The whole story is just sad and odd...sounds like the people were standing IN one of the lanes of a 4 lane highway watching the race? Not to be insensitive but that's just dumb...I mean stand on the side of the road or behind the guardrail or something. I guess I've done some blatantly stupid stuff in the past though...

I don't know how much headlights would have helped an 10 year old crown vic coming through smoke at highway speeds only to find a small crowd...hell even if he slowed down to 30 or 40. Just a sad story...

Expect another wave of "street racing is evil/takes lives" from the media...