Following a report on dangerous high speed police pursuits, CNN’s Anderson Cooper lead into the report on Drifting by describing it [drifting] as another car culture “headache�. The report began by questioning how ’skidding’ and ‘burning rubber’ could have become a sport. The report also expressed concerns about a rise in illegal street drifting because of the soon to be released “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift� movie. Finally, the report ends by saying “[Drifting] is coming soon to the mainstream, should you be worried?�
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In response to potential negative effects entry into the mainstream might have on the motorsport of drifting, DriftLive.com has recently launched DriftSafe.org (a public service) in effort to help educate the public about drifting.