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No mad Friday on public roads around BSJ. Apparently putting a policeman with a huge machine gun next to the road puts them off... They did also fence off the roundabout, and were restricting access to the spine road.
I did speak to a policeman who said it was due to the injury last year. Not a bad thing to be clamped down on.
I did speak to a policeman who said it was due to the injury last year. Not a bad thing to be clamped down on.
I drove up and down the mulsanne on Friday afternoon, It was very quiet. There were a few people at the chinese restaurant but even if you revved the car police motorcyclists immediately appeared and waved a finger! Zero chance of anyone performing any sort of burnout. (which I was fairly pleased about). In general it did feel very quiet overall. There was a bit of antics going on by Blue Sud /Maison Blanc but it did not last for long.
jdwcd said:
Thankfully we didn't go that way but unfortunately a friend did by mistake.
Any pictures of the idiots there would be appreciated so we can pin point the little s
t bag that damaged my friends merc.
Just spoils it for all.
Several videos on YouTube. Including some knob jumping on an Audi. See what happens next. There are several groups of idiots you may recognise. Any pictures of the idiots there would be appreciated so we can pin point the little s
t bag that damaged my friends merc.Just spoils it for all.
butaclor said:
jdwcd said:
Thankfully we didn't go that way but unfortunately a friend did by mistake.
Any pictures of the idiots there would be appreciated so we can pin point the little st bag that damaged my friends merc.
Just spoils it for all.
Several videos on YouTube. Including some knob jumping on an Audi. See what happens next. There are several groups of idiots you may recognise. Any pictures of the idiots there would be appreciated so we can pin point the little s
t bag that damaged my friends merc.Just spoils it for all.
Jordie bloke said "right, we'd like you to do something if you can, something good, just whatever you think you can if you wouldn't mind".
So I replied that I'd do my best, and he said that would be good enough, and thanked me. Then I let rip a wheel spin. Crowd applauded and I was on my way. That was it, no aggro or anything.
Drove onto Mulsanne expecting it to be packed, it was all very quiet.
Drove in late at night to campsite and the roundabout was full of police. Some complete d1ck decided to stick his middle fingers up at the police van in front of me, so they stopped, door opened, and he got a proper talking to and walked off looking very sheepish - I'm amazed at how much the police were smiling and being diplomatic.
Next time I'm staying East side, I'll miss all this out thank goodness. I drove every day somewhere or other, had no problems at all, but clearly things could have been different if say I'd attempted that last year
It was lucky the guy hit by the Audi was not badly injured. Not sure what I would have done if someone had jumped on my car bonnet. I like to think I would have stopped and got out. And asked him to pay for any damage :-)
You can see how quickly the crowd gets angry and throws glass bottles when the Audi is leaving.
I am glad Mad Friday is being Policed out of existence, I had someone try to open the door of my T5 camper 2 years back, not entirely sure what they intended to do. I now no longer drive on a Friday, and I hope the Police continue to provide the supervision that took place in 2017.
Keep the roads safe, and the car action to where it belongs, on the race track.
You can see how quickly the crowd gets angry and throws glass bottles when the Audi is leaving.
I am glad Mad Friday is being Policed out of existence, I had someone try to open the door of my T5 camper 2 years back, not entirely sure what they intended to do. I now no longer drive on a Friday, and I hope the Police continue to provide the supervision that took place in 2017.
Keep the roads safe, and the car action to where it belongs, on the race track.
Drove down there commenting to my mate in pass seat how they must be doing 'mad friday' round the other side as we hadn't seen a thing, then looked up and thought oh look at all those guys with water pistols, OH st! Of course being so hot had all the windows and sunroof open. Got a proper soaking 
Did see more than one near incident. I imagine the more beer is supped the more excitable things become. All very funny till someone gets hurt, and it absolutely will.
Water Pistols (with water!) on stickered up cars is one thing . General hooliganism is another and not welcome.
t! Of course being so hot had all the windows and sunroof open. Got a proper soaking Did see more than one near incident. I imagine the more beer is supped the more excitable things become. All very funny till someone gets hurt, and it absolutely will.
Water Pistols (with water!) on stickered up cars is one thing . General hooliganism is another and not welcome.
Yes, Mad Friday was very much Sane Friday this year! BSJ roundabout heavily policed, for the best I suppose. Kinda miss the burnouts etc earlier in the day but, yeah, it used to get a bit Mad Max there after dark. The car show down at Mulsanne Corner was good, suprisingly 80% of the cars there were French registered so presumably local.
The Audi video is pretty shocking – no one wants anyone sat on their bonnet, but you can't go hitting people with 2 tons of car. He had room to reverse or go round 'em by the looks of it.
The Audi video is pretty shocking – no one wants anyone sat on their bonnet, but you can't go hitting people with 2 tons of car. He had room to reverse or go round 'em by the looks of it.
Edited by the fury on Thursday 22 June 13:59
the fury said:
The Audi video is pretty shocking – no one wants anyone sat on their bonnet, but you can't go hitting people with 2 tons of car. He had room to reverse or go round 'em by the looks of it.
