Thread: Go cart death

Excellent follow up story about the horror at the easter show tonight on ch9 news - "family that was trapped on the ride yesterday returns to the show today"... This was the 4th story and included a live cross to a reporter who explained that the ride has been closed down, but "there's plenty of other rides still here!".

Oh, and Tiger can play golf still.

I smell a Walkley...

I know a woman that married a Egyptian guy about ten years ago

As soon as they were married she was wearing full length black 24/7

They met at a disco he was a security guy she was 17 ish ironic

Well.....I wasn't going to jump onto this one, but I just couldn't resist. Religion (and anything else for that matter) aside, the operator of the go kart track had an obligation to ensure the safety of its customers and this extends to appropriate attire. Just as they don't allow thongs, flip-flops, or jandals (for any fellow kiwi's), any clothing that may interfere with normal vehicle operation or introduce safety risks should have been identified and dealt with. The operator has every right to refuse a customer based on safety concerns to that individual or others irrespective of which God they prey to. This assessment clearly hasn't hasn't happened in this instance.

Unfortunately the go-karting industry (commercial business - not professional drivers) is one of the biggest contributers to personal injury and hopefully this very unfortunate incident sends a clear message to them .....and it will be a costly one I'm sure!.

If you haven't guessed already I work in he health and safety field!!!

Cheers....

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

I guess if i walked into a bank with a 'head scarf' covering my face it wouldnt cause a drama.

However, don't try it with a motorcycle helmet!

I worked at a go kart track for a few years

I have seen people set on fire run over broken bones you name it ive seen it at the kart track

And most of the time it is people smashing into each other that causes the problems not the operators

You can only tell someone not to do something you cant make them not do it

People find out very quickly that they are not toys

Talk about Oh&S.
I took my son to a track at Pattaya in Thailand when he was about 11.

They had 2 stroke carts but I didn't think anything of it.

Once my son got going it was apparent that they were 175CC or whatever racing carts that could do 100Kmh plus, and here is my son drifting into the straight at 100Km and shaving the pit counter, first time on one.
Luckily he seems to be gifted at anything mechanical and was soon lapping all the adults despite a couple of spins.

This was a pretty terrifying experience as I had visions of being deknackered by a furious wife , if our son ended up in hospital.

Goes to show different standards of nannyness between countries.

I remember at an army show in KL at age 10 he was allowed to fire an M60 , with blanks and staked to a fixed fire line, But I cannot imagine that happening here. Gave him an appreciation that Rambo could not really fire one one handed while running.

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by akelly

By the way - it's not cool to have no empathy for someone just because they don't share your beliefs. Landy owners are better than that.

Cheers,

Adam

Sometimes I feel nothing for others, other times a story saddens me very much, this one fits the first ...... I am sorry her crap religion (include all religions here) got her killed. Shouldn't happen just because you are out to have some fun.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Talk about Oh&S.
I took my son to a track at Pattaya in Thailand when he was about 11.

They had 2 stroke carts but I didn't think anything of it.

Once my son got going it was apparent that they were 175CC or whatever racing carts that could do 100Kmh plus, and here is my son drifting into the straight at 100Km and shaving the pit counter, first time on one.
Luckily he seems to be gifted at anything mechanical and was soon lapping all the adults despite a couple of spins.

This was a pretty terrifying experience as I had visions of being deknackered by a furious wife , if our son ended up in hospital.

Goes to show different standards of nannyness between countries.

I remember at an army show in KL at age 10 he was allowed to fire an M60 , with blanks and staked to a fixed fire line, But I cannot imagine that happening here. Gave him an appreciation that Rambo could not really fire one one handed while running.

Regards Philip A

Hasn't changed a bit either Philip.

Went to a friend's wedding in ****et last year. Part of the "bucks night" activities included a go-karting session (fortunately before the serious drinking and the visits to the girly bars).

The karts we were on there would simply not be available to the general public in Australia. This was just one example we saw over there of laws and standards that demonstrate what a nanny state we are now living in here. A good friend of mine has sold up his properties in Perth and moved to ****et permanently - has bought a flash villa close to the beach in a touristy area, and has recently married a local girl over there. His reason for leaving Australia was simply to get away from the "nanny state" mentality.

Edit : Speaking of nanny state mentality - we can't even type in P H U K E T without some stupid filter blanking us out - you've just gotta laugh at some things.