Boy Racers making life hell...?

Daaryl

What's your opinions on this? If anybody does not know what toughers is, It's a place where car enthusiasts go every month to do some donuts at the back of a restaurant in carlow, I was under the illusion the property owner granted permission for the meeting point on his land considering I was in the establishment on a "cruise" night and had a very warm welcome from the staff. Surely if it was that much of a hindrance and had been an ongoing issue the owner of said property would employ the use of gates. The gaurds do come in but they don't say anything to anybody at all, So it's under the feeling that they don't care once people don't go out on the road.. That's what they said to my friend anyway.. I don't see how people doing donuts in a big wide car park is hurting the world at the end of the day, And there's alot worse and more important things to be worrying about at the end of the day instead of a few lads and girls doing donuts in a car park outside carlow town..

rubin_spitfire

If the spokesperson for the restaurant is speaking the truth; these people are scumbags.

challengemaster

The noise carries for miles.

I'm all in favour of people taking an open-arms approach to providing areas for people interested in drifting/diffing to do what they may. But a bit of common sense wouldn't go astray either.

2.30am isn't the time to be providing a place for people to go diffing.

Kintarō Hattori

Daaryl wrote: »

.....I don't see how people doing donuts in a big wide car park is hurting the world at the end of the day....

If they're doing this as late at night as the article suggests then were I living in the area I'd be rightfully pee'd off. Noise travels at night and a hard reeving engine and tyre squeals are a really irritating noise when you/your family are trying to get some kip.

CianRyan

Driving at speed, revving their engines, spinning donuts.
They need to get themselves some girlfriends...

Is this a snippet from the Waterford Whisper?

Daaryl

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

If they're doing this as late at night as the article suggests then were I living in the area I'd be rightfully pee'd off. Noise travels at night and a hard reeving engine and tyre squeals are a really irritating noise when you/your family are trying to get some kip.

Yeah i understand that, But people don't have the money to go to mondello and racetracks so they turn to the next solution and that's do it in car parks some people turn to backroads and you get the other eijits who do it on main roads and others who do roundabouts..

Damien360

Haven't seen boy racers drifting since the end of the boom here. Recession must be over.

When we did have them doing donuts years ago, you were wasting your time calling the guards. Until someone dies, they don't want to know. Unsocial behaviour is not on their radar.

Special Circumstances

CianRyan wrote: »

Driving at speed, revving their engines, spinning donuts.
They need to get themselves some girlfriends...

Is this a snippet from the Waterford Whisper?

Any mention of wheelies? Love it when journos use wheelies and modified cars in the same sentence.

Daaryl

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Any mention of wheelies? Love it when journos use wheelies and modified cars in the same sentence.

Don't forget the screeching brakes :pac:

CianRyan

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Any mention of wheelies? Love it when journos use wheelies and modified cars in the same sentence.

I wouldn't even call this lad a journalist.
Bottom of the barrel stuff really, completely disregard it.

Sclosages

Daaryl wrote: »

Yeah i understand that, But people don't have the money to go to mondello and racetracks so they turn to the next solution and that's do it in car parks some people turn to backroads and you get the other eijits who do it on main roads and others who do roundabouts..

I know what you mean.

I feel like murdering a lot of people but I'm finding I'm having to go on backroads. And things like that.

eviltwin

Had it in my area for a few weeks during the summer and getting a decent nights sleep was impossible. For that alone I'd string up the fcukers.

chocksaway

Id say the issue here is the liability in case something happens.

Who's going to be pursued for damages if there is an accident? The owner, the management of the restaurant or the lads driving round. Could end up coming back on the occupiers public liability for providing an opportunity for the cruises and somewhat enabling it.

challengemaster

CianRyan wrote: »

I wouldn't even call this lad a journalist.
Bottom of the barrel stuff really, completely disregard it.

