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Well it looks like this years gumball rally 3000 had a fatality..pretty dodging stuff going on with the rally after the accident..Here's a link

http://jalopnik.com/cars/death-in-maced ... 257475.php

They've cancelled the rally and it looks like the guys who did the hit and run have been arrested as they try to flee the country...There are links on the site that show the wreckage of the accident

..thats terrible..i saw Gumball 2005. pretty rash driving on normal roads these ppl were doing..i remember a Continental GT catching up with a GSX1000R at 185mph..and passing it in the most scariest way ive ever seen ..then their Nordschleife tour..had a couple of accidents there too, but not serious...although many ppl were fined for overspeeding on the highways.this rally is meant for fun, but not this.

Most of the "celebrities" participating in it are just pricks. Excuse my language but that how I see them. Rich idiots with no clue about driving.

Rich and stupid is lethal combination.

How on earth did they expect to get away with it. It would have been pretty easy to find out who's car it was.

Gumball has had it now. It became too big anyway.

manchild wrote:Most of the "celebrities" participating in it are just pricks. Excuse my language but that how I see them. Rich idiots with no clue about driving.

My point exactly, cars with pretty serious punch added with not so talented drivers, will always end up in a mess

There doesn't need to be any 'talented' drivers at all if they stick to the speed limits!

Ranald wrote:There doesn't need to be any 'talented' drivers at all if they stick to the speed limits!

But they dont! thats the whole point of Gumball...drive like a maniac and pay the fines with a broad grin..their idea of fun is too dangerous..

Gumball should be officialy banned by government!

1. They are putting in danger other peoples lives
2. They put their own life at risks
3. They PROMOTE reckless driving
4. They motivate the young drivers to drive recklessly

Venom wrote:Gumball should be officialy banned by government!

1. They are putting in danger other peoples lives
2. They put their own life at risks
3. They PROMOTE reckless driving
4. They motivate the young drivers to drive recklessly

Less important than the above, but still worth mentioning:
5. Destroy beautiful/rare cars in the process.

Of course, we don't know the circumstances of the accident......it may or may not have been down to idiotic driving. But, it's fair to say something like this has been coming for quite some time.

In the broader context it appears to me (and has done for years) that doing the Gumball is as much about saying we can break the rules because we can afford to pay the fines and/or have the cars impounded.

There is something very wrong and arrogant about that attitude..........

A slightly different story from AOL

It really needs to be banned, if you want to see rare exotic cars driven fast (and in complete control) go watch a GT race, there's plenty about. If you want to see needless deaths and serious injury then you should be locked up

It's immaturity and stupidity... One or the other there's no going back...

Speed Warning Adverrt:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/555065/sp ... ng_advert/
(a bit shocking)

Venom wrote:Gumball should be officialy banned by government!

1. They are putting in danger other peoples lives
2. They put their own life at risks
3. They PROMOTE reckless driving
4. They motivate the young drivers to drive recklessly

Isn't it illegal in the first place?

Its completely legal, its literally just a drive through Europe. The illegal part is the speeding and dangerous driving that's rife among gumballers.

then it's illegal just like street racing