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05-06-2011, 08:10 AM | #61 | ||
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look what happend to the street machine summer nats. can anyone remember why the street cruise was cancelled and now held on an oval, oh ya it was people who knew what they were doing and running into crowds on the side of the road. must have been the crowd that didnt know what they were doin
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05-06-2011, 08:48 AM | #62 | |||
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05-06-2011, 09:59 AM | #63 | ||
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After what happened to Troy Critchely ... http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1111113772105
And this a week or so later... http://www.wmctv.com/story/6714667/f...type=printable And this from a Honda forum of all places... "I think the event organizers and promoters are as much or more to blame then anyone... they are the ones responsible for making sure it is a safe event. They obviously planned/ encouraged the drivers to do the burnouts and whatnot without evaluating it properly. They are the ones to blame, unfortunately the driver should have not done it on the street or even shut it down after cleaning the tires but thats obvious in hind sight. He is directly responsible for what happened but not the sum of it or the root cause IMO. Of course I dont agree with the judgement of the full burnout but as someone else said there could have been mechanical issues or whatnot we dont know (media has not told us) in play there. Back to my point though, it would not have happened had the promoters not encouraged it in the first place without proper measures to ensure the safety of the spectators (which should be the #1 priority). It was an accident and unfortunately the driver has to live with it, but I dont think the blame rests squarely on his shoulders. The families should be filing suit agianst those who planned and organized the event. Yes they choose to go to the event and place themselves in that atmosphere but when you go to these events... you dont expect the drivers to be asked to do burnouts and whatnot without proper safety considerations (which is common sense). These people had to expect that safety concerns were evaluated properly, almost anything done like this is the same. Think of how many times you have been to similar events that can end in loss of life if things go wrong but it does not... usually it is not because of a lack of accidents, wrecks, fires, explosions, etc... it is proper attention by event organizers and promoter to safety. I have seen many possibly injury's or worse avoided at events (even those without burnouts encouraged/ allowed) because the responcible people understand and evaluate the possible situations and in doing so know that anything can happen (plan for the worst, hope for the best). My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those injured or killed... and also the driver whom I dont think intentionally wanted to hurt anyone. Its very sad when accidents like this happen." I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw these pics on another forum... The condoning of this event given the constant heavy handedness of fines given out and the threat of impoundment up here for dropping a skid at the lights , makes me not want to take my ride out again. How can a P plater have their car impounded for 48hrs for spinning the wheels all alone in the middle of the night YET others be allowed to Powerslide through a crowd of onlookers while defacing public property ?? The mind boggles.. There will be much more to flow on from this trust me . |
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There will be much more to flow on from this trust me .[/QUOTE] only because a bunch of self righteous ******* wont let it go and live in fear of the big bad burnout monster. |
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05-06-2011, 01:16 PM | #66 | |||
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05-06-2011, 01:39 PM | #67 | ||||
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Burnouts, I try to get 100 000km out of my tyres, not 100seconds, what could be more brainless......nothing comes to mind. Oh, it teaches you car handling skills?? just go and do a motorkhana event on slippery grass, you can spin the wheels and get the same thrills/skilss without making a toxic plume and keeping Bridgestone exectives rolling in it. Quote:
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05-06-2011, 01:56 PM | #68 | |||
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05-06-2011, 02:00 PM | #69 | ||
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Some of you people are being too hard. It was a tribute to a fallen brother. It's like when my mate died robbing a bank after a massive shootout where 10 people got killed. We thought it was a fitting tribite to my mate to go cap 10 people and rob a bank in the process. Come on, in the spirit of the funeral and memory of my mate, we all thought it was a great way to pay a tribute to him. Police even allowed it to happen, then came after us later. Something about breaking the law.
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05-06-2011, 02:18 PM | #70 | |||
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05-06-2011, 02:22 PM | #71 | |||
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So if someone dies of alcohol poisoning, you celebrate by getting drunk? You talk about "tributes" and memories.... what about appropriate public behavour? Whenever a "bikie" is killed, you see a nice procession of 100s of bikers.. surrounded usually by dozens of police cars to keep in check. suddenly idiotic behavour in public is acceptable as long as its a "tribute" Grow up seriously...
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05-06-2011, 02:50 PM | #72 | |||
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It's people like you who give all of us decent and honest bank robbers a bad name. And we don't like the label "bank robber", we prefer to call ourselves "monetary enthusiasts". Last edited by WMD351; 05-06-2011 at 02:55 PM. |
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05-06-2011, 02:53 PM | #73 | |||
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Doing burnouts in the fashion they did was disrespectful of every other wife, brother, mother, father, sister, child etc of anyone else whose life will be celebrated at that location for some time to come. There was enough people there that could have kicked the tin to hire a venue and go nuts... have a big bender and remember their mate as they see fit without defiling a place sacred to most. The burnouts themselves do not trouble me at all, it's the bloody mess they left. |
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05-06-2011, 02:53 PM | #74 | ||
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Pretty sure Austin wasn't serious.....
