You can get a driving ban for organising a race

[Paul Dishman]

https://twitter.com/road_ss/status/124056687938055...

It's a stretch calling it a "race"

[geeks]

I am not sure what else you would call lining up three cars and then starting them all off at the same time to see who is fastest regardless of what the cars are...

[Reciprocating mass]

st drag race caught bang to rights, on coming car approaching, the term Ohh cock springs to mind

[Dave Hedgehog]

my mate got banned for racing when he pulled away quickly and unknown to him a gti behind him flawed it and tried to keep up with his M5

so this lot are banged to rights

[mgtony]

News report with more info here:

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-s...

'No insurance' conviction for most of them as well due to not being covered by their policy for racing!!

[Psycho Warren]

The good old "aiding and abetting" side of things will have screwed over the organiser/starter.

The racing rules are a bit dubius in some cases (eg as above poster) but pretty clear in this case!


The guy above does have a point. If you are minding your own on some twisties, and some tt tries to keep up, I can't see how that can legally be racing? he may be racing you in his mind, but you are just ignoring his idiocy in your rear mirror in your clearly superior handling car.

[Reciprocating mass]

Bit more info here also
https://www.roadsafetysupport.co.uk/news/race-star...

[Tony1963]

Dave Hedgehog said:

a gti behind him flawed it

How do you flaw it?

[Drumroll]

Paul Dishman said:

https://twitter.com/road_ss/status/124056687938055...

It's a stretch calling it a "race"

How on earth is that not 3 cars "racing" each other?

[XCP]

Indeed and why not?
Would be my reaction.

[yellowjack]

Drumroll said:

Paul Dishman said:

https://twitter.com/road_ss/status/124056687938055...

It's a stretch calling it a "race"

How on earth is that not 3 cars "racing" each other?

Stupid beanie-hatted morons. Ban the lot of them. Whether they were racing or not. 24 months suspension of licence just for turning up to watch.

In fact, fk it. Transport them all to Porton Down and experiment on them with Covid-19. Force the ttwaffling wkspangles to do something useful for society instead of risking other people's safety for their own mindless gratification.

[Paul Dishman]

Drumroll said:

How on earth is that not 3 cars "racing" each other?

Literally it is a race, but its so pathetic it hardly qualifies as a real race. I was using the term in a figurative rather than a literal sense.

[geeks]

yellowjack said:

Stupid beanie-hatted morons.

I didn't see a single hat there and as guy who regularly wears a beanie, please don't punish me for there bks

[Paul Dishman]

yellowjack said:

Stupid beanie-hatted morons. Ban the lot of them. Whether they were racing or not. 24 months suspension of licence just for turning up to watch.

In fact, fk it. Transport them all to Porton Down and experiment on them with Covid-19. Force the ttwaffling wkspangles to do something useful for society instead of risking other people's safety for their own mindless gratification.

Well, quite. It gives everyone who likes cars a bad reputation, by association with these idiots

[anonymous-user]

Paul Dishman said:

Drumroll said:

How on earth is that not 3 cars "racing" each other?

Literally it is a race, but its so pathetic it hardly qualifies as a real race. I was using the term in a figurative rather than a literal sense.

I don't think anyone is suggesting it's a race in the grand Prix Sense.

It seems reasonable to consider it a 'street race' in an informal sense. As the insurers seem to have done.

[pits]

Tony1963 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

a gti behind him flawed it

How do you flaw it?

Set of with an inherent problem no doubt.


Worlds slowest drag race

[768]

geeks said:

I am not sure what else you would call lining up three cars and then starting them all off at the same time to see who is fastest regardless of what the cars are...

Team pub lunch?

[anonymous-user]

Paul Dishman said:

Drumroll said:

How on earth is that not 3 cars "racing" each other?

Literally it is a race, but its so pathetic it hardly qualifies as a real race. I was using the term in a figurative rather than a literal sense.

So you were just being generally racist?

[irocfan]

pits said:

Worlds slowest drag race

all heartily deserved - and then you see oncoming traffic, tossers.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Tony1963 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

a gti behind him flawed it

How do you flaw it?

by thinking a GTi can keep up with an M5