What: Escape from LA Night Cruise

When:Mar 8th , 2003 8:30pm

Where:
K-B Toys
13720 Riverside Dr, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(Its right off the 101 Freeway, take the Woodman Exit)
Yahoo Map:
map of meeting place

Maps will be distributed at the meeting spot, or they will be posted here.

Who: All invited.

The Plan:
The route will be 100 miles long. The exact route will be given in the maps/directions. We will however end up @ In-N-Out in Sherman Oaks.


It comes down to road conditions. Road conditions MUST be fairly dry for the cruise to happen. Sometimes it will rain during the day and the roads will be dry and clear @ night. Stay tuned to this thread.


Details:


CRUISE MEETING SPOTS! VERY, REALLY, SUPER IMPORTANT! Since a lot of people fall behind because of street lights, it’s hard to recover a lot of people. So, we have implanted meeting spots along our route. Please check your maps. They will be distributed at KB and/or will be up on this thread.


Things bring list:
Common sense
Radar detector
Money (for food)
Flashlight
FRS radios (walkie talkies)
Nextel phone (if you have one, I will be able to Direct Connect and may set up a group talk)


Rules and guidelines
OK, this is Sunset. You're free to do anything your mom wont let you. But, Im NOT RESPONSIBLE for ANYTHING the "MIGHT" happen. Use your best judgment, and what you think is right. Or bring your mom; she won’t let you do anything... Unless your mom brings you...


1) If you don’t plan on getting lost, make an effort to keep up.

2) If you feel the need to get lazy and have people past you, expect to get lost.

3) If you don’t feel the need to push yourself through the canyons, you shouldn’t attend because you apparently like to get left behind.

4) The ole saying, "fast drivers should be first and slow drivers should be last," doesn’t apply if you expect everyone to "cruise down the canyons." Fast driver will leave the slow drivers wondering where everyone went. Putting fast drivers in the rear is why canyon "runs" often leads to rear-end collision.

5) Make an effort to know the route you are going; ask questions about key intersections. Trust me, being stuck on a top of a hill where you can only go left or right or off a cliff is not fun.

6) Canyon runs at night is more dangerous than day, that old myth of "you'll be able to see on coming cars easier because you can see their headlights from far away-" is false. If you have trouble seeing on coming cars during the day, it is only going to get worst at night. First off, the only vision you see is what your headlights illuminates. Behind sharp turns, blend in on coming traffic lights + yours and you will not be able to nothing more than a glare.

7) Always stay in your lane unless you severely have more horsepower than the car in front of you. I.e. (If you drive a 150hp car do not expect to pass a car with 200 hp, not very safe.)

8) swerving left and right does not efficiently heat up your tires to improve traction, its dangerous, your car is not an Indy/F1 car do not try it!

9) it is better to over apply brakes than enter a corner HOT and under steer off a cliff.

10) make sure you have plenty of gas and understand where all the key intersections are.

Lastly, it never hurts to follow a slow car who knows where he is going. It DOES hurt to follow a slow car who DOESN'T know where he is going
Questions
Email me if you got any. IM is Airtime711.

SEE YOU ALL THERE! DRIVE SAFELY

Yes the rules and stuff were stolen from another forum and applied to this event.

Please stay tuned to this thread for details and up the date info