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Yeah. I think we're done.

 

Cybr bullying... Naww....trying to be educational, yes...
To post a video of an event, that a MINI business has sponsored you to attend, showing a careless or a reckless act ( thankfully without a wreck...er wreckless) without a disclaimer of some type almost would lead some to believe that the act is common or even endorsed by said sponsors and the community.....
Anytime one does an act with sponsorship, a higher stand prevails, especially when it is done in public with a public recording of the event.
Sure...everybody has done s "bone headed" act or a dumb thing....but if sponsored, you are at work....and messing up at work can lead to unpleasant events....like firings and demotions...when done as an individual, perhaps nothing happens, but as a community, WE OWE IT TO OTHERS, as a service, to call out the ones doing acts that reflect poorly upon us as a whole.....just like any social organization does....does M/A Have a codeified code of conduct, no, but a consus of right, wrong and "a bit too far"....
One can risk your own life anyway you wish...but risk mine for me, and I have a right to be mad as all hell!!! If a member hit the car doing a 3 point turn returning from a dounut run, etc, and death and carnage had occurred....would there even be an argument?!
Frankly, if the person said " sorry, I did not know better" , etc, then that would end it....
But to keep showing it to "friends" as a private video shows that the person is somehow proud, as opposed to embarrassed or mortified at what they did.

 

I'm sorry -but if people taunt, criticize and make fun of you on the internet to the point that you need to assault them or commit suicide - then there is something wrong with you mentally. Fact is the strongest survive call it cruel or Darwinism, but there are too many defective genes being perpetuated in society today .

 

Here I thought it was going to be a left of center extravaganza. I was shouting at the monitor saying don't do it when the MINI stopped around a blind corner & backed up. WTH! :incazzato:

Not sure if it counts as a fail on the dragon, but the GP2 who went left of center on Hellbender & collected a MINI minding their own business coming the other way must take the grand prize of buffoonery.

 

I hope she learned something by posting that video. It was obvious she did not know what she did was wrong & incredibly dangerous.

That is my hope anyway. :fingerscrossed:

 

I get what he's saying, but what puts it over the top is youtube pat on the back the driver gave herself; the "hey, look at me", before she figured out maybe it was better to pull it. If you're going to do something stupid, own it, people will respect it. If you do something stupid, and throw out a "hey, look at me," I have no sympathy.

 

You're right, it is off-topic; making fun of an adult's car's appearance and calling out dangerous driving, after posting a video of driving in a reckless manner that endangers the safety of others, posted on a public youtube video, isn't the same; it's not even close to cyberbullying a teenager....

When we start spinning the perpetrator into the victim, words fail me...

 

This was last year, if you want to get your Dragon fix. Best viewing at 720 or 1080. And yes I stayed in my lane and no three point turns.[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TML0-gxadrA"]MOTD 2013 The Tail of the Dragon - YouTube[/ame]

 

Send it into her insurance company. That should be worth a hoot.

 

Sad part is there are plenty of paved run offs compared to a few years ago.

 

I see that kind of driving all the time here in Columbus on the city streets.... You take that attitude and decision making, put in on the Dragon, which in and of itself becomes a real test of driving skills, couple that with motorcyclist that are driving the "Isle of Man"..... Sprinkle in some 40' freight haulers.....

Yup..... Need a bigger "Tree Of Shame"

 

Oh my, a 3 pointer in the middle of the turn? Yikes! :blush2:

 

wow, you know, if they had pulloffs on the Dragon, folks wouldn't have to turn around in the middle of a bend :biggrin5:

regarding crossing the center yellow. ALL Minis are so small there is simply no excuse for crossing the double yellow....idiot-gives us a bad rep...

 

She's probably embarrassed to drive a MINI now after doing something stupid.

 

The video is private now. Booo. I recognize the paint job from one of the mini groups on facebook. I've resorted to watching youtube dash cam video clips now to get my mini fix on. I guess I'm getting near the bottom of the barrel now.