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So as I'm sure some of you may have heard that an innocent girl was killed last night in a street racing accident off of Branham and Pearl. She was actually a friend of mine I went to high school with, a really great girl and it's been a pretty sad day for a lot of us. So I'm watching the news coverage on KTVU just now and they are talking about how they'll be cracking down on street racing alot more, this being the second death this month due to illegal racing.
Now, Club Lexus is known for being one of the most responsible car clubs, at least in our area, in my opinion. Which is why I'm baffled by the fact that they showed footage exclusively from club lexus meets when referring to car clubs which are involved in street racing activity. I swear I saw Joseph's car and a bunch of other mainly IS's in the footage. This is just bad press for club lexus in general and it's completely unwarranted. So I suppose everyone should be extra careful driving around San Jose for the time being, I don't think we need any more bad press in our club.
Now, Club Lexus is known for being one of the most responsible car clubs, at least in our area, in my opinion. Which is why I'm baffled by the fact that they showed footage exclusively from club lexus meets when referring to car clubs which are involved in street racing activity. I swear I saw Joseph's car and a bunch of other mainly IS's in the footage. This is just bad press for club lexus in general and it's completely unwarranted. So I suppose everyone should be extra careful driving around San Jose for the time being, I don't think we need any more bad press in our club.
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We had a meet at tire outlet today and film crew and police pulled over a scion for questioning. Later on the film crew drove by the shop and filmed the meet. 20 min after the film crew left, a DUI driver drove past about 80+ and tboned and killed a driver coming out of the bank. We looked at the scene and it was not good. But street racing had been a big issue here on south bay but ya, unluckily, the media will spin it however they want.
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I just sent them an email requesting that they not use that footage for future street racing stories and links to CL. Glen, you should have a copy of that.
P.S. I'm a former KTVU news intern.
P.S. I'm a former KTVU news intern.
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reminds me of a socal CL friday meet a while back when it was held at platinum vip's shop. according to my knowledge and several credible sources mtv news showed up and not only briefly taped the meet but also conducted a few interviews (especially of one member known to be a bit of a loose cannon, but i digress). while i don't know what ever happened of that, you can imagine how that can be used by the media.
while i believe many of us here at clublexus - and clublexus as an organization and a brand - certainly does not condone street racing, the attitude is unfortunately prevalent and painfully obvious amongst a few individuals in these forums. regardless, we can only represent ourselves properly as lexus owners and afficionados and hope that their attitude does not reflect upon us as a whole.
while i believe many of us here at clublexus - and clublexus as an organization and a brand - certainly does not condone street racing, the attitude is unfortunately prevalent and painfully obvious amongst a few individuals in these forums. regardless, we can only represent ourselves properly as lexus owners and afficionados and hope that their attitude does not reflect upon us as a whole.
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while i believe many of us here at clublexus - and clublexus as an organization and a brand - certainly does not condone street racing, the attitude is unfortunately prevalent and painfully obvious amongst a few individuals in these forums. regardless, we can only represent ourselves properly as lexus owners and afficionados and hope that their attitude does not reflect upon us as a whole.
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So as I'm sure some of you may have heard that an innocent girl was killed last night in a street racing accident off of Branham and Pearl. She was actually a friend of mine I went to high school with, a really great girl and it's been a pretty sad day for a lot of us. So I'm watching the news coverage on KTVU just now and they are talking about how they'll be cracking down on street racing alot more, this being the second death this month due to illegal racing.
Now, Club Lexus is known for being one of the most responsible car clubs, at least in our area, in my opinion. Which is why I'm baffled by the fact that they showed footage exclusively from club lexus meets when referring to car clubs which are involved in street racing activity. I swear I saw Joseph's car and a bunch of other mainly IS's in the footage. This is just bad press for club lexus in general and it's completely unwarranted. So I suppose everyone should be extra careful driving around San Jose for the time being, I don't think we need any more bad press in our club.
Now, Club Lexus is known for being one of the most responsible car clubs, at least in our area, in my opinion. Which is why I'm baffled by the fact that they showed footage exclusively from club lexus meets when referring to car clubs which are involved in street racing activity. I swear I saw Joseph's car and a bunch of other mainly IS's in the footage. This is just bad press for club lexus in general and it's completely unwarranted. So I suppose everyone should be extra careful driving around San Jose for the time being, I don't think we need any more bad press in our club.
I can't believe KTVU would quickly jump to conclusion about "special meets" without proper concrete evidence. Here's the link to the footage if you guys want to see it for yourselves.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21402889/detail.html
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How did they link it to Club Lexus? CL being a sponsored site should get on that cause if theres no presidence to their accusations, then its slander! Yes many on here make the stupid decision of street racing, however in no way is Club Lexus condoning it in anyway. I work CBS and one thing I cant stand is when a story is stretched for ratings. Theres not a thin line between freedom of press and slander unfortunately.
To the OP, sorry for your loss. Hang in there.
Thank you for that!
To the OP, sorry for your loss. Hang in there.
Thank you for that!
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So as I'm sure some of you may have heard that an innocent girl was killed last night in a street racing accident off of Branham and Pearl. She was actually a friend of mine I went to high school with, a really great girl and it's been a pretty sad day for a lot of us. So I'm watching the news coverage on KTVU just now and they are talking about how they'll be cracking down on street racing alot more, this being the second death this month due to illegal racing.
Now, Club Lexus is known for being one of the most responsible car clubs, at least in our area, in my opinion. Which is why I'm baffled by the fact that they showed footage exclusively from club lexus meets when referring to car clubs which are involved in street racing activity. I swear I saw Joseph's car and a bunch of other mainly IS's in the footage. This is just bad press for club lexus in general and it's completely unwarranted. So I suppose everyone should be extra careful driving around San Jose for the time being, I don't think we need any more bad press in our club.
Now, Club Lexus is known for being one of the most responsible car clubs, at least in our area, in my opinion. Which is why I'm baffled by the fact that they showed footage exclusively from club lexus meets when referring to car clubs which are involved in street racing activity. I swear I saw Joseph's car and a bunch of other mainly IS's in the footage. This is just bad press for club lexus in general and it's completely unwarranted. So I suppose everyone should be extra careful driving around San Jose for the time being, I don't think we need any more bad press in our club.
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There's no room for illegal street racing. What does it prove? Who has the fastest car? Big deal. If people want to race, please take it to the tracks.
Be careful and drive safe everyone in the CL community.
Thanks for the link btw.
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Damn this is the reason why their are tracks. I dont understand why these stupid a$$ have to do this kind of shht in the first place. Im glad those dumb****ers got caught!! My condolences to the victims families and i hope they will not affect our name Clublexus. Lets be careful out their since the Holidays are coming up really fast and everyone knows what that means! Be SAFE ppl
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It was filmed at a Club Lexus meet at the Tire Outlet. I never said they mentioned the clubs name, but regardless, it makes us look bad... As if Joseph's going to go out and drag race his car he never drives after the gathering. Hah.
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i just emailed ktvu regarding the footage as my face is recognizable.... what are the legalities of posting such footage without release? especially when we were labeled as "such club"
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Since the footage was taken in public and used more as a general shot, there is no consent required.