Thread: Obstaclly Challenged Alternate Route

I think it is a Jap thing. You know the type, "Go on what are ya"
Those of us with the intellect to buy a proper 4wd aren't concerned with such behaviour.

Originally Posted by 100I

Which one do you find most offends you?

None, I get called worse on a daily basis by people I have and will never meet and not due to my antics behind a wheel of a car or a keyboard either




I use my car the way it was built to be used, I tread lightly and try and protect the environment from my impact on it, but, if I don't have the kids in the car and after performing my own risk assessment I make my choice of tracks and traverse it. Sometimes the chicken, sometimes the hard, dependant on the situation at hand. I don't egg others on to do the same thing I do either. Therefore I don't feel I am any of the before mentioned names.

Was gingerly going down the "idiot" track once and stopped to look over to my right where the "chicken" track dropped over a 8 foot ledge after the bank subsided. I thought to myself "Self, lucky you decided to be a ****** this time"

Originally Posted by dobbo

I use my car the way it was built to be used, I tread lightly and try and protect the environment from my impact on it, but, if I don't have the kids in the car and after performing my own risk assessment I make my choice of tracks and traverse it. Sometimes the chicken, sometimes the hard, dependant on the situation at hand. I don't egg others on to do the same thing I do either. Therefore I don't feel I am any of the before mentioned names.

mm. So whats your beef, or should that be Chicken McNugget, then? No one's sticking any labels on you here.

The original question was for those people who choose to take the 'easier' (though not always safer, it seems) route and who find it offensive when 'others' refer to them as being chicken.

From what I've seen that is not the case for most, and for myself. No, I'm not offended.

Originally Posted by 100I

Which one do you find most offends you?

Hi 100I, the original question was based on much wider events that I’m not going into here but the use of the term did not relate to anyone using it to deliberately attempt to degraded someone else but just someone attempting to use the pretext that the term “Chicken Track” was offensive and as such politically incorrect.

This was one or two individual’s opinion, which they are totally entitled to, the problem is that a number of committee members then decided to ban the use of the term, without putting the question to ALL the members for a democratic response to a fairly non-important issue and is just one more example of Political Correctness gone mad.

Before I posted the poll here I posted the question on a number of other 4x4 sites, both here and overseas. To date I have had collectively over 200 responses and NOT ONE has found the term offensive.

Two other clubs, here, have voted on the subject and both decided not to use the term around newer members or something to that effect even though no one found the term offensive.

Of all the replies only one specifically posted he would not use the term but he posted he had never heard of the term and could see it being used offensively and would not use it himself BUT he still still stated that he personally didn’t find the term offensive. BTW he is in Britain.

Probably the best response was from a yank and his reply simply read “Offensive, heck, I’ve heard more offensive things on the Disney Channel”

I think that last comment says it all but my favourite response from an Aussie site was “If they get offended by the term Chicken Track then tell them to GET F#%KED and that way they will be more offended with that term and will forget about the Chicken Track term".

Now I ask you, how could you argue with such common sense

Not offensive, and good to have an option....

I was keeping out of this but there was one gross misrepresentation in Drivesafes last post...

I would like to point out that we as a club did NOT ban the use of the term... we just said we would be more concious of it's use but would keep using it. We as a club have the duty to consider all members views and make a decision on that... i have just got back from a run and the term was used at least 5 times in an hour that i counted. So all really blown out of proportion.

I think perhaps it's a case of "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." In this case the sticks and stones might be assisted by ruts, rocks and dropaways and may damage my steering, supension and drivetrain as well as me.

The problem is not the name, it's when people are made to feel they need to do something more difficult than they want to. A little positive encouragement is a good thing, when it tips over to verbals abuse, it's bad. If saying "the easier track" instead of "the chicken track" is a reminder that it's OK to take the easier road, then it's a good thing. If it is an opportunity to abuse people who say "chicken track" its a bad thing. Since it's clearly the former, frankly, WHO CARES?