I’ll admit it openly and honestly: I don’t do it often, but occasionally I’ll run a stoplight drag race. I usually do it for two reasons: either I know the guy next to me and we’re just screwing off, or I’m preparing to shut up some idiot child who is egging for a race from the passenger seat of a 1991 Jetta that is moments away from puking a rod. You can stand on any moral ground you want, but plenty of people have gone on green. “Don’t be stupid” is the main statement if you choose to partake: know the traffic flow, the speed limit of the road (which should be your “lift” point) and all of the entry/exit points along the stretch you are running. You also might want to take a quick note of the car you’re preparing to take on if you don’t know the guy. The owner of this Nissan Z recently learned that lesson in the ultimate worst way possible. He lined up against a fairly sedate-looking Dodge Challenger. It’s not an SRT-8, it’s not a Scat Pack, it’s a Pursuit.

Yeah, that means that the Nissan owner really screwed up.

According to the Nissan driver, he got away with it, saying that the cop pulled up and asked if he still wanted to race. Apparently the cop gave him a second shot and laid waste to the Z. He didn’t mention if he just let the cop win to save his own ass or not…

EDIT: Since the video was yanked from YouTube for whatever reason, here’s the synopsis: Launch on green, Nissan pulls ahead one car length before the cop in the Challenger hits the lights and the kid in the Z ruins a pair of shorts. 

(Courtesy of Car Throttle)