>> ^astr0:

Every time I see footage of a rally race it boggles my mind that so many people idiots just casually stand next to the race track while a huge mass of unpredictable metal is speeding towards them.


Agreed. I would stand to the side of the track near the apex of the jump, not where the cars are landing and bouncing around. Or the worst lunatics, standing around a tough corner. They're just begging to be mown down.

Every time I see footage of a rally race it boggles my mind that so many people idiots just casually stand next to the race track while a huge mass of unpredictable metal is speeding towards them.

Saw them live 24 yrs ago outdoor at a drag racing track in Alaska

"The same road at 2am on a weekend with nobody around could be safe for 60mph. That's safe, even though it's over the limit."

Not safe. It's safer, but that's a different thing. In a built up area you don't know what could step out from behind a parked car, or tree or whatever is around. You can claim you can, but you can't. What you're saying is that it's unlikely there's anything there to hit. Which is true. But unlikely is not the same as it being guaranteed. On a race track the whole area is controlled. You can be sure that there aren't any kids about to run out in front of you. You can go as fast as you like and that's fine. You know the surface of the track is prepared and cleaned, and even if it isn't if you come off there are run off zones and safety barriers to stop you safely. But in the real world things are just never this controlled. Never. There could be oil on the road, there could be mud/stones/whatever. If you come off you could end up hitting the guy walking home from the nightclub, or just killing yourself.

You obviously feel that the risk of killing someone is one worth taking. Please don't try to say that driving through a residential area at 60mph in a 30mph limit isn't risking killing someone because it is. Every time I get in my car, or you get on your bike we risk killing someone, be it ourselves or someone else. Driving or riding over the speed limit drastically increases the chance of any collision being deadly. This guy in the video hits the dear, which would have happened to the best of riders. This forces him onto the wrong side of the road, which again could have happened to any rider. He's just lucky there isn't anyone coming the other way. This has nothing to do with skill. It's luck. I don't like that you are choosing to increase the chances of killing someone else by speeding, and advocating speeding. Like it or not this is the case.

It seems I'm not the only one thinking this way. You're obviously not going to win anyone over to your 'speed is safe' ideas. Speed kills. As for the 60 in a 30 zone thing, if you hit someone at 30mph they have around an 80% chance of survival. If you hit them at 40mph they have around an 80% chance of death. (Figures from UK road safety campaign)

You can choose to ride how you like. You can fool yourself into thinking the world is predictable and easy. So far you've been right, but you're one person, statistically completely unimportant. The fact that you've gotten away with it is no argument at all. Think what you like, but the facts simply don't support your view.

>> ^EMPIRE:

thank you for proving yourself an idiot without my help.
Here's something that those 20 years of experience may not have taught you... Race Track not the same as an open public road. So obviously I have no problem with motorsports. I do have a problem with street racers though. They're a bunch of fucking nitwits.

So now you're switching your argument to "street racers" (whatever they are) rather than speed? Make your mind up!

thank you for proving yourself an idiot without my help.

Here's something that those 20 years of experience may not have taught you... Race Track not the same as an open public road. So obviously I have no problem with motorsports. I do have a problem with street racers though. They're a bunch of fucking nitwits.




>> ^antonye:

>> ^EMPIRE:
Of course... OF COURSE. Because we all know accidents only happen in bad roads, with bad visibility, and when it's raining.
And the rest of your comment is filled with such inane bullshit, I'm not even gonna take the time to talk about it, since you are obviously a lost cause.
By your logic, all motorsports should be banned because they drive/ride too fast?
After all, they're speeding too so it can't be safe, right?
Here's 10p; go buy yourself a clue and come back when you have a real argument.

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>> ^jonny:

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As long as you can hold your tequila, woman, you're alright by me.

Good to see you again.

I had my first date with my thirty-years-ago high school sweetie.

It went well.

Her boobs have gotten bigger. Always a plus.

A great way to while away the hours, boobs. So big and soft.

She wouldn't let me make race tracks for my hot wheels...but I'll convince her yet.



Love ya.

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i take in strays. i sing songs. i go to baseball games. i have a sore rotator cuff.

It was pretty much all the fault of the guy that rear ended him on the last corner.

granted the guy that got shunted could have let him past , but the only reason the guy had a chance at over taking was because he cheeted by ramming the guy in front. (which reduced grip and cornering angle)
the shunter after having shunted the guy in front had plenty of opportunity to brake before the crash happend and as he unfairly gaind the advantage out of the corner he realy should have .

allso if the guy that was shunted hadent have pushed him up against the wall then the cheeter shunter would have won and gaind the race points despite cheating , granted he may have got fined and penolized to some exstent but he probably would have gaind the race pionts . so blocking the car on the start finish line was probably the best thing to do.

all aside this is probably one of the best race tracks in USA that im aware of anny way.

>> ^Fjnbk:
Go Galt? Doesn't seem very effective or serious...


It's very serious.

It's taking your talents and your assets and moving them to a country more in line with your world view.

Running for office in a system as hopelessly corrupt as that of America's, and hoping for any significant change, is kind of like going to the race track and betting you'll win three trifecta's in a row.

You just don't count in the American political system unless you are very rich and very well connected, and you have to serve first and foremost the powers that be or your name will never get on the ticket.

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