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If all of this was as professionally staged as, say, Ken Block's stuff, I would say more power to 'em. Awesome stuff and very entertaining.

I understand there were spotters and such, and at least a cursory effort put into ensuring the public's safety while filming this. It was, however, very much a hooligan, underground undertaking, without permission from any authorities and done on roads left open to the public, whereas, in contrast, Block's stuff is done with proper permissions on closed streets.

And therein lies the rub, at least for me. It wouldn't take much for this group to wind up hurting someone, or worse. That, and like all such stunts, they encourage others to try to top them. They've already lowered the bar substantially from where Block placed it. Guaranteed the next bunch of hoodlums will lower it even further.
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