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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• 1 History
• 2 Risks
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

History[edit]

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.

Risks[edit]

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.

See also[edit]

• Elevator surfing
• Train surfing

References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:^a b c CDC - Injuries Resulting from Car Surfing - United States, 1990-2008

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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