This is where people interested in the scene do themselves no favours. Disregarding actual genuine complaints because it doesn't agree with their stance. The journalism may not be the best in the world but it is making a point - If you're being given a place to go and mess - don't do it at 2.30am when people in earshot are trying to sleep.

clairek6

I live near a motorway and every friday saturday night we have them here going around roundabouts then down the motor way and back again all at 12/1 at night. Some pain!

Jesus.

CianRyan wrote: »

I wouldn't even call this lad a journalist.
Bottom of the barrel stuff really, completely disregard it.

The article says the bloke is from Palestine

Damien360

Jesus. wrote: »

The article says the bloke is from Palestine

You need glasses

puddinboxxx

Bastards..they should be off binge drinking and doin drugs like everyone else there age.....

dmc17

If I was trying to run a business and had people coming in doing this in my car park to the annoyance of my customers, I would be inclined to put down a few tyre shredders to start with.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Young hooligans.
The man's only trying to run a fair business like.

Wonder why he was being picked on?

slimjimmc

Jesus. wrote: »

The article says the bloke is from Palestine

Well Jerusalem is only a few miles away across the border.

The restaurant was a popular truck stop/refuelling station and you can still find trucks parked up there overnight. It's probably not feasible to install a gate and even if it was, the size of the entrance would make it an expensive option.

dgt

Snigger

Put up a f*ckin gate

CianRyan

challengemaster wrote: »

This is where people interested in the scene do themselves no favours. Disregarding actual genuine complaints because it doesn't agree with their stance. The journalism may not be the best in the world but it is making a point - If you're being given a place to go and mess - don't do it at 2.30am when people in earshot are trying to sleep.

Well as you know, I'm from nowhere near the place so I'm certainly not a part of that scene. I've never been there.

I can take serious complaints on board all day long but the "journalist" and the supposed interviewee both come across is fuxking eejits so it's hard to take either seriously or even believe half the ****e that's written.
Because a tabloid has never made up a story for the sake of drama and sales...

challengemaster

CianRyan wrote: »

Well as you know, I'm from nowhere near the place so I'm certainly not a part of that scene.

You're interested in RWD car shenanigans. That's what I meant. Seems everyone else understood that too.

CianRyan

challengemaster wrote: »

You're interested in RWD car shenanigans. That's what I meant. Seems everyone else understood that too.

Haha, I own a RWD car and do plan on bringing it to drift days in Mondello, that much is true.

I can count on two fingers the amount of times I've made a car go around in a circle and both times were very isolated farm/bog land and not in the middle of the night.
I think you have a bit of a skewed view of who I am and what I do in my spare time.

Supergurrier

Will eventually come back and bite the business owner on the arse when an accident happens.

Time and a place and all that.

Noccy_Mondy

There's lots of drifting clubs around and I don't mind lads taking part in all that craic in a controlled environment, at a decent hour. For example Knock has a drifting society, near the airport, but in the middle of the night, you get crowds of lads on public roads around the airport jig acting. Brings a bad name to the club, as it's thought of as being their fault. Quite funny actually, there's a quiet road that runs parallel along with the runway for the 2km or so. I've seen some lads trying to race planes as they take off, at over 170km/h..... (The planes that is, the cars wouldn't get a chance to build up to that in time!)

slimjimmc

CianRyan wrote: »

Well as you know, I'm from nowhere near the place so I'm certainly not a part of that scene. I've never been there.

I can take serious complaints on board all day long but the "journalist" and the supposed interviewee both come across is fuxking eejits so it's hard to take either seriously or even believe half the ****e that's written.
Because a tabloid has never made up a story for the sake of drama and sales...

While "a living hell" certainly seems hyperbolic the night-time antics has been going on for a number of years. Palatine is only 1km away (as the crow flies) across flat land with only a few low hedges in the way so it's entirely credible the sound could be heard clearly there in the dead of night.
Sound can travel much further in the colder night air especially if you're downwind.

rubin_spitfire

And obviously these people know exactly the effects of what they are doing.

Tail Docker

rubin_spitfire wrote: »

If the spokesperson for the restaurant is speaking the truth; these people are scumbags.

Lol. They must have destroyed the car-park in Newbridge too...

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