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Kizzo
17-10-2007, 06:30 PM
Just saw on the news a segment bagging offroaders and calling us hoons. They think we are endagering lives by driving bush trails because they think we all wreck the fire trails and make it hard for fire fighting trucks to access areas. i think this is crap and it gives me the S*its. They showed footage off Utube of some 4b's driving through some natural washouts and said this is how we wreck the trails. It just makes me mad. If we didnt drive most of the trails they would all just be over grown anyway. Just wanted to vent my anger... Anyone else see this?
grand jg
17-10-2007, 07:25 PM
its the view of the general public, anyone who enjoys motorsports of any kind is a hoon,
its bulshit, your car/4wd (for most people) is the 2nd largest purchase you will ever make, you have every right to enjoy it, within reason of course,
optical
17-10-2007, 09:05 PM
lol
hoon, i thought that was only for performance car owners !
haha poor form channel 7
jsjeep
17-10-2007, 09:36 PM
Just saw on the news a segment bagging offroaders and calling us hoons. They think we are endagering lives by driving bush trails because they think we all wreck the fire trails and make it hard for fire fighting trucks to access areas. i think this is crap and it gives me the S*its. They showed footage off Utube of some 4b's driving through some natural washouts and said this is how we wreck the trails. It just makes me mad. If we didnt drive most of the trails they would all just be over grown anyway. Just wanted to vent my anger... Anyone else see this?
Kizzo i rekon we take some chanel 7 News crew out with us one day and show them we arnt hurtin anythin, except our cars lol
Hekta
18-10-2007, 01:09 PM
Invite them to the Stockton Beach Cleanup day this sunday
lovemewrangler
18-10-2007, 03:33 PM
Invite them to an island, blow the island up
Cj's TJ
18-10-2007, 03:48 PM
Invite them to an island, blow the island up
I thought they already lived on an island, Fantasy Island . . :rolleyes:
xflow
18-10-2007, 04:53 PM
To be honest they are not far off the mark. Tracks that are over used and heavily rutted are a big prolem for the CFA, having to naviagate around a track or even worse having to have firefighters work around on foot puts them at risk and can seiously impact on their ability to get the fire under control.
Mind you the other side to the coin which never gets mentioned is that a lot of the responsible 4x4 community actually significantly assist the CFA by keeping tracks clear of debris and removing rubbish from the forests etc.
Hekta
18-10-2007, 06:14 PM
To be honest they are not far off the mark. Tracks that are over used and heavily rutted are a big prolem for the CFA, having to naviagate around a track or even worse having to have firefighters work around on foot puts them at risk and can seiously impact on their ability to get the fire under control.
The tracks in question (in the youtube video) are not gazetted fire trails.
Nudge
19-10-2007, 01:22 AM
The tracks in question (in the youtube video) are not gazetted fire trails.
Have ya got a link to the video?
Hekta
19-10-2007, 09:35 PM
Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ADwzvtqMdo
and here's the newspaper article that started it all. http://www.macarthurchronicle.com.au/article/2007/10/16/3867_campbelltown.html
resident e
19-10-2007, 10:12 PM
joy, i can already see the outcome for this.I'v been wheeling out there for the best part of 8 years. Sadly the 'city slickers' are encroaching on us and 4 wheel driving is seen as something archaic and socialy wrong.
.....RIP Appin.......
Nudge
20-10-2007, 12:50 AM
Looking at the video I realy didn't see any hoon activity.
They took theire time to get through what trail they had in front of them.
Going by the fuss that's going around it sounded like they were do'in doughnut's or something stupid like that.
Wolfe
20-10-2007, 07:12 AM
Looking at the video I realy didn't see any hoon activity.
They took theire time to get through what trail they had in front of them.
Going by the fuss that's going around it sounded like they were do'in doughnut's or something stupid like that.
The vehicles did look rather tame and I didn't think their behaviour was that bad. they just didn't flex very well
.....RIP Appin.......
Why do you say that ? Was that filmed there? do you know something we dont?
That clip is the wombat holes at Appin. I suppose we shouldnt call them that anymore as some people now think we drive over actual real wombat holes!
Wolfe
20-10-2007, 11:15 AM
That clip is the wombat holes at Appin. I suppose we shouldnt call them that anymore as some people now think we drive over actual real wombat holes!
Thought so, but doesn't that lead to the steps that you're average firey couldn't get up in a landcruiser anyway?
krankieone
20-10-2007, 09:20 PM
I'm a little confused . . . . what were they doing wrong?
dollo72
20-10-2007, 10:12 PM
The following is a link to a local Campbelltown paper which is also bagging the 4wd community for going to Appin. It appeared abt A week ago.
http://www.macarthurchronicle.com.au/
Nudge
21-10-2007, 01:18 AM
I'm a little confused . . . . what were they doing wrong?
GOOD QUESTION.
:confused: I'd like to know myself.:?
Maybe it's because they are not driving Jeep's.:?:
Wolfe
21-10-2007, 01:48 AM
wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't local vested interest, that supplied the info. ie disgruntled local not liking 4x4 using trails, or even national parks!
joy, i can already see the outcome for this.I'v been wheeling out there for the best part of 8 years. Sadly the 'city slickers' are encroaching on us and 4 wheel driving is seen as something archaic and socialy wrong.
.....RIP Appin.......
wtf are you on about? Are you telling me every person from outside the metro area of Sydney drives with total regard for the law & other people?
Yeah riiiiiiight....
Wolfe
22-10-2007, 08:00 AM
wtf are you on about? Are you telling me every person from outside the metro area of Sydney drives with total regard for the law & other people?
Yeah riiiiiiight....
No, I think he means the greenies etc see us as being politically incorrect
resident e
22-10-2007, 04:27 PM
No, I think he means the greenies etc see us as being politically incorrect
Yes wolfe!! thats exactly what i was implying.
Hekta
23-10-2007, 09:48 AM
There are a bunch of editorial letters in retaliation to the article in today's Macarthur Chronicle.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o65/abug_photo/Media/MacarthurChronicle23-10-07page8.jpg
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o65/abug_photo/Media/MacarthurChronicle23-10-07page28.jpg
Wooders
23-10-2007, 12:15 PM
HUH so just when did it become illegal to drive on fire trails??
Is this Norman Jew the love child of Hairy Scrubber???
I'm a little confused . . . . what were they doing wrong?
What they did wrong was put video on utube......
Wooders
23-10-2007, 12:27 PM
Yup definately another Hairy Scrubber....
http://www.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au/council/1172/1209.html
"healthy community by this I mean healthy body, healthy mind and healthy spirit." = "I'm a hippy in a suit."
Committees:
Alternate Transport Committee
Healthy Catchments Committee
Local Traffic Committee
Gay rights for whales
As long as the paper is listening to this nutter it's not going to help what we say - they aren't listening.....
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