Riding With Hong Kong Street Racers
Another Racer died yesterday in the news. I did grab the photo to see I recognized the car. I was relieved I didn’t. When I saw that, and found out the driver was safe but his girlfriend in the front seat was killed. It’s confronting the fact, in order to keep going I am risking my life.
The car I ride in is an Aristo owned and driven by a forty plus man named Big Brother 9. On the weekends he brings his two sons, aged 5 and 15 with him. BeBe, who is five stands in the backseat in between the two front ones. The most dangerous place to be in a car. If the car crashed it means, BeBe will fly out the front screen in impact.
I asked a few times, if it was better if he was in the back with a seat belt. But 9 Brother says he prefers to be able to see BeBe at all times.
In his mind he feels it’s the safest place for his son to be. I know differently, but I never know how to approach telling this man who is the head of the crew he is wrong. Respect and face is very important in this world, and the fact I have been allowed in, is because Big Brother 9 says so. Even if other people do not like it, they will in no way would take issue.
Yan Sham-Shackleton Online 