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Car surfing involves riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person. It has resulted in numerous deaths, predominantly causing severe head injuries.
/ref> The Quebec Provincial Automobile Insurance Company defines car surfing as follows: * Riding on a moving vehicle (on the roof, at the rear, on the side, etc.); * Riding in the box or cargo space of a truck or pick-up truck; * Holding onto or being pulled by a moving vehicle; * Riding in a sofa, on a skateboard, a sled or any other object hitched or tied to a moving vehicle.
The origins and risks of car surfing
(''Naval Safety Center'')
GTA blamed for Increase in car surfing deaths
Hazardous motor vehicle activities 1980s fads and trends Organized crime activity
Car surfing involves riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person. It has resulted in numerous deaths, predominantly causing severe head injuries./ref> The Quebec Provincial Automobile Insurance Company defines car surfing as follows: * Riding on a moving vehicle (on the roof, at the rear, on the side, etc.); * Riding in the box or cargo space of a truck or pick-up truck; * Holding onto or being pulled by a moving vehicle; * Riding in a sofa, on a skateboard, a sled or any other object hitched or tied to a moving vehicle.
History
Car surfing, a term introduced in the mid-1980s, involves riding on the outside of a moving vehicle being driven by another person. It has been popularized by thehyphy
The term hyphy ( ) is an Oakland, California, slang meaning "hyperactive". More specifically, it is an adjective describing the hip-hop music and the culture associated with the Oakland area. The term was first coined by rapper Keak da Snea ...
movement seen in the fad of ghost-riding
, frequently used in the context of "ghost riding the whip" (a "whip" being a vehicle) or simply , is when a person exits their moving vehicle, and dances beside and around it.
American rapper E-40's 2006 song "Tell Me When to Go" produced by ...
, except the vehicle remains under the nominal control of another person.
Risks
A 2008 study by the United StatesCenters for Disease Control
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is headquartered in Atlanta, ...
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
*Elevator surfing
Elevator surfing, also known as lift surfing, is the usually clandestine activity of riding on top of elevators, rather than inside them. More experienced surfers may attempt riskier maneuvers such as jumping between moving elevators, or riding ...
* Ghost riding
, frequently used in the context of "ghost riding the whip" (a "whip" being a vehicle) or simply , is when a person exits their moving vehicle, and dances beside and around it.
American rapper E-40's 2006 song "Tell Me When to Go" produced by ...
* List of train-surfing injuries and deaths
This is a list of train-surfing injuries and deaths.
Data of train-surfing injuries and deaths
Train-surfing injuries and deaths
See also
* Car surfing
* Elevator surfing
* List of graffiti and street-art injuries and deaths
* List ...
* Skitching
Skitching ( abbreviated from "skate-hitching", pron: /ˈskɪtʃɪŋ/) is the act of hitching a ride by holding onto a motor vehicle while riding on a skateboard, roller skates, bicycle, or sneakers when there is snowfall. It is also sometimes r ...
* Tank desant
Tank desant (, ''tankovyy desant'') is a military combined arms tactic where infantry soldiers ride into an attack on tanks, then dismount to fight on foot in the final phase of the assault. Note that this differs from infantry troops merely rid ...
* Train surfing
Train surfing (also known as train hopping, train hitching, or subway surfing) is the act of riding on the outside of a moving train, tram, or other form of rail transport vehicle. In a number of countries, the term 'train hopping' is used synon ...
References
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The origins and risks of car surfing
(''Naval Safety Center'')
GTA blamed for Increase in car surfing deaths
Hazardous motor vehicle activities 1980s fads and trends Organized crime activity