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05-06-2011, 03:05 PM | #75 | |||
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05-06-2011, 03:07 PM | #76 | |||
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Even I can see the tongue planted firmly in the cheek As for the topic, it absolutely staggers me that there are people that condone this type of behaviour and furthermore, are encouraging it when they themselves die
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05-06-2011, 03:46 PM | #77 | ||
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okay so some gang member gets shot, lets all pull out our nines and shoot at the sky to "mourn the loss" or somebody dies in a plane crash, lets hold his funeral on a plane or somebody dies scuba diving lets hold his funeral underwater or somebody dies of a cocaine overdose so lets all do cokaine at the persons' funeral these things are all inappropriate so how is doing burn outs at the funeral of somebody who died in a car crash appropriate, sorry I just dont understand
they didn't hold Steve Irwins' funeral in a stingray tank now did they? some of the responses on this thread really defy belief and logic? if that is the way you wish to pay your respects organize a legal off street event and raise money, use the money raised to assist the family in their time of loss and need this is much more how I would like to be remembered knowing that my friends are looking out for my family
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05-06-2011, 03:51 PM | #78 | |||
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05-06-2011, 03:59 PM | #79 | ||
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Seeing the person/s died enjoyed doing burnouts, (assumption of course), wouldn't have been more appropriate to hire a venue that is approved for this sort of sport? (Yes burnouts are a form of sport)
After all, funerals generally take about a week to organise, so I'd assume it would have been reasonable time to try and organise a venue to pay this sort of tribute to the person/s that passed on, instead of doing this sort of crap on the streets where it is frowned upon.
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05-06-2011, 04:14 PM | #80 | ||
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Was anyone hurt or injured?
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05-06-2011, 04:32 PM | #81 | |||
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05-06-2011, 04:52 PM | #83 | ||
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There is 3 types of people answering here:
1. The majority who understand that it was wrong and only causes us all grief in the long run, 2. The ***** who truly thinks this was good and wishes they were there as well, and 3. The **** who is posting rubbish just to **** people off. I think 3 pages of this is enough. How about closing this one moderators? Cheers everyone. |
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05-06-2011, 05:00 PM | #84 | ||
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All you guys defending these clowns... You do realise that people like them doing things like this are the reason that the laws -- and public opinion -- are so tough on car hobbyists, right?
The public will NEVER discriminate between hoons and self-appointed "true enthusiasts", so it's up to you to dissociate yourselves from this kind of behaviour by discouraging it. But if you're happy to have your hobby further marginalised in the public eye, go right ahead and stick up for this kind of stuff... |
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05-06-2011, 05:46 PM | #85 | |||
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05-06-2011, 06:07 PM | #86 | ||
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the some of the burnouts we prearranged but there were some took it too far as fatty was part of the rebels.
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05-06-2011, 06:22 PM | #87 | |||
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I'm a parent and I wonder what some other parents must think when their kids mates pull this ****!. Show some respect for the years that a dedicated parent has put into bringing their kids up, to have them lost to a moment of pressure from their peers to do something so pointless as scrubbing $100 worth of rubber off their tyres to proove something to their mates. Go to a strip/track...whatever , (and if there isn't one around...then count to 10 before you come in your pants that you haven't impressed someone), grow up!!(and ,no that doesn't mean get old!!)
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05-06-2011, 06:42 PM | #88 | ||
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You guys are all missing the point, we need to ban driving full stop. There's too much of a risk of someone getting killed.
****** Happens Car enthusiest will and always have had a bad name for hooning and being totally awesome Media will always blow things out of proportion People will always bi** about whatever happens No one has a perfect moral sense, except for half the users on this forum, of course... Who cares guys. It was their mate who died, they can do whatever the hell they want to do as a tribute (oh no it's illegal D: ) There's more chance of killing more people whilst driving in heavy rain then there is of a slow burnout as such. even then, World keeps on spinning guys, stop trying to make it perfect. Just keep seated and enjoy the ride...
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05-06-2011, 06:49 PM | #89 | ||
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Not perfect mate .. Just a little bit consistant !!
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05-06-2011, 07:17 PM | #90 | |||
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The media didnt blow anything out of proportion... Tell me something when ever there is a state funeral... do they just go out and do it? or do they employ barricades, traffic control, police, notify road users? Of course they do, are you saying these idiots are more important then any other funeral "tribute"? I dont think anyone here has gone on too much about the dangers, but the fact that idiots like this, who are selfish, ignorant morons who dont care about the law and take it upon themselves to block a road for an hour and act like dimwits in public is the real issue. Do you honeslty think that media attension like this will be a good thing? Next time another "hoon" law is amended, or fines increased, or car crushing becomes the norm, think about it.... The actions of a few will HARM the greater majority, it gives all the doo gooders, the police, the law makers all the excuses to bring in more and more restrictions to the every day driver. Clearly some of you cant see this... and it seems those that dont see it, dont care. Well next time you all WHINGE about Police, or WHINGE about the laws being too restrictive, its because of actions like this which bring about our downfall. XC willo let me put it this way.. You just joined the army, you will learn quick that if you behave badly in public and its reported to the media that your in the Army, your gonna be paying for it. Defence has had a lot of bad press the past 12months and a lot of ***** have been kicked. Its the same in society. No difference.
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