Entirely unashamed anti car propaganda, and the more the better.
- Thread starter teuchter
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Regularly.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Well there goes mountaineering, hiking, rock climbing, diving, and whole lot of other stuff.
But it's for their own good, right?
bcuster
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How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars
The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry. Some predict it could hasten the downfall of combustion cars.
www.reuters.com
I didn't even say ban - said it obviously has a problem. What are they doing to reduce the deaths? Seems to be nothing. Pretty shocking tbh.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Some sports are dangerous. What should be done about it is that everyone should be made fully aware of the risks they're taking and reasonable measures taken to ensure they don't hurt anyone else.
What reasonable measures has the Isle of Man TT put in?
If they'v done anything it doesn't seem to have been effective.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Those are participant deaths.
So they shouldn't do anything to prevent these?
Can't think of any other regulated sport that would just accept this. Even MMA seems btter rgulated and that's a disgrace as well.
maomao
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Eleven spectators injured after motorbike crash during first lap of Isle of Man TT race
One spectator was seriously hurt and 10 others injured after Sheff Pack Kawasaki rider Jonathan Howarth crashed into the crowd during the final day's racing at the Isle of Man TT.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Would be good if it stopped them making both combustion and electric cars for a bit.How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars
The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry. Some predict it could hasten the downfall of combustion cars.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Eleven spectators injured after motorbike crash during first lap of Isle of Man TT race
One spectator was seriously hurt and 10 others injured after Sheff Pack Kawasaki rider Jonathan Howarth crashed into the crowd during the final day's racing at the Isle of Man TT.www.dailymail.co.uk
That happens at rallying too and occasionally F1. Again, the spectators know and assume the risks.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
It’s literally a condition of the ticket sale, it’s all there on the back of them - warning, motorsport is dangerous etc.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
You make it as safe as you can but racing motorcycles at close to 200mph is dangerous. No getting away from that. So you either ban it, or let people make their own choices. As we’ve seen, if you go down the banning route you open a whole can of worms regarding other dangerous activities.
Athos
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Realistically, what could they do? It's a road circuit, which means there's walls and road furniture instead of run offs and gravel traps. It's intrinsically extremely dangerous. The competitors know this. Indeed, that's part of the challenge.
Less powerful engines?
Do similar races take place elsewhere?
Presumably there’s prize money as well as some people making a profit. Pretty sick tbh.
maomao
普費斯
Same old argument as that against meaningful driving bans: 'if you don't let us do it, we'll just do it anyway'. Entitled bullshit.
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Plastic Paddy
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maomao
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Says that on the back of concert tickets and all sorts. Doesn't mean they couldn't do more to protect spectators.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
No. If they keep happening they're on purpose.
Like all those plane crashes that keep happening on purpose.
maomao
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Yes, there are no safety regulations regarding aeroplanes as that would infringe on the right of informed adults to die in plane crashes.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
There are plenty of safety regulations yet crashes still happen. In edcraw world that means not enough is being done. In maomao world it probably equates to "I don't like flying, let's ban it".
platinumsage
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We did the “let’s ban dangerous things” argument on page 153.
This guy wasn’t inspired by the Isle of Man TT to go at twice the speed limit he just simply needed to get home to his medicine quickly.
Isle of Man TT fan who rode at twice speed limit is banned
Richard Thomas repeatedly broke speed limits on his BMW in the north of the Isle of Man.
www.bbc.com
Athos
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There are smaller capacity classes. But you're fundamentally missing the point; the idea is to go as fast as you can. And everyone doing so knows that's a big risk.
Yes, there's road racing elsewhere. But the TT is the premier event, really.
Nobody does it for the prize money, which is almost trivial given the cost of competing.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
This guy wasn’t inspired by the Isle of Man TT to go at twice the speed limit he just simply needed to get home to his medicine quickly.
Isle of Man TT fan who rode at twice speed limit is banned
Richard Thomas repeatedly broke speed limits on his BMW in the north of the Isle of Man.www.bbc.com
Yeah. Proof positive there, Ed!
Definitely the TT that inspired that one. Oh yes! In fact, if anyone gets busted for speeding on the IoM it's because of the TT
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