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Originally Posted by passy
... For example, one of my pet hates is when a car is on it's roof and the driver pins the throttle whilst wobbling the steering. After getting various tyre burns from these incidents I soon made my mind up that I wouldn't marshal any cars that are on throttle.
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I agree.
I recently took my 6 year old lad along to a club night and he was really keen to marshall. He's quite a clever and sensible lad for his age, and the first thing I taught him was to look for cars coming before stepping out onto the track.
He did very well, until someone did exactly that to him... just as he picked the car up, the guy span the wheels, scared the life out of him, and he dropped the car on it's roof. When he picked it up again, the guy did the same thing... so my lad just held the car and looked at him until he stopped, then put the car back on the track.
The guy wasn't at all happy about it, but I think my lad did the right thing... It can be very dangerous to apply the throttle when a car is in someones hands.
But back on topic, I think the guy should have his nerve-endings tested... how can you kick a car into a wall and not notice?!