Post by eddiek on Aug 7, 2009 18:08:57 GMT 12
I think its perfectly well understood in the sport that kids of racing parents and regulars to the sport such as anyone actually reading this thread are not the ones at risk, and I also agree with that sentiment.
Anyone whos driven around Auckland must have noticed what happens at pedestrian crossings however. People cross roads in Auckland using the three step policy - step onto intersection, look left and right and hurl abuse at the poor sod who they stepped out in front of, who's usually parked on an angle with clouds of tyre smoke billowing out from under the car, and Rover faceplanted on the windscreen, mumbling "bugger" or something to that effect.
The ones you see who stop and look are a: few and far between and b: probably involved in motorsport in some way.
I had this in a carpark a few weeks ago, I could see the parting on the back of her head as she stepped out (there wasn't a crossing or anything that suggested that she should do the following with impunity) and I got abused by her sugar daddy for the tap on the horn she got to alert her to the fact that there are cars around - and a lot of them - that aren't actually parked.
Do we want this woman or any of her friends in the pits simply because they have money and want a nosey? No way.
No other type of motorsport that I could name would allow anyone but those associated with the crews, reporters and track staff in the pit lane during racing, and most of those people are told to stay in the garage while the track is hot and pit lane is open.
Anyone whos driven around Auckland must have noticed what happens at pedestrian crossings however. People cross roads in Auckland using the three step policy - step onto intersection, look left and right and hurl abuse at the poor sod who they stepped out in front of, who's usually parked on an angle with clouds of tyre smoke billowing out from under the car, and Rover faceplanted on the windscreen, mumbling "bugger" or something to that effect.
The ones you see who stop and look are a: few and far between and b: probably involved in motorsport in some way.
I had this in a carpark a few weeks ago, I could see the parting on the back of her head as she stepped out (there wasn't a crossing or anything that suggested that she should do the following with impunity) and I got abused by her sugar daddy for the tap on the horn she got to alert her to the fact that there are cars around - and a lot of them - that aren't actually parked.
Do we want this woman or any of her friends in the pits simply because they have money and want a nosey? No way.
No other type of motorsport that I could name would allow anyone but those associated with the crews, reporters and track staff in the pit lane during racing, and most of those people are told to stay in the garage while the track is hot and pit lane is open.
