car meet 17 injured

adam cool dude · 19 Jul 2019 at 20:14

The thing is there are so many great things going on all over the country for the car enthusiast it is just the brain dead Instagram generation are too lazy to look. Silverstone classic is next week. The week after you have BTCC at Snetterton. Even my local track Cadwell has historical racing on this weekend. Never understood these "Maccy D" meets as you rarely see anything rare or decent and the conversation is not what I would entertain.

Dis86 · 19 Jul 2019 at 20:32

adam cool dude said:
Never understood these "Maccy D" meets as you rarely see anything rare or decent and the conversation is not what I would entertain.

That's because you're not a moronic ****wad.

IvanDobskey · 19 Jul 2019 at 21:10

Yep, the maccy D's, Barryboys type morons, loads round here too. They aren't car enthusiasts, they're cretins.

Tony Edwards · 19 Jul 2019 at 22:36

Terminal_Boy said:
Once upon a time, Hertfordshire plod would have used such events to fill their Christmas Party Fund by nicking everyone there and having the Magistrates hand out a bunch of tasty fines in court.

Was this in the day that police forces got a share of the fines to spend on what they wanted?

Flibster · 19 Jul 2019 at 22:56

Aaaah, Stevenage... You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

(I'm in a nice place about 5 miles from Stevenage. )

loltim · 20 Jul 2019 at 01:30

mrk said:
The bystanders on the central res also need slaps. That's not an area for pedestrians.

They got slapped by a car tbf. I think they've learnt their lesson

Django x2 · 24 Jul 2019 at 20:35

Julian Castoalaoalananoaoao looks like a massive ********** and everything that is wrong with, well, young men in general.

grudas · 24 Jul 2019 at 23:07

Police didn't know lol. There is a video of police driving by not long before the crash and stopping to check it out before leaving. They knew, covering their arses. End of day you don't need much. Park a police car by the exit and it'll return to normal. You can't ban these events but I guess they've got no resources to sit there watching them. As far as fault goes the Toyota guy is mostly at fault here in my opinion. Didn't help by the fact that the Z was speeding but even then you don't pull out of a junction at speed when you can't see what's coming.

Rroff · 24 Jul 2019 at 23:13

grudas said:
Park a police car by the exit and it'll return to normal.

The big one near work I think half the reason it looks like it is so boring is that the police cruise by 2-3x a night hah - they usually don't do anything other than show their presence until near the end then grab some low hanging fruit. They obviously have someone undercover though as more than once I've seen them pounce on specific vehicles out of nowhere as they are leaving.

MartinPrince · 24 Jul 2019 at 23:18

grudas said:
....Toyota guy is mostly at fault here in my opinion. Didn't help by the fact that the Z was speeding but even then you don't pull out of a junction at speed when you can't see what's coming.

Yeah I saw a previous one of the same stretch of road and there's a police car parked near by so all the cars are just obeying the speed limit. You're right on the fault as well, clearly the Toyota guy's fault.

Hotwired · 24 Jul 2019 at 23:45

beachBOYken said:
What idiots, hope they all get harsh punishments that caused this, but worrying that the police were not even aware of the event!

Article says they were in contact with a police liaison officer in case of people messing about so apparently the police were aware people were having meets.

Doesn't mean anyone was aware of or encouraging stunt driving. Organiser seemed quite clear in saying he was only organising a static event.

lordrobs · 25 Jul 2019 at 08:57

So... The guys in the Toyota didn't have a scratch on them yet the roof had to be cut off? Also states he works at a Toyota garage and was from out of town... I wonder which garage was down a demonstrator the following morning?

Yaayuh! · 25 Jul 2019 at 09:10

lordrobs said:
So... The guys in the Toyota didn't have a scratch on them yet the roof had to be cut off? Also states he works at a Toyota garage and was from out of town... I wonder which garage was down a demonstrator the following morning?

Letchworth Steven Eagell maybe