It sounds like someone has decided to make an impromptu drag circuit out of Darlington. I have heard someone with a very unimpressive engine note attempting to wake the neighbors with a display of driving ineptitude, with a large quantity of tire spin and very little sense. While I doubt anyone so dim as to do this would know how to read, I feel the need to send them a message.
Darlington is a terrible road for a drag race. It's lined with obstacles, it has a slight curve and elevation changes and it's a public road that anyone can access at any time. That includes slightly after midnight on a weeknight. True, it's not going to be as populated as it is during the day, but there's still a very good chance that someone is going to drive on the road, and some idiot barrelling down the road is not going to have the time to stop, and they're not going to have the space to get out of the way without driving into a tree. This is not helped by the need to do these displays in the middle of the night. Less traffic, but it's also much less light, making it harder to see a pedestrian or cyclist. It's not going to end well, and a crash is basically inevitable.
Of course, what everyone hopes is that the cops get there first, and that's a real possibility. The driver in question is not exactly subtle, and it's only a matter of time before the police are called, if they have not been called already. At a certain point, if they haven't been caught already, the police will eventually sit in wait on one of these nights to nab the idiot. I'll be cheering them on when they do, and I hope they have a multitude of charges to throw at the driver when they finally catch up.
This is not to say that I disapprove of fast cars or racing in general, just racing on a public street in the middle of the night. Actual drag racing, on a closed course with safety measures in place, is a great idea. It gives people the chance for the adrenaline rush and a place to test the work they have done on their car. There's competition, there's camaraderie, and there's sometimes even an audience to watch and be impressed by the cars and drivers. There's also very good reasons actual drag racers use dedicated tracks and airports instead of tree lined residential areas. They want a long, flat, predictable surface, and they do not want obstacles. Safety is paramount, because it's about testing their ability to launch cleanly and tune successfully, which leads to fast times down the track. There is definitely an element of showing off, but it's much easier to show off when you actually have an audience and people want to see you go down that track as fast as possible. Plus, unlike these late night displays, real drag racers know what they're doing, so people are suitably impressed.
I would suggest that this person finds some real drag racers, and learns how to direct his propensity towards rapid driving into a pursuit that is not quite as dangerous. True, they would need a better car, and they would need to learn how to launch without years of time-wasting tire spin, but they could potentially go from dangerous driving and annoying their neighbors into someone who is actually entertaining their neighbors and driving properly. At the very least, they should stop trying to show off on a residential street, nobody is impressed, but somebody could get hurt.
