/rawonionbreath 5h ago
I don't deny that automobiles will still be a facet of infrastructure for the foreseeable future, and I don't deny that they are a strong piece of Americana. I'm just hoping for a world where Americans aren't locked into a such a system of car dependency that kills more people than almost any other developed country on earth. People wasting tens of thousands of dollars on stylized cars and obsessing over car-first urban design is part of that problem.
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u/jguacmann1 7h ago
The Woodward Dream Cruise is a Metro Detroit event with a cult like following. Thousands of cars from across generations take Woodward Avenue (M1; first mile of concrete pavement in the U.S) in a stretch between Pontiac (pictured) and Detroit, approximately 30 miles between loops one Saturday every August. People start cruising with their classics up to three weeks before the actual day and it slows down to a crawl once you get into the afternoon with so many cars. Every stretch of Woodward has something different - car clubs of particular vehicle types or manufacturers, hot rods, kit cars, classics, etc. Pontiac is where a lot of drag racing happens and then it’s largely gentle cruising to be seen once you get down to Royal Oak.
Fun event, VERY Detroit. If you live around it you either make an entire weekend out of it or get out of town completely.