Legalities of off-street burnouts

[Kable72]

Originally Posted by superyob

I am so tired of people banging on about their so called loss of freedoms just because it's illegal to do or watch dangerous acts of stupidity that cost the taxpayers billions in medical bills and on going care when the inevitable fatality or maiming happens. When you can pay your own life long medical bills, you can go train surfing or bungee jumping without the cord for all I care. I for one object to the 'I can do anything I want and everyone else has to pay' mentality...

What the **** are you on about, mate? No one here is saying anything about the I want to do anything I want and everyone else gets to foot the bill at all. If that is all you have gotten out of this topic I suggest you walk out the same door you came in through, it's still open. There is a difference between doing a couple skids that have the chance to go wrong and train surfing which has the guarentee that something will go wrong. It's like motorbike riding on your own property, you're hardly allowed to do that anymore which is a loss of freedom as you mostly don't get facilities to ride your off road bikes on anymore that isn't a track instead of a field where you can fang it around as fast as your bike can go. You're talking extremes here that natural selection will take its course for instead of sport.

[tex]

No point.

[PG2]

To the OP.

Has the solicitor got back to you with an answer? I was just wondering what their interpretation of the whole matter was?

[poppa smurf]

daniel_rosie (OP) have you spoken to the police sergeant to see what is needed to bring this pad up to scratch to allow the activity or what the problem is with it?

possibly council as well.......if these requirements could be met (whatever they are) then there should be no problem apart from a few extra safety measures needed which would be outlined by council or Police.

far better to have this activity under controlled conditions rather than a spur of the moment thing

[BadMax]

Tex has surmised it perfectly. Things do and will go wrong, many of them are nothing more than wrong place at the wrong time. Bit like all the nanna's lately in Victoria ploughing through shop fronts.

If you want to to start banning risky behaviour lets start with a few activities;
Sky diving
Rock climbing
Cycling
Scuba diving
Horse riding...

Yeah, pretty silly isn't it? Freedom of choice is being eroded in Australia, we are being conditioned to having someone look after us just in case. Have a look at the many OH&S laws, they've been put into action to save idiots from themselves, well maybe they should be saved?

Life must be pretty boring for those who don't take any risks. On the same subject, those non risk taker shouldn't dictate to others what 'their norm' is.

[superyob]

These activities are not illegal acts...

[Kable72]

Originally Posted by superyob

These activities are not illegal acts...

Neither are burnouts unless they're on public roads.

[FGII-XR6]

Originally Posted by Kable72

Neither are burnouts unless they're on public roads.

That's the whole point of this thread, it has well and truly established that burnouts are illegal unless they are carried out at a legally sanctioned event

[tankclare]

Bottom line is you can either talk with the authorities etc to see how they want you to run it and cover your *** so everyone is happy. Or you can continue to do burnouts as you are knowing full right there are possible chances you could get in trouble. It may happen, it may not. Thats up to you guys.

The idea of a private burnout pad away from public roads is a top idea and more people should do it.

[daniel_rossy]

Originally Posted by PG2

To the OP.

Has the solicitor got back to you with an answer? I was just wondering what their interpretation of the whole matter was?

Nah haven't heard anything back from the solicitors.
The plan is to hear what they have to say first, and then talk about it to the sergeant of the local police about it and see how we can get around it.

The owners probably should have sort after written legal advice first before putting the concrete down (because it cost a lot) but spoken advice from a lot of people including police officers said that it should be all good so they did it anyway.

Not really in a rush because the paddocks are really wet so would be hard to take cars that aren't 4wds in there anyway.

[wicksy]

I wanna be Mick Brashers Neighbour!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_TtW...iap1sliWlGsREQ

I always thought private property, as long as your neighbours dont care, no one cares,