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Thread: Drag racing is dangerous...for spectators

  1. 12-28-2006, 07:28 PM #1
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    Default Drag racing is dangerous...for spectators

    http://break.com/index/drag_race_in_..._goes_bad.html

    look for the guys that go flying through the air.....
    I live where even the coyotes won't go...
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    Idiots... what does Mr. Safety have to say about this?
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    OUCH. That's gonna leave a mark!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Treibenschnell View Post
    Idiots... what does Mr. Safety have to say about this?
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    They might feel that in the morning
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    ya i think i would only be standing at the start line where nothing doing more then .5 mph is going to be coming at me
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    Do you think the spectators gave an 'informed release' when they signed the waiver form?
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    If you were as slow as me, you wouldn't be afraid either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeff_man View Post
    ya i think i would only be standing at the start line where nothing doing more then .5 mph is going to be coming at me
    You know what could happen, and make a wise choice. Those spectators may not have seen a drag race before. Or, the things that can go wrong at a drag race.
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    I'm sure VERY EARLY drag races in the US were watched from similar vantage points. It is a shame we cannot learn from the experience of others
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    I see a HUGE potential for Cyclone Fence sales over yonder... who's with me?



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    LoL....Do you think they are really concerned with the safety of those so deserving of a Darwin award?
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    How is it that only 2 people were sent airborn, when there was a wall of people?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jeff_man View Post
    ya i think i would only be standing at the start line where nothing doing more then .5 mph is going to be coming at me

    You keep telling yourself that, but until you've seen parts break and shoot toward you during the burnout you won't know.
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    How is it that only 2 people were sent airborn, when there was a wall of people?
    It is possible that some of them got ran over and turned into doormats instead of got tossed!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gabkwong View Post
    It is possible that some of them got ran over and turned into doormats instead of got tossed!
    I took that into consideration but figured there would be more sunni flingings, based upon the speed of the car, and the way that it was crumpled at the end.
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