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[Lizzie Zoom]

How the young have to learn the hard way, and prove to themselves that they are not invincible....

You stand along a road, at the sides, on the central reservation, everywhere, to watch very inexperienced boy and girl racers show off at some speed their pride at joys.......What can go wrong??!!

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49041165

Oh dear!

It is a miracle that no one was killed

[scimmy_man]

a mixture of idiot in nissan speeding
toyota pulling out when he cant see,
and onlookers blocking the view,

would anyone stand on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

[aaronjb]

would anyone stand on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

I regularly see people sitting in their broken down cars on the hard shoulder of a motorway (where we actually have any left and it hasn't been turned into a live lane) .. so.. yes?

[Lizzie Zoom]

would anyone stand on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

I regularly see people sitting in their broken down cars on the hard shoulder of a motorway (where we actually have any left and it hasn't been turned into a live lane) .. so.. yes?

And the police state there is an average of just 8 minutes before you can be involved in an accident whilst being there.

Also, yes, the madness of removing the hard shoulder in favour of so called smart motorways, is purely to save money from building extra full lanes, and it will cost lives

[TheBoy]

Sadly, the depleted gene pool seems to have not improved with this incident.

[Nick W]

would anyone stand on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

I regularly see people sitting in their broken down cars on the hard shoulder of a motorway (where we actually have any left and it hasn't been turned into a live lane) .. so.. yes?

Better to stand on the hard shoulder than sit in the car. Much, much better.


What happened at Stevenage is nothing new for that sort of event: thirty years ago they were frequently shut down for close or near misses. We used to got to Maidstone bridge most weekend nights, and crash free nights were rare. I know the bloke who wrote off the burger van........

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

No sympathy for anyone involved. If they are old enough to be allowed out by themselves at night time, they should be wise enough not to drive like that when there are lots of people standing very close, and wise enough not to stand really close to cars being driven by nobheads.

[biggriffin]

would anyone stand on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

I regularly see people sitting in their broken down cars on the hard shoulder of a motorway (where we actually have any left and it hasn't been turned into a live lane) .. so.. yes?

Better to stand on the hard shoulder than sit in the car. Much, much better.


What happened at Stevenage is nothing new for that sort of event: thirty years ago they were frequently shut down for close or near misses. We used to got to Maidstone bridge most weekend nights, and crash free nights were rare. I know the bloke who wrote off the burger van........

This^^^^^  I can't remember the amount of times one of us would smash a bike or car up, then be chasing round the next day for bits to repair it, we were lucky nobody was ever badly hurt, cuts, bruises,  then repeat again....  But we were all indestructible at that age 

[Raeturbo]

Reports were that cars were racing, but it appears someone pulled out in front of someone??

[Nick W]

would anyone stand on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

I regularly see people sitting in their broken down cars on the hard shoulder of a motorway (where we actually have any left and it hasn't been turned into a live lane) .. so.. yes?

Better to stand on the hard shoulder than sit in the car. Much, much better.


What happened at Stevenage is nothing new for that sort of event: thirty years ago they were frequently shut down for close or near misses. We used to got to Maidstone bridge most weekend nights, and crash free nights were rare. I know the bloke who wrote off the burger van........

This^^^^^  I can't remember the amount of times one of us would smash a bike or car up, then be chasing round the next day for bits to repair it, we were lucky nobody was ever badly hurt, cuts, bruises,  then repeat again....  But we were all indestructible oppsing morons at that age

FTFY


Andy(the bloke who killed the burger van) used to rotate his Escorts as one was always smashed to bits. He's a painter, so the practice was useful

[Nick W]

Reports were that cars were racing, but it appears someone pulled out in front of someone??

No they were showing off leaving the meet, as car guys have always done. Doing that on public roads surrounded by people is stupid, and always was. And yes, I used to.

[Raeturbo]

No it seems like somebody (Toyota) pulled out in front of someone..... A GTR 35 maybe  not a ‘streetrace’ as reported.

[Raeturbo]

Ahh, looks like there was a ‘streetrace’ However someone pulled out in front of one of the participants

[BazaJT]

They were very lucky that although[last figure I heard]17 people had been injured to varying degrees there were no fatalities.This event  supposedly a static car show has been running for many years without incident and has raised a fair bit of cash for charities and could now be in danger of being banned from happening in future because of the behaviour of a couple of show off idiots.

[Nick W]

They were very lucky that although[last figure I heard]17 people had been injured to varying degrees there were no fatalities.This event  supposedly a static car show has been running for many years without incident and has raised a fair bit of cash for charities and could now be in danger of being banned from happening in future because of the behaviour of a couple of show off idiots.

It won't have been a couple of show offs. Why do you think the roads were lined with that many people?