How much longer will IoM TT continue?

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2018 at 13:47 • Filed to: None

It’s always sad when this happens, but they understand the risks and know what they are getting into much like mountain climbers or free divers. While I love watching the Isle of Man runs I feel like it’s just a matter of time before, at the very least, the motorcycle portion of it gets axed.

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DISCUSSION (20)

Ash78, voting early and often > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 13:57

As soon as their cats grow tails...

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Ash78, voting early and often
06/05/2018 at 14:00

Is this a saying? Because I’ve never heard it before and have no clue what this means

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:02

as long as the island continues to make a whole bunch of money of it

For Sweden > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:02

As long as people get all teary-eyed and romantic about young people killing themselves in pursuit of a lap time.

Ash78, voting early and often > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:04

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_cat

Seemed easier than a Thomas and Friends reference because most people don’t even realize Sodor is loosely based on Man.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodor_(fictional_island)

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
06/05/2018 at 14:06

There’s too much truth in this statement

fintail > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:07

Must be a lot of money being made, as I can’t imagine it being permitted in a society that heavily nannies so much else.

Klaus Schmoll > fintail
06/05/2018 at 14:12

The IoM is subject to the crown but not part of the UK or the EU. They can do the fuck they want on their island, hence no speed limit outside of towns for example.

Rico > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:14

This tradition is akin to the running of the bulls.

fintail > Klaus Schmoll
06/05/2018 at 14:15

I was thinking the crown mentality might have transferred.

Svend > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:20

It’s the nature of the beast. They know what they are doing and getting into.

Motor sport is dangerous.

The only true safe way is to not take part.

diplodicus > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:21

I hope it goes as long as people want to keep doing it. Obviously it’s sad when people die when you know if they just hadn’t taken that risk they’d be alive. But if that is what brings them joy then who is anyone to take that away from them when they only endanger themselves.

If you haven’t seen it, watch Road. It’s heartbreaking but at the same time so profoundly beautiful.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Svend
