== Street roadracing rules ==
Discussion
slinky said:
and this post brings what value to the advanced driving forum?
Agreed. A couple of weeks ago, late at night on the M25, I watched in horror as c
ts in their chav-mobiles raced down the road, weaving through traffic. An accident waiting to happen. I hope that it only involves themselves when it does happen.
The driving was so bad that my girlfriend nearly called the police. Didn't bother in the end cos I wasn't quite sure where we were. Should I have done so anyway? Would the police have checked it out? Reg / Vonhosen your opinions would be welcome.
DJ_AS said:
slinky said:
and this post brings what value to the advanced driving forum?
Agreed. A couple of weeks ago, late at night on the M25, I watched in horror as c
ts in their chav-mobiles raced down the road, weaving through traffic. An accident waiting to happen. I hope that it only involves themselves when it does happen.
The driving was so bad that my girlfriend nearly called the police. Didn't bother in the end cos I wasn't quite sure where we were. Should I have done so anyway? Would the police have checked it out? Reg / Vonhosen your opinions would be welcome.
Yes, they'd have circulated it to the local cars to have a look around.
Drivers,
This may be controversial, but what do you think. Nothing here is implied to suggest breaking any laws or operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner. Nonetheless these activities take place every day, wherever there are drivers and roads. The role of leader and pursuer may change many times during contention, but there can be only one winner at the finish.
Unorganized, unregulated, low speed contests between strangers, are probably the most common of all motor sports confrontations. From the first cross continental races, to the last person you prevented from passing. Your use of a motor vehicle in an attempt to out-gain, out-distance, prevent another vehicle from passing or to arrive someplace first, constitutes a Street Race. Throw in a few curves and you have a road race. You cannot ignore the fact that people bet their lives on winning every day. Victory in all of these cases is covered by these essential rules.
The most confusing thing has always been what happens when a driver turns off. Well if they are in front they cannot turn off. They are choosing the course. If they are behind they lose. GT
This may be controversial, but what do you think. Nothing here is implied to suggest breaking any laws or operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner. Nonetheless these activities take place every day, wherever there are drivers and roads. The role of leader and pursuer may change many times during contention, but there can be only one winner at the finish.
Unorganized, unregulated, low speed contests between strangers, are probably the most common of all motor sports confrontations. From the first cross continental races, to the last person you prevented from passing. Your use of a motor vehicle in an attempt to out-gain, out-distance, prevent another vehicle from passing or to arrive someplace first, constitutes a Street Race. Throw in a few curves and you have a road race. You cannot ignore the fact that people bet their lives on winning every day. Victory in all of these cases is covered by these essential rules.
The most confusing thing has always been what happens when a driver turns off. Well if they are in front they cannot turn off. They are choosing the course. If they are behind they lose. GT
Goldtrader said:
The most confusing thing has always been what happens when a driver turns off. Well if they are in front they cannot turn off. They are choosing the course. If they are behind they lose. GT
You have to have the desire to get to the front to be in a race & we don't even know where the front is because there is always another car ahead of you on the open road (even if you haven't seen them yet). This thread needs to go in the bin.
Edited by vonhosen on Tuesday 22 May 06:48
Overtaking, or, god forbid, preventing someone from doing so, has no place in driving comparisons. If someone were to take part in this "sport", I'd suggest going by Japanese "touge" rules: The follower tries to maintain the gap to the leader. If the leader can widen the gap, he wins, if he can't he loses. Simple as that.
SCNR...
SCNR...
Fangio "It is not how fast you can go, but how slow you can go and still Win."
My teacher Jackie Stewart had just knocked off three successive "fastest lap," records in the middle of a Gran Prix. I asked him why, he started on the pole and lead the whole race?
Do you understand why the world champion was able to win, running the race at a slower speed, because he did only three record breaking laps?
My teacher Jackie Stewart had just knocked off three successive "fastest lap," records in the middle of a Gran Prix. I asked him why, he started on the pole and lead the whole race?
Do you understand why the world champion was able to win, running the race at a slower speed, because he did only three record breaking laps?
bertbert said:
I have phoned plod on two occasions having noticed blatantly stupid and dangerous driving/racing. They have been happy to take the report. No idea if anything happened of course, but it can only have helped.
But of course your call was in isolation (at least as far as you were concerned) but could have been the Xth call in Y weeks the Police had received about the same thing in that area. They could then target some resources to the problem.WhoseGeneration said:
I just wonder if the OP is proposing a philosophical question?
I have tried such on this BB, with, I felt, little appreciation of it.
"Games theory", with relevance to driving behaviour, might be applicable here.
How does game theory apply here? I have tried such on this BB, with, I felt, little appreciation of it.
"Games theory", with relevance to driving behaviour, might be applicable here.
I'd model street racing as a stochastic process.
The game of autmotive chicken is classic iterated prisoners' dilemma though, innit.
imbecile said:
The game of autmotive chicken is classic iterated prisoners' dilemma though, innit.
Finite or infinite iteration?I rather like the game theory for the game of chicken. The superior strategy is to remove your steering wheel and show it to your opponent and throw it out of the window.
With the Caterham, I finally have a removable steering wheel.
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