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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,314 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 09:45 AM Oct 30

Virginia street race goes viral: Elon Musk shares video of Cybertruck and Lamborghini showdown

Virginia street race goes viral: Elon Musk shares video of Cybertruck and Lamborghini showdown
By Homa Bash | Updated October 30, 2024 9:59am EDT | Tysons Corner | FOX 5 DC

Police investigate after viral Virginia street race video hits 75M views

A street racing video taken in Tysons, Virginia is going viral - with more than 75 million views on social media after Elon Musk shared it. FOX 5's Homa Bash has the story.

TYSONS, Va. - A street racing video taken in Tysons, Virginia is going viral - with more than 75 million views on social media after Elon Musk shared it. ... The video, which is less than 30 seconds long, shows a blue Lamborghini racing a Tesla Cybertruck on Leesburg Pike, or Route 7. (The Cybertruck wins, which is why Musk reshared the video).



Ryan Haggerty works nearby and heard the race before he saw it. He said it happened late last week, around 2 p.m. ... The clip shows a crowd of people lined up on the sidewalk with their phones out, recording the quick race. ... Another angle on Instagram shows the view from the Lamborghini's passenger. ... Haggerty said he sees supercars trying to race each other in the area often - but usually, it's late at night.

Mansour Ghaderi is around Tysons frequently - and said aggressive driving hit home for him a few weeks ago. ... "There was one guy who chased me to the parking lot of Tysons Corner, came out, and put a gun in my stomach, he says because I was not going fast enough," Ghaderi said. "I said 'I didn't know you were following me.'"

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Street racing is banned in Virginia as a form of reckless driving. ... Fairfax Police formed a task force earlier this year to crack down on car meetups and street takeovers - and in a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors legislative meeting Tuesday morning said it has been effective. ... Still, others who saw this viral video say they love to see it as long as it's safe. ... "Usually it looks like they're pretty smart with it," Haggerty said. "I like people to be safe, I like to get home, not have anybody get hit by a car or the absolute crap scared out of them because it scared me when I heard it."

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Virginia street race goes viral: Elon Musk shares video of Cybertruck and Lamborghini showdown (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 OP
Someone on Threads referred to the Cybertruck Jilly_in_VA Oct 30 #1
I'll call it that too EYESORE 9001 Oct 30 #5
Neither seems to be going that fast underpants Oct 30 #2
I hear them racing up George Mason Drive in Arlington arlyellowdog Oct 30 #3
Why are we peppered with Elon Musk shit on this website? HagathaCrispy Oct 30 #4
I refer to him as Jilly_in_VA Oct 30 #6

Jilly_in_VA

(10,991 posts)
1. Someone on Threads referred to the Cybertruck
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 09:50 AM
Oct 30

as a DEPLOREAN and now that's my everyday name for it. We actually saw our first one this past weekend in Charlottesville. Gawd, what an ugly piece of trash! My husband commented that he doesn't understand how it can function as a truck.

EYESORE 9001

(27,565 posts)
5. I'll call it that too
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 10:35 AM
Oct 30

I’ve been at a loss of words for what an abomination that so-called conveyance is.

arlyellowdog

(1,429 posts)
3. I hear them racing up George Mason Drive in Arlington
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 10:17 AM
Oct 30

Late on weekend nights. Sadly, 2 teenage boys have been killed in separate accidents.

 

HagathaCrispy

(154 posts)
4. Why are we peppered with Elon Musk shit on this website?
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 10:26 AM
Oct 30

Elon Musk is a racist fascist oligarchic supporter who wants an oligarchic neo fascist dictatorship in this Country. He inherited all of his money from massive welfare scams and apartheid in South alAfrica and the U.S.

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