SIDC @ KH, Saturday 28th July 9 - 12

JohnStewart · Post by **JohnStewart** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:00 pm

Everyone moved up a slot today

Post by **Shug** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:14 pm

JohnStewart wrote:Everyone moved up a slot today

Musical gangbang?

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:58 pm

Yay, only 12 to go

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:06 am

think that puts me on no2 reserve,

with a bit of luck Dan will have the car running by then

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:15 pm

Does anyone know if under-17s are allowed as passengers on these SIDC trackdays? My neighbour's young boy, aged 13, is mad about cars and I thought I'd offer to take him out on track, but not sure if he's allowed as a pax at that age. His parents will be with him, so if they need to sign something, that should be fine.

Cheers,
D

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:24 pm

Yeah its fine, I took out a friends son who is 11 last time. Checked with the marshals beforehand just in case and they were fine with it.

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:33 pm

Cheers Kenny. I'll let them know. I'm sure he'll be chuffed to hear it.

D

Post by ed » Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:56 pm

There is a height restriction iirc but if they are 13 that prob wouldnt apply. cheers

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:40 am

kenny wrote:Yeah its fine, I took out a friends son who is 11 last time. Checked with the marshals beforehand just in case and they were fine with it.

/insert quote here about Kenny 'taking out' a young boy

tonyg · Post by **tonyg** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:56 pm

I took a 9 year old out in the Caterham,but that may be different to an Elise as there is less room to slip about

BTW - they keep pads in the helmet store you can put under/behind small people (they use them for the single seaters)

I had one pad behind and one underneath and my niece was well located by the time the full harness was done up.

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:29 pm

There are different rules IIRC, depending on whether the passenger seat has seatbelts or a harness. At least, I heard that question to someone at a Dreadnought night anyway.

Post by **simon** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:53 pm

Not sure I'd be happy taking a kid out, what if you smack into the tyres. At least an adult fully understands the risks and signs the indemnity form.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:04 pm

simon wrote:Not sure I'd be happy taking a kid out, what if you smack into the tyres. At least an adult fully understands the risks and signs the indemnity form.

100% my feelings too

Been asked many a time to take a small-ish kid out as pax in the 7 - always compared it to taking my elder child (8) out as pax - I'd never do it, so it'd be sheer hypocrisy to take someone else's bairn out....

Youngest for me was a larg-ish 13yr lad

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:28 pm

He ain't really a little "kid". He's 13 and quite a tall lad. I've explained all the risks to his parents. His dad actually used to race in stock cars. I've explained to them that I can't guarantee that something won't happen and told them all the risks involved and that he has to sign an indemnity. He's been out at knockhill in that 2 seater formula ford stylee thing they've got.

I'm ultimatley responsible for him if he's in my car but I think his parents appreciate that I can't predict what other drivers will do. It's up to them whether they let him come out with me or not and they wouldn't have agreed to it if they didn't appreciate the risks. I spoke to them about it before it was even mentioned to him.

After all the talk about how safe tracks are when novices like myself were scared about our first trackdays, I'm surprised you think it's such an issue to take a kid out. No different from taking an adult out IMHO. You are just as responsible for adult passengers as you are for kids.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:04 pm

rossybee wrote:
simon wrote:Not sure I'd be happy taking a kid out, what if you smack into the tyres. At least an adult fully understands the risks and signs the indemnity form.
100% my feelings too

Been asked many a time to take a small-ish kid out as pax in the 7 - always compared it to taking my elder child (8) out as pax - I'd never do it, so it'd be sheer hypocrisy to take someone else's bairn out....

Youngest for me was a larg-ish 13yr lad

Pair o miserable old gits

You dont have to drive it balls out, take it easy so you have no chance of being in the tyres and make a kids day.