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Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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> Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
> with experience...
Head up to Pikes Peak sometime, the combination of *** and the high
altitude make some people feel invincible!
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> -Pav
> > I'm watching the rally 'recap' on Speedvision. I can't *believe* the
> > spectators line up right NEXT to the road. I even saw people sitting ON
the
> > outside guardrail on several turns... WTF? Stupid...
> > Eldred
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> > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> > with experience...
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how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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I remember McRae saying in the 99 season that he COULD drive faster,
but that he didn't dare to drive faster because of the audience
standing allmost on the track at the corners.
Or perhaps this was just a bad excuse from him :)
Andre
Well, "common", I don't know about that. The total number of killed is
probably not up to one particular circuit racing event's('56 Le Mans).
Nope. Here in Sweden, we had our first spectator fatality ever past
fall. It was truly a freak accident though, as the spectators stood in
a safe area behind two trees. But the car got airborn in an "unusual"
fashion and got between the two trees sideways reaching the two
onlookers.
Something similar happened in GB a year or two ago. In northern Europe
this isn't a big problem.
*However*, in the mediterranean countries this is a HUGE problem
though, most notably in portugal. I don't know what the problem is,
but maybe it brings out the matador in every portoguese? :-) Btw, this
was a huge problem on the Targa Florio as well. Must be a cultural
thing or something.
Rally drivers are not lunatics either, and it has happened more than
once that they have refused to start on crowded stages.
Happens every year.
/Magnus
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Damn, second thread I've been pulled into in a week. I hope I still qualify as
a "lurker".
Anyways, as it pertains to Portugal, one very odd side note is that Portugal
has one of the highest traffic fatality rates on Earth. Perhaps their suicidal
driving technique gets ported over into their enthusiasm of the sport. :)
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Alan
I went to one of the stages whilst I was on holiday once, have to admit
I left early because I was totally convinced one of the Portuguese
supporters was going to be run over in front of me. totally insane
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The first time one of the moron spectactor got a pebble in the eye... he
would be filing a $250,000,000 lawsuit.
Scott
"Profit"
> Considering those Rally drivers are insane themselves, I guess they just
> plow through the field without caring much for a random spectator that
think
> he's cool being that close to a race car flying-by.
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> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> -- May the Downforce be with you...
> -- http://www.ymenard.com/
> -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
<sarcasm>Oh, it the Rally driver hit the fan, it must have been the drivers
fault</sarcasm>
The drivers are great to be able to deal with it and for there to be so few
accidents when it is so easy to wipe out 20 people at 1 corner.
Some fans are crazy though, stupid too...
