Thread: NIMBY's are driving me mad.

Well spoken!!!

I agree with the right to protest. But let's be civilized about it. Use the proper channels and accept the umpires decision.

years ago we has an Endeavour Rally go through our area...We had no warning it was happening, two competing cars were rolled on corners, the dirt road was destroyed from excessive speed and the number of vehicles, we were passed on the wrong side by a competitor, another neighbour had a rock thrown through their radiator by a competing car....Many people in the area were totally off by the reckless driving on roads not suitable for such an event...

I think I may be in the side of the NIMBY's..

I think you have mistaken what a competative Rally special stage is for a Charity Road Run.
Of course they will be going fast, thats what WRC is all about, have you seen the best drivers in the world on any and every surface compete at all?

The roads are closed, you cannot drive on the same road when they are racing the special stages, they have been told for well over 12 months which roads are closing and when.

The government has allocated funds for any road repairs that may be required, but NIMBY's and such will blame any and all damage on the WRC, even though the potholes and corrugations have been appearing for years without the WRC's help.

Glad its in Murwullumbah and not my back yard....

Why bother going to a WRC rally to watch people driving WRX's at high speed........I can watch numbskull would be rallyers on P plates doing it on my street in Adelaide.

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Why bother going to a WRC rally to watch people driving WRX's at high speed .......I can watch numbskull would be rallyers on P plates doing it on my street in Adelaide.

The former can drive and the latter generally can't.

More fun watching a person who thinks they can drive but cant IMHO.

You can send it to my backyard if you want... small minded people drive me insane.

Protesters have been charged with malicious damage, escorted out of rally "meet and greets" for spitting and swearing but worst of all, they forced the abandoment of a stage by throwing rocks at cars and onto the road.
The crowds are many, many times larger than the small group of agitators against the rally, again, they have the right to protest but they do not have the right to disrupt the event.

These people are representing Australia, this is the image they are putting out into the world

I disagree with the protestors actions....there's peaceful protest and then there's willful vandalism. That said, if the world judges Australia by the actions of a radical minority at an event attended by a very small percentage of Australias total population then it suggests that the media covering the event are doing a very poor job and/or the people watching media coverage of the event need to get out a bit more. Its a bit like seeing a Ku Klux Klan rally on TV and assuming that all Americans waltz around in bed sheets and pointy hats.

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

I....Its a bit like seeing a Ku Klux Klan rally on TV and assuming that all Americans waltz around in bed sheets and pointy hats.

They don't?

Originally Posted by corbs

You can send it to my backyard if you want... small minded people drive me insane.

Hear hear! It's the poorly (barely?) controlled and non-sanctioned events that cause havoc and sully the good name of professional, organised motorsport competition. I've been involved in mortorsport of one form or another since I was 16 (I only stopped competing about eight or nine years ago) and it's always the unregulated hoons that give the rest of us a bad image.

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

... Its a bit like seeing a Ku Klux Klan rally on TV and assuming that all Americans waltz around in bed sheets and pointy hats.

I don't care what style of helmets they wear, as long as they're well organised and they repair any roads and infrastructure after their rallies.