RE: Tunnel runners 'nutters' says MP
Discussion
Without wanting to sound like an old fart, thats the trouble, a lot of people now are only interested in themselves and dont give a monkeys about anyone else. The car disinterested person that bangs his door on your car in a carpark is as disinterested in your vehicle as you are his lack of sleep. Just an opinion !
Oh bye the way i love noisy cars but there is a time and a place, maybe ?
Oh bye the way i love noisy cars but there is a time and a place, maybe ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20...
Difference between those in the above and tunnel runners?
Both aim to drive fast and make noise, But apparently one is okay because it's 'Mature' people in TVRs?
Difference between those in the above and tunnel runners?
Both aim to drive fast and make noise, But apparently one is okay because it's 'Mature' people in TVRs?
HurricaneVader said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20...
Difference between those in the above and tunnel runners?
Both aim to drive fast and make noise, But apparently one is okay because it's 'Mature' people in TVRs?
MM my thinking, i've seen how 'mature' the TVR owners are in Lemans campsites !Difference between those in the above and tunnel runners?
Both aim to drive fast and make noise, But apparently one is okay because it's 'Mature' people in TVRs?
fatboy18 said:
I'll stick my neck out...
I can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
Garlick said:
I'll stick my neck out...
I can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
That is where I live mate !I can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
Annoying no. It's the unpredictability factor of all those vehicles being there, double parked on double yellow line's (to the nearside) and parked on the chevrons on the offside (or to the centre of that particular roundabout).
When your driving through you never know if somebody is going to randomly pull out on you or if somebody is going to come round behind you at warp factor 12 and straight into the back of you.
chrisemersons said:
Alternatively, dont live in a house next to a noisy road if you dont like the noise of traffic!
Dont get me started on Kirstie Allsopp, bought a house by Castle Combe racetrack and then complained about noisy racing cars and wanted the circuit closed. Numpty !
Not a fan of hers in the first place, but if she did this, she wants a rocket up her not-insubstantial ar5e. There's enough people thinking this way, without some lousy TV presenter using her 'celebrity' status to try and push their selfish ideas of this sort. Grr.Dont get me started on Kirstie Allsopp, bought a house by Castle Combe racetrack and then complained about noisy racing cars and wanted the circuit closed. Numpty !
M3John said:
Garlick said:
I'll stick my neck out...
I can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
That is where I live mate !I can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
Annoying no. It's the unpredictability factor of all those vehicles being there, double parked on double yellow line's (to the nearside) and parked on the chevrons on the offside (or to the centre of that particular roundabout).
When your driving through you never know if somebody is going to randomly pull out on you or if somebody is going to come round behind you at warp factor 12 and straight into the back of you.
Garlick said:
I'll stick my neck out...
I can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
Well then they should bloody well form limited companies of which they could hold multiple directorships, make alots and lots of money, and buy a place in the country rather than complaining about hard working tax payers exercising their god given right to MAKE A LOT OF NOISE IN TUNNELS!!! Bloody nimbys /phI can see how this would be annoying on a regular basis if I lived there.
Hoy, what about V10s!
The Tunnels of London in the early hours...
As one of the organizers of the Missbanzai tunnel runs I have had great pleasure in reading all comments on here and elsewhere over the last 24 hours since this MP spoke out.
We do not condone speeding on the runs or any illegal behavior. We hire a site to start the even (private land), and we raise money for charity in doing this event, well over 20k in the last 4 years. Most of this money has gone towards the London Air Ambulance, as the government won't pay to fund this!
Whenever we hand out the maps, we tell people to behave and stay within the law, but you can only do so much. People will drive how they like, just as in any driving there are always a few that get carried away.
The runs are about 25 miles long and last 3-4 hours so I think that tells you that there isn’t much speeding going on. There are cameras in most if not all the tunnels now so people behave, the ones that don’t I’m sure will get speeding tickets or pulled over. Each time we have one of our runs we do inform London and City police that the event is on and they have start and end locations and times so at any point could stop them if they feel they are unsafe... they have never had the need.
There may be others that turn up in groups of 10 or so and roar through the tunnels you will never stop that.
We do not condone speeding on the runs or any illegal behavior. We hire a site to start the even (private land), and we raise money for charity in doing this event, well over 20k in the last 4 years. Most of this money has gone towards the London Air Ambulance, as the government won't pay to fund this!
Whenever we hand out the maps, we tell people to behave and stay within the law, but you can only do so much. People will drive how they like, just as in any driving there are always a few that get carried away.
The runs are about 25 miles long and last 3-4 hours so I think that tells you that there isn’t much speeding going on. There are cameras in most if not all the tunnels now so people behave, the ones that don’t I’m sure will get speeding tickets or pulled over. Each time we have one of our runs we do inform London and City police that the event is on and they have start and end locations and times so at any point could stop them if they feel they are unsafe... they have never had the need.
There may be others that turn up in groups of 10 or so and roar through the tunnels you will never stop that.
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