The Audi video is just a perfect example of stupid meeting stupid meeting stupid. The Audi didn't ask for the first guy to climb on his bonnet, and if that was me I would be very annoyed to say the least. Right hand drive car with nugget drivers view blocked by a drunken nugget sat on his bonnet drives into another drunken nugget standing in the road.the fury said:
The Audi video is pretty shocking – no one wants anyone sat on their bonnet, but you can't go hitting people with 2 tons of car. He had room to reverse or go round 'em by the looks of it.
Easy to say reverse but I also saw a near miss when a driver was encouraged to perform and reversed back so could do a burnout however in the excitement did not realise there was standing staffic right behind him. Thankfully stopped in time with a horn from the chap behind.I doubt hitting the guy was intentional, his view would have been blocked and was prob thinking quickest way to get this idiot off the bonnet is just to drive off.
If the guy on the bonnet wouldn't get off he may have done it to scare him off, and at the same time the guy on the bonnet is blocking his view of the other guy.
It's funny how the ones wanting to fire water, and not always water, into peoples cars and pull other stunts around peoples cars never seem to have their own cars involved.
If people want to pull stunts then that is up to them, but people shouldn't be forced too because they happen to drive that way.
It's funny how the ones wanting to fire water, and not always water, into peoples cars and pull other stunts around peoples cars never seem to have their own cars involved.
If people want to pull stunts then that is up to them, but people shouldn't be forced too because they happen to drive that way.
I went 09/10 for the first time and my experience of Mad friday was carnage but none of the daft st I heard about in recent years.
Was a good laugh, we did some burnouts and the crowd was accommodating with water pistols etc. No malice. Except angering the police.
I went again in 2015 and it was totally different, much quieter except this time people started squirting people in the face while driving and doing stupid st. I am sure i remember someone getting hurt. It was like it had become some massive game of who could be the biggest .
I read the stories from 2016 and this year and it sounds like it needed to stop which is a shame as it was a big part of the trip really.
t I heard about in recent years. Was a good laugh, we did some burnouts and the crowd was accommodating with water pistols etc. No malice. Except angering the police.
I went again in 2015 and it was totally different, much quieter except this time people started squirting people in the face while driving and doing stupid s
t. I am sure i remember someone getting hurt. It was like it had become some massive game of who could be the biggest .I read the stories from 2016 and this year and it sounds like it needed to stop which is a shame as it was a big part of the trip really.
I'll probably sound like one of the 'old fart' / "it was better in the old days" crowd but...
My recollection of mad Friday maybe 10 years back, was the pirate ship and the guy on the motorised sofa going around the camp sites, guys in scouser wigs honing around on go-peds, water pistols for cars with windows open / roof off (and it was water) and some burn-outs on the Houx service road. Lively, plenty of beers had but all good natured. The gendarmes would be around and visible but didn't need to intervene.
In the last few years there seemed to be a more threatening atmosphere in the mob. We like a laugh but this stopped being fun. I'm sorry that the fun element has gone and not at all surprised that the police have stepped in firmly.
My recollection of mad Friday maybe 10 years back, was the pirate ship and the guy on the motorised sofa going around the camp sites, guys in scouser wigs honing around on go-peds, water pistols for cars with windows open / roof off (and it was water) and some burn-outs on the Houx service road. Lively, plenty of beers had but all good natured. The gendarmes would be around and visible but didn't need to intervene.
In the last few years there seemed to be a more threatening atmosphere in the mob. We like a laugh but this stopped being fun. I'm sorry that the fun element has gone and not at all surprised that the police have stepped in firmly.
Zero sympathy for the tools run down. What seriously gets in the mind of these pratts? For the two guys in the car this just went from bad to deadly serious!
They did not want to take part, the crowd got violent and it would have got much worse if the driver and passenger had got out!
They move off slowly and then tossers throw bottles at car!
Scary stuff!
Shame the police were not there to arrest the tts in front of the car.
They did not want to take part, the crowd got violent and it would have got much worse if the driver and passenger had got out!
They move off slowly and then tossers throw bottles at car!
Scary stuff!
Shame the police were not there to arrest the t
ts in front of the car. I think it moved around a bit this year, as the police followed the tts around.
Walking back from the tram early evening (we just went in for a nice late-lunch) there were a few police vans by the roundabout and a few more down opposite the Houx entrance...and some real window-lickers between trying to get people to spin wheels and wondering why people weren't playing. People who had just driven past one wall of coppers and could see the next wall of coppers ahead of them...
The driver of the top-less AM convertable couldn't have played if he'd wanted to but that didn't stop them spraying them/the interior of their car with water pistols.
There was some between Bleu and Maison Blanche around the same time and fewer police that side and from what we could hear was a more good-natured afair.
ts around.Walking back from the tram early evening (we just went in for a nice late-lunch) there were a few police vans by the roundabout and a few more down opposite the Houx entrance...and some real window-lickers between trying to get people to spin wheels and wondering why people weren't playing. People who had just driven past one wall of coppers and could see the next wall of coppers ahead of them...
The driver of the top-less AM convertable couldn't have played if he'd wanted to but that didn't stop them spraying them/the interior of their car with water pistols.
There was some between Bleu and Maison Blanche around the same time and fewer police that side and from what we could hear was a more good-natured afair.
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