Car surfing
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Car surfing is a dangerous thrill-seeking activity involving riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person. It has resulted in numerous deaths, predominantly caused by head injuries.[1]
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Car surfing, a term introduced in the mid-1980s, is a dangerous thrill-seeking activity involving riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person.[1] It has been popularized by the hyphy movement.[citation needed] It is similar to ghost-riding, except the vehicle remains under the nominal control of another person.
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A 2008 study by the United States Centers for Disease Control[1] identified 58 newspaper reports of car-surfing deaths and 41 reports of nonfatal injury from 1990 through summer 2008. Most reports of injury were found in U.S. Midwest and Southern newspapers (75%), largely involving males (70%) and youths aged 15–19 (69%). A majority (58%) of reported car surfing incidents ended in death.
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External links[edit]
- Man, 19, dies after ‘car surfing’ in Brampton Ontario Canada (2013/10/24)
- Student Dies in Car Surfing Accident
- The origins and risks of car surfing (Naval Safety Center)
- 55-year-old CFO Dies While Car Surfing (The Business Journal, Phoenix, 6 December 2004)
- Car surfing: Kevin Ducharme est décédé
- Car surfing: une ado entre la vie et la mort à Drummondville
- GTA blamed for Increase in car surfing deaths
- Ohio teen dies from fall while 'car surfing'
- Jorge Geysel, New York Insurance Salesman, Dies "Car Surfing" On Rincon Beach In Puerto Rico
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