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06-22-2007, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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That stuff on the street is just plain dumb.
This kind of nonsense also goes on at the DV Fling every year.
Its all great fun until something goes wrong. Then everyone points fingers.
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06-22-2007, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Palm Coast,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby American CSX 4241 - authentically built
Posts: 2,573
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There's risks involved with everything in life, it's just a matter of degree, and what decision you make being part of it.
That Pro-Mod exhibition burn out was the stupidest, most retarted thing I have ever seen. I cannot believe that out of all the people involved, not one person was smart enough to shoot the idea down for safety. The biggest culprit is the driver. I don't care how great of a human being people say he is, that was the dumbest decision of his life to agree to that. To think that a 2000hp ProMod car doing a burnout down a street is remotely safe, is just unthinkable.
As for comparing this situation to a Cobra doing a burnout, that's pretty comical in it's own right. There is a HUGE difference between a 600hp Cobra doing a burnout and a 2000hp Pro-Mod car doing a burnout. I DO agree that both are dangerous, and lots of things can go wrong when driving a car like a Cobra, but the danger level is definitely WAY lower that that of the Pro-Mod car situation.
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Sal Mennella
CSX 4241, KMP 357 - sold and missed, CSX 4819 - cancelled, FFR 5132 - sold
See my car at CSXinfo.net here >> CSX 4241
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06-22-2007, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Aiken, South Carolina,
sc
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #2457, Sunset Red/Titanium Stripes,460FR, SCJA, TKO 600
Posts: 202
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Spectators and voluntary participants (such as ride passengers) at an organized event such as London Cobra Show, should certainly have the expectation that organizers and drivers would have adequate rules and safety measures in place. Being responsible for your own actions and safety is one thing, it is another altogether when your actions can affect the safety of another.
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06-22-2007, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Prince Frederick,
MD
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 S/C 427 FE S.O. 484 cu in
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Hind sight is 20/20 but I think the problem is the guy was from Down Under and he was driving on the wrong side of the road.
They will band automobiles all together for how many people die on the highways every year.
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06-22-2007, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ellington,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
Posts: 3,478
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As mentioned in the USA Today article:
.......Investigators are also looking into policy decisions made by city officials overseeing the event
.........two police cars drove down the parade route and advised spectators to move farther back from the road. People heeded the warning initially then moved back up for a better look, he said.
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06-22-2007, 05:16 PM
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06-22-2007, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Prince Frederick,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 S/C 427 FE S.O. 484 cu in
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06-22-2007, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kountze,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: CMC, 351 Cleveland, Dual Quads, C6
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Tony, you may be on to something. Does the car go left when they turn right?
Oh yeah, my comment about "thinning the herd" was not a joke.
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