The YooToob thread

neris · 25-09-2016 6:22pm

SuperS54 wrote: »

Both the tour bus driving and the reaction of the other drivers are unfortunately very much par for the course here, everyone for themselves.

so whats the thinking? you crashed, tough luck and if your seriously injured or die you can just wait until the emergency services come along later?

h3000 · 25-09-2016 7:42pm

Dougie Lampkin just wheeled the whole 37.7 miles of the Isle Of Man TT Snaefell Mountain Course. Absolute hero. I used to love watching him in the World Trials Cahmpionship.

https://twitter.com/RedBullUK/status/780106533682180096

I need to see if there is a full video released in the next few days.

SuperS54 · 26-09-2016 3:40am

neris wrote: »

so whats the thinking? you crashed, tough luck and if your seriously injured or die you can just wait until the emergency services come along later?

There's a lot of &*^%ed up thinking and lack of thinking behind it.

Some are very superstitious and won't stop in case someone died and the ghost is still around looking for a victim to cling to (I know).

In some cases people have been blamed for causing an accident when they stopped to help, particularly 1 vehicle accidents or even people tripping over in the street ~ you must have had something to do with it otherwise why would you have stopped?

What can be worse is with lower speed accidents the immediate action of the driver at fault is to try and have the person who was hit stand up, so you see motorcyclists who have been hit at intersections with the car driver trying to drag them standing ~ sure you'll be grand...

Culture has a huge amount to do with it, if someone is not in your family or immediate circle then *&^% em is the general thinking.

Insurance or lack of it is another issue, cheaper insurance here does not have unlimited cover, for third party injuries it's somewhere around a EU 100,000 cap and for vehicle damage around EU30,000 depends on the policy however if you have a low policy and do significant damage to an expensive vehicle the tendency is to run. There was a horrible practice in the past which has thankfully stopped where injuring a person meant you were personally responsible for their hospital treatment for life, killing them outright meant a one off compensation to the family, so if someone had significant injuries some drivers helped finish them off in order to avoid long term payments...

Anyway, way off topic, TLDR people generally won't stop to help unless they caused the accident and have no choice and then they may make things worse.

nd · 27-09-2016 8:49am

nd · 01-10-2016 7:36am

If you're looking for something to watch. Thanks to the chat thread for bringing these up.

Diabhalta · 01-10-2016 5:39pm

RandomAccess · 02-10-2016 12:07am

"Watch this.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOI8GWoMF4M

Clip is from 2012, but I'd not heard of this before.

R.O.R · 06-10-2016 1:00pm

No other dealer in Cork is going to sell any cars. Possibly no other dealer in the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X3-_OfJiKo

I'm off to buy a Skoda or SEAT from Johnny!

biko · 06-10-2016 9:09pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jk9H5AB4lM

Jesus. · 07-10-2016 1:07pm

rizzodun · 07-10-2016 11:20pm

Jesus. wrote: »

Judging by that trailer, there is nothing 'original' about that series..

RandomAccess · 07-10-2016 11:30pm

I'm rather disappointed they didn't shake it up a bit.

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-10-2016 11:33pm

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Quazzie · 08-10-2016 9:00am

rizzodun wrote: »

Judging by that trailer, there is nothing 'original' about that series..

Yes there is. The staged lines like Hammond's "which arm is broken?" are even more obvious. Wreck of a show. I don't understand how these morons are so popular.

tossy · 08-10-2016 1:07pm

Quazzie wrote: »

Yes there is. The staged lines like Hammond's "which arm is broken?" are even more obvious. Wreck of a show. I don't understand how these morons are so popular.

That was my first though when he said that. I see explosions, dressed in army Gear, old bangers being destroyed ....... they need to stop flogging that poor old horse.

It will however be hugely popular and people will love it.

*Kol* · 09-10-2016 12:33am

Quazzie wrote: »

Yes there is. The staged lines like Hammond's "which arm is broken?" are even more obvious. Wreck of a show. I don't understand how these morons are so popular.

Everybody will still watch it. Including you.