Most liked posts in thread: Mad Driving again

Completely agree, there is no reason for anyone to be using Midland Road for 30 minutes after a game apart from to vacate the area.

 

Makes logical sense, but do you think the police will want to risk inconviencing or upsetting the locals. Not a chance

 

No doubt it will be done after an 'incident', lessons will be learned and plans put in place to ensure it doesn't happen again.

 

As with all this type of thing even if the club applied I don’t think it would be agreed as there is probably no official history of most of the incidents as people don’t bother reporting them. As there is no official record of them, in the eyes of the council when making the decision they didnt happen

 

At least someone’s actually taken some action. But unfortunately I can’t see much happening unless there is a serious incident, which is terrible to say. I agree with @Nottsy that the person obviously had no intention of harming anyone or they simply would have it’d be easy to do if the intent was there. But that doesn’t stop them being morons, everyone knows that at any sporting event in the world or any other event that has 1000’s people there will be human traffic outside once it’s finished, there aren’t many places where there’s enough room for everyone to simply walk on the pavement.

Even with no intent one day one of these idiots will lose control and cost innocent people their lives, I’ve seen grown men confident drivers lose control before, and that’s all it would take. All because someone is showing off, trying to intimidate people or just in a rush when a major sporting event is on. Whatever the reason all it takes is a child to run out into the road, or them lose control or something like break failure and that’s it.

I hope you reported the incident @Park bantam as you were quick to make a thread about it?

 

It's not just as simple as that, someone has to foot the bill of of closing off every road including all side roads and as police don't really do road closures for football matches other than temporary ones for away fans to get away or bubble travel it would rest on us to foot the bill which would involve paying an agency and if you are only using them for 30 minutes then i doubt they'll get people to work half an hour shift. Also if you would then have to make all local residents that will be affected by this aware and most likely they would raise an objection then it costs loads get the permission needed. Also if parking was still allowed on Midland Road then you'd need new clear signage to make sure people are aware they can't move their car for 30 minutes as away fans will park on there which will be unaware of the restrictions.

 

‘Local’

 

‘Local’

 

Go to Leeds Road and see for yourself. In fact come to Keighley as well.

It's like Death Race 2000.

 

Don’t try and twist my words. ‘Locals’ and locals implies 2 different meanings.

 

By putting it in inverted commas I think he was trying to suggest that the local’s he speaks of aren’t so local. By using phrases like that and “the other lot” the racists know that they can fend off any accusations of being racist by getting into semantics. Old school trick mate.

 

I’m not looking for anything, I’m simply reading his post exactly how it’s written. Single inverted commas in the context he’s used them is there to signal irony I.e the opposite of what is actually meant. Kind of like how someone who doesn’t know how to draw might be described as an ‘artist’ or how Bowyer recruited 15 ‘footballers’ in the summer- both terms obviously used loosely. Take that element out of it, just describe them as “2 locals” and this wouldn’t even be a discussion.

 

An interesting number of opinions and comments on what are in no way racist incidents. As Nottsy alluded to its young idiots trying to be wannabe gangsters, whoppers who have played far too GTA5 on the xbox. The fact we see more cars of asians involved around inner city Bradford is because of the laws of averages, there are far more of them around the inner city thats a fact. I would say there is a problem with the driving amongst the younger asian fraternity but i'm not sure of the reason? Its not prevalent amongst the older generation but Bradford has become a racetrack for Audi RS3 and Golf GTi drivers.

 

I was trying to be polite. You are trying to twist what I said to suit an agenda.

For your information, I have Irish and Italian family and Asian friends. So to put your mind at rest I am not racist.

 

I think there should be a height restriction like they have at theme parks for small people (sorry @Fordy117 ) under a certain height so they cant drive huge 4x4's as they cant see over the steering wheel.

 

First car I ever attempted to drive, would go anywhere except in a straight line.
Great fun.

 

My dad had a green one, loved the design too. I remember watching car rallying on Grandstand and always routing for the Ford Anglias to win

 

No I was on Manningham Lane.