Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Calendar
Monthly
Weekly
Agenda
Archive
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support Hardline Crawlers :
Forums
Rock Crawling Forums
General Discussion
Race Safety - Was "How young is too young?"
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="tallnate" data-source="post: 488991" data-attributes="member: 3217"><p><strong>Re: How young is too young?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>yep when I saw this post I was already thinking the same thing.. I saw this kid in his little custom mini razor below tub rock on friday afternoon right before you and Ricky B showed up. My friend and I were talking about it when he showed up, awesome little razor but man we were thinking this kid is a little too young to be solely operating a vehicle. I will say his dad had him trained well. When they left he hopped right in line behind his dad and stayed 5ft off his bumper the whole way out.</p><p></p><p>I guess my concern with this whole discussion is how and if young/inexperienced drivers can handle the vehicle if something fails. Knowing how to react to unforeseen situations like a throttle sticking or a steering component letting go is something that only comes with experience I think. Reminds me of that video of TC driving Shelby's buggy when the throttle sticks right as he was pulling one of those U-turn maneuvers to keep from rolling over and within a split second he's headed straight at the crowd with the engine on the rev limiter. Luckily he had enough experience to immediately hit the ignition off to keep from plowing over people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tallnate, post: 488991, member: 3217"] [b]Re: How young is too young?[/b] yep when I saw this post I was already thinking the same thing.. I saw this kid in his little custom mini razor below tub rock on friday afternoon right before you and Ricky B showed up. My friend and I were talking about it when he showed up, awesome little razor but man we were thinking this kid is a little too young to be solely operating a vehicle. I will say his dad had him trained well. When they left he hopped right in line behind his dad and stayed 5ft off his bumper the whole way out. I guess my concern with this whole discussion is how and if young/inexperienced drivers can handle the vehicle if something fails. Knowing how to react to unforeseen situations like a throttle sticking or a steering component letting go is something that only comes with experience I think. Reminds me of that video of TC driving Shelby's buggy when the throttle sticks right as he was pulling one of those U-turn maneuvers to keep from rolling over and within a split second he's headed straight at the crowd with the engine on the rev limiter. Luckily he had enough experience to immediately hit the ignition off to keep from plowing over people. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Latest posts
2-2.5 ton Rockwell’s new in crates
Latest: Piros 1
Yesterday at 2:42 AM
Off Road 4x4 Parts For Sale
For Sale
Jeep TJ tube buggy for sale $32,000.00
Latest: Piros 1
Yesterday at 2:41 AM
Vehicles For Sale
T
For Sale
85-91 Ford Kingpin Dana 60 $2k
Latest: truck-oholic
Friday at 3:58 PM
Off Road 4x4 Parts For Sale
Pluging holes
Latest: baldduck74
Wednesday at 3:56 PM
General Discussion
Trail gear hydro assit on a toyota
Latest: baldduck74
Monday at 12:27 PM
General Discussion
Forums
Rock Crawling Forums
General Discussion
Race Safety - Was "How young is too young?"
Top