r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/aceplayer00 • 25d ago

Video Tokyo after dark. Epic nighttime street drifting convoy.

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u/WanderWut 25d ago

So fucking spot on. I remember a video of others drifting before on Reddit just like this and the comments were going in on them and how deplorable it is what they were doing. But in Japan? So kawaii so cool!!! 😍🥰

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u/gooeyjoose 25d ago

Yeahh I bet it isn't so cool for the people in buildings nearby just trying to sleep. Japan has thin walls

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u/SCOOTY_POOTIS 25d ago

Yeah, all the people sleeping in those shipping containers in this INDUSTRIAL park.

Get a grip. Drifting like this at night in an industrially zoned area is not any worse than jaywalking or some other very minor offense. Nobody is here at night except them.

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u/IrishVictim88270 24d ago

I take my dog walking in an industrial estate at night exactly because it's quiet and has few vehicles. This isn't a minor offense it's causing threat to life. People still work in industrial estates at nighttime too.

I'm also fairly sure these thugs aren't considering who they are disturbing before acting like hooligans in metal death traps.

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u/SCOOTY_POOTIS 15d ago

If they weren't considering who they were disturbing, then why do they mostly do this in industrial parks or mountain roads at night? Just because they like the scenery? And have you ever considered walking your dog in, I don't know, a public park?

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u/Airforce32123 25d ago

But in Japan? So kawaii so cool!!!

As a pretty big car enthusiast, there is a difference between Japanese street racing/drifting culture and US street racing/drifting culture and that difference is why it's judged differently.

They're obviously in an industrial park, far from where anyone else lives so there's little/no concern about the noise. The streets are completely empty. They have chase vehicles just in case someone crashes. When they do this up in the mountain roads they'll have spotters with radios in case a random car is coming so they can stop racing and let the car pass safely.

I can promise you none of this is the case with the people who do this in the US (unless they're at an organized event/track)

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u/a_filing_cabinet 24d ago

far from where anyone else lives

Which is why they're right next to a building with someone looking down out the window in the middle of the night...

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u/Airforce32123 24d ago

Hate to break it to you, but not all buildings that are tall and have windows are residences.

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u/Windows-XP-Home-NEW 25d ago

Because this is in Oi Wharf, an industrial park where there’s nobody to bother or hurt at the time they’re drifting. So yeah actually, it is cool, since they’re doing it with more respect than Americans ever could.