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[Dave R]

Originally Posted by trublu

I'd look it up but the fact remains if he did the burnout outside some ones residence then he cops it.

How would you feel some one doing burn outs in front of your residence.
I'm not condoning the use of fire arm but can understand some one frustrations exploding into rage.
The story itself is vague but I'm sure there is more to it what meets the eye.

You have your views & I have mine.

Well I urge you to look up Marrakai, you will see that there is not one suburban street, it is all flat & straight (ie, perfect visibility) outback bushland. If you also watch the video, you will notice that the young man's property is in the thick of the bush. It is simply not the same as doing a burnout in a built up, residential street with houses near the street, parked cars, kids running around, people driving places- etc.

I generally put extra thought into what I post in the pub, it's a fact-check minefield. That's why, before I posted, I had already looked up Marrakai and knew it was not suburban at all. Thus, what I said to you stands- the old fellow running around with a gun trying to kill people cannot be compared to the burnout itself. Anyone who says that the old fellow was right to not only open fire on the young man but also shoot into his house where his family (including a child) are living is either not being serious or needs a serious kick up the backside. I do see the humourous side of rednecks shooting at rednecks over a burnout, but take a step back and think about how the story would have been written if the child inside the house was shot and killed.

Your grandson was almost hit by a car doing something stupid in a residential area. I agree with you that doing stupid stunts in residential areas can be extremely dangerous and are not acceptable. How would you feel if someone tried to mow down your grandson and your family with a gun? Quite different scenarios, I think.

[pottery beige]

much lols at anti burnout brigade in this thread..

you shouldnt be anywhere near a car doing a burnout.. if youre hurt in the process of dropping skids $10 you were drunk and the POS needed lifting up..

cheers

*official grab top gear skid gang member*

[Itsme]

I do see the humourous side of rednecks shooting at rednecks over a burnout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEPI2PQTHfo

I think this link puts the story in better perspective.

Like I said do burnouts where you don't annoy any one else....enough said.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

well, actually, quite a few that I personally know about and others that I have personally attended,

just in the area of pushing a car around whilst doing a burnout I've attended two degloving of legs and or arms (limbs pulled into mudguard and grabbed by the tyre.

many admissions where exploding tyres with steel belts sections embedding into face, arms, neck.

there has a few where the vehicle ran into trees killing the passenger, one recently that ran into a house.

not mainstream news as the injuries are mainly not life threatening but they do happen.

in this case both of these folks are in the wrong.....but hopefully the law will deal with them appropriately.

interesting to note the responses on youtube.

and just for ACA sensationalism sake.. i call bs on this post..

[burnz]

call for a close!

[pottery beige]

yep...

and just for the bs artists in la la land... your arms and legs arent in the danger zone..

its fingers and feet...........

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

Now look up Marrakai on Google Maps.

Yeah, so? If you live in a rural area you should just harden up and put up with idiots doing burnouts out the front of your house at random times of the day or night?

Since Marrakai is in the middle of nowhere, he probably could of travelled a couple of KMs down the road and found a better place to do burnouts that were not in front of his or his neighbours house.

[ILLaViTaR]

Well that's one ol fella who's expressed his contempt towards the freewill of the problemsome youngster a little too harshly I'd say

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by trublu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEPI2PQTHfo

I think this link puts the story in better perspective.

Like I said do burnouts where you don't annoy any one else....enough said.

Agreed. Although I'd probably leave the shotgun out of it

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Yeah, so? If you live in a rural area you should just harden up and put up with idiots doing burnouts out the front of your house at random times of the day or night?

Excuse me? Read it in context. After a member said that doing a burnout was no better than the act of shooting at someone, I pointed out that (whether the burnout was appropriate or not) doing a burnout in a rural area is not dangerous and did not warrant his neighbour to try to murder him and his family. After being told I didn't read the article properly and that it was in a suburban/residential area and hence much more dangerous than I assessed it to be, I pointed out that it was in fact in Marrakai - a rural area.

At no point did I imply anything you just said, if someone did a burnout up my street I'd be annoyed as hell too. I just wouldn't try to kill their family.

[AWD Chaser]

Keep an eye out for threads such as "How do I patch up a bullet hole in the front bar?" And "How do I remove a bullet from my radiator?"

[flappist]

Well this is possibly not the silliest thread this year but it is in the finals....

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