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I'm not a fan of YouTube links but these two are just one OMG moment after another! No one killed or injured - somehow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeX4LMMfIm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEr0xDnIPmM

You WILL be amazed

I'm astonished by the high stupid content in both videos!

Wow!

Although I think some (not all) of the aeroplane clips looked worse than they really were, thanks to ambiguous perspective...

Several of the plane ones were standard landings (I've seen the one over the beach before) and some appeared to be test flights; test pilots are often ex-military pilots and do some of the most incredible things trying to push passenger jets to their limits.

A lot of the others were stupid though!

The train track ones get me. The way that a cool casual "yeah look I'm sauntering across the railway track" turns into a near-death experience one second later...and in the one at the Indian station no-one even bats an eyelid!

The other day i was in town, reading a recently purchased magazine and drinking a delicious can of Red Bull, and i decided to perch on top of one of those telephone junction box doohickeys because thanks to Gordon Brown im a man of leisure these days. For man of leisure read: Bum.

I sat on it cross legged and i guess i was about three foot from the ground. Next thing you know a ' Security Guard ' from the precinct ambled over and told me i had to get down in the interest of Health and Safety.

My point, because there is one, is how on earth Health and Safety have not got their teeth into Rally Cross? Those people just stand on the side of the road milli vanilli with no barriers and seemingly no precautions, yet im not allowed to elevate myself 3 foot from the ground. I was drinking Red Bull for Jehova's Sake, i would have had cat like reflexes if i had fallen.

Only a matter of time before they do spoil everyone's fun im sure, im just suprised its taking this long.

Grimshaw wrote:The other day i was in town, reading a recently purchased magazine and drinking a delicious can of Red Bull, and i decided to perch on top of one of those telephone junction box doohickeys because thanks to Gordon Brown im a man of leisure these days. For man of leisure read: Bum.

I sat on it cross legged and i guess i was about three foot from the ground. Next thing you know a ' Security Guard ' from the precinct ambled over and told me i had to get down in the interest of Health and Safety.

My point, because there is one, is how on earth Health and Safety have not got their teeth into Rally Cross? Those people just stand on the side of the road milli vanilli with no barriers and seemingly no precautions, yet im not allowed to elevate myself 3 foot from the ground. I was drinking Red Bull for Jehova's Sake, i would have had cat like reflexes if i had fallen.

Only a matter of time before they do spoil everyone's fun im sure, im just suprised its taking this long.

For 'Health and Safety' please see other such preset reasons such as 'National Security', 'Public Safety' and 'For your own damn good'....

OT: some of those train ones are nuts!

TheStoner wrote:I'm not a fan of YouTube links

Eh? Not a fan of youtube links? Why not?

majortom wrote:

TheStoner wrote:I'm not a fan of YouTube links

Eh? Not a fan of youtube links? Why not?

Because a forum can quickly get clogged up with everyone posting their favourite "you must watch this!" link. YouTube itself is obviously fine, but I think posting links should be kept to a minimum.

Grimshaw wrote:I sat on it cross legged and i guess i was about three foot from the ground. Next thing you know a ' Security Guard ' from the precinct ambled over and told me i had to get down in the interest of Health and Safety.

I'm always amazed at how many people throw Health and Safety in as a reason to not do something. You can't play conkers cos of health and safety, you can't roll around in the mud cos of health and safety, you can't run cos of health and safety.

Er, no. It's because if it's an event the person in charge of health and safety are either clueless or lazy and didn't fill in the (very easy to fill in) forms, or people who don't know a thing about health and safety are using it as a reason to stop you from doing something they don't like you doing.

"Data protection" is my other favourite. Yes love, you can't tell me information about me because of data protection. Now would you like to tell me which clause says this?

Sorry. Sore spot...

I'd forgotten about the "Data Protection" cop out ^^ kind of goes nicely with the "National Security" one.

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Those train track ones make me really cross. The world is in a sad state if people (read: chavs) have nothing better to do than run in front of trains, and they obviously don't give a toss about the train drivers who have to quit their jobs and turn into nervous wrecks after they've hit someone, or their families who will lose their beloved little scrote in a senseless way.


In other news, I won't post links so as not to annoy Stoner ( ) but if you search for "Ghost Rider" on YouTube, you can see a black leather-clad chap doing what we all wish we could do sometimes - ride an incredibly powerful motorbike, give the cops the finger and zoom off into the distance

I'll allow the odd link here and there - as long as they're really good.

kolm wrote:"Data protection" is my other favourite. Yes love, you can't tell me information about me because of data protection. Now would you like to tell me which clause says this?

Sorry. Sore spot...

Data Protection is the most convenient excuse ever where I work.

If I tell someone that the AA can't pass me their details because of an incompatibility in computer systems, the client complains.
If I tell someone that I can't use the same details they used last year to pay because our computer deletes them after they've done their purpose, the client complains.
If I tell someone that I can't discuss details of an ongoing claim because the insurers are closed at 7pm (Orly?), yep, you guessed it, the client complains.

"Data Protection Act mate, love to be able to *get your details/set up a direct debit on last years details/discuss a claim* but my hands are tied I'm afraid"

EckoZero wrote:Data Protection is the most convenient excuse ever where I work.

I just hope I never have to deal with the company you work for, then. DPA is a safeguard to make sure your personal data is kept safe, not an excuse for poor customer service.