Just read an article on Gumball (Rant)

[Doc]

Im disgusted They are Posh yobs and their goldigging girlfriend (boyfrends) flouting the law taking to many drugs partying every night for TV and driving like they owned the road . Apple Pies !

 

That could have been your or my car they hit and killed me my wife or my baby ! For fun . C*nts !That was someones mum and dad just going about their business . If i came across that driver id kick the Sh*t out of him ! All these so called celebrities should hang their overpaid arses in shame .

 

The british goverment should ban all the british drivers from driving for 5 years just for competing

in the gumball . Its disgusting .Keep it for trackdays

 

 

sorry it makes my blood boil . Rant over

[Vista]

I agree with the sentiment, but people drive like idiots on the public road anyway. I don't see that the punishments should be any more severe because they were taking part in an organised event, nor am I sure it's fair to have a tiered justice structure where people are penalised in different ways according to their wealth or social standing.

 

I do however think that the event organisers should be hauled into dock to face their own proportion of the blame AND that these kind of events should be banned outright on public roads. On the other hand, the trouble with banning things is that they go underground. Take prohibition in the states for instance, Alcohol was harder to control as a banned substance than it was as a legal one. If the various countries police forces had not had forewarning that the Gumball was taking place then the carnage and chaos could have been even worse.

[Slik 50]

I canunderstand why people get upset about the accident during the gumball but i cant understand why it is any diffrent to any other organised event

Imagine someone off here was to take part in the "Tour of the lakes" for example. They got a little over excited and carried away like we ALL DO evey so often and was overtaking someone or they were going around a bend on the wrong side of the road or whatever and colided with another vehicle killing its passengers, Would you want the tour to banned from there on in just because of one idiot?

[Vista]

I canunderstand why people get upset about the accident during the gumball but i cant understand why it is any diffrent to any other organised event

Imagine someone off here was to take part in the "Tour of the lakes" for example. They got a little over excited and carried away like we ALL DO evey so often and was overtaking someone or they were going around a bend on the wrong side of the road or whatever and colided with another vehicle killing its passengers, Would you want the tour to banned from there on in just because of one idiot?

 

Good point, but most of the time events like Tour of the lakes are done by ordinary people with by comparison ordinary cars. Nor are they driven to go to extreme speeds by the prospects of a pot of gold for the winner.

[Doc]

I canunderstand why people get upset about the accident during the gumball but i cant understand why it is any diffrent to any other organised event

Imagine someone off here was to take part in the "Tour of the lakes" for example. They got a little over excited and carried away like we ALL DO evey so often and was overtaking someone or they were going around a bend on the wrong side of the road or whatever and colided with another vehicle killing its passengers, Would you want the tour to banned from there on in just because of one idiot?

 

tour of the lakes boys aint racing at 150 mph nor have they been on a five day party bender . It appalling

[D A N]

Touch of sour grapes.........

 

Anywho,I do agree that accident was bloody terrible thing to happen,but I don't think just banning people from driving just for taking part in such an event or having loads of money is a good idea.

 

Also got to remember this is the first time an accident has happened since the event started 9 or so years ago.

 

I think there is some responsibilty on the part of the organisers,but they can't have 100% control over everything and everyone.

 

The rally this year has been called of out of a mark of respect now which is a good gesture I think.

 

AFAIK,the whole event is all about racing either,some do it for the adventure and for the scenery and having a good time as well.

 

Don't think all the claims of what goes on there as well are 100% true either,just hyped up a bit to cause some excitement.

 

I'd love to do the Gumball or Cannonball rally.

 

Can't just tar the whole event as bad because of a couple of idiots who caused a crash.

[Doc]

Touch of sour grapes.........

 

Anywho,I do agree that accident was bloody terrible thing to happen,but I don't think just banning people from driving just for taking part in such an event or having loads of money is a good idea.

 

Also got to remember this is the first time an accident has happened since the event started 9 or so years ago.

 

I think there is some responsibilty on the part of the organisers,but they can't have 100% control over everything and everyone.

 

The rally this year has been called of out of a mark of respect now which is a good gesture I think.

 

AFAIK,the whole event is all about racing either,some do it for the adventure and for the scenery and having a good time as well.

 

Don't think all the claims of what goes on there as well are 100% true either,just hyped up a bit to cause some excitement.

 

I'd love to do the Gumball or Cannonball rally.

 

Can't just tar the whole event as bad because of a couple of idiots who caused a crash.

Sour grapes ?

 

Its idiotic to race on public roads that are not closed off for the purpose .

add nightclubbing drinking etc over the rally and you have fatigue that in the end took someones life . Its not sour grapes its disgust at people's arrogance to think they have the right to break the laws across the continent . One life in 9 years is 1 too many especially as they were not participating or even watching .

 

I love cars and racing but theres a place for it and thats the track.

[tazrocks88]

Sour grapes ?

 

Its idiotic to race on public roads that are not closed off for the purpose .

add nightclubbing drinking etc over the rally and you have fatigue that in the end took someones life . Its not sour grapes its disgust at people's arrogance to think they have the right to break the laws across the continent . One life in 9 years is 1 too many especially as they were not participating or even watching .

 

I love cars and racing but theres a place for it and thats the track.

 

but it is not a race!!! it is introduced as a rally across 40 countries for car enthusiasts and there are no rewards for getting to places before the others there are trophys for different reasons such as the spirit of gumball which go to random people such as 1 year 2 women who did it in a lotus 7 with no roof and they completed it so got the award. but the drivers in no way are encouraged by the organisers to race or break any laws!

so i just see it that a few idiots are ruining it for the others!

[antz]

its like everything out there...there are always the idiots!

 

i remember last year a group of people did it in an ice cream van limited to 55mph! they missed every party, only just made the end and got the spirit of the gumball trophy.

 

its the twats who drive like they own the road who want hanging such as rob dydrek a skateboarder who did it last year....200mph in an imprezza

[morcheen]

it's not officially a race,but we all know it is!!

[Twinkle]

i wonder if the organisers schedule would allow you to complete it in time if you stuck to the speed limits

[antz]

i wonder if the organisers schedule would allow you to complete it in time if you stuck to the speed limits

 

good point....its timed so people speed i think

[Mr Sam]

do it in a propper car not some plastic crap plastered in stickers with the engine in the wrong end..........at least do it in a propper porka FFS

 

 

mmmm yellow bird....although id cry if i saw one of them in pieces

 

but as above its rediclious behavior for public roads im sure each and every one of us has gone past the speed limit but not to those extremes

[Fiesta Steve]

Posh yobs and their goldigging girlfriend (boyfrends) flouting the law taking to many drugs partying every night for TV and driving like they owned the road . Wa#*ers !

 

Shit m8, thought you was discribing me when I read that !

 

 

 

 

 

I agree m8, save it for the track

[tim]

tour of the lakes boys aint racing at 150 mph nor have they been on a five day party bender . It appalling

 

 

nar your right

 

its just a 2night bender

[Arched Escy]

Its definitely not the first accident!Remember the Reyland Escos crash?Driver was very hurt in that!

 

I totally agree with what you have all said about it though.Its not right thaty people are allowed to organise a thing like it!

[morcheen]

boyracers and poshboy races only differences,money and connections.

[Slik 50]

tour of the lakes boys aint racing at 150 mph nor have they been on a five day party bender . It appalling

 

You dont need to be doing 150 to kill anyone Doc. Its quite easy to loose controll at 50 and take out some cyclists or ramblers is it not ?. I truly understand what you are say but people die every day due to idiot drivers thinking they are some sort of racing driver. Events like that hardly get a mention on page 18 of the local rag. Just because this is the gumball people go ape saying they should ban it and its a total farce. Like a few people have mention there are drivers there that are in it because its a rally and somthing they have wanted to do for as long as they can remeber. I remember a 2CV doing one year and like antz said there was the ice cream van. I think the mojrity of the participents are doing it for the adventure, but yes you do get the occasional idiot, you get them anywhere. I went to a local cruize on friday night and it was a top turn out of old fords, hot rods, V Dubs and yanks. At about 9:20 I was about to leave when a guy in a suprecharged V8 triumph herald lost controll while booting it away from the car park, he lost contoll and rolled it on its roof and slid down the duel carrageway for about 200ft on its roof. Now luckly nobody was hurt or injured but still it tars the event for the other enthusiasts that were there. Should meets like that get banned just for the sake of one moron?

Again Mate I understand what you are saying but to ban the gumball or the Brit drivers I think is a bit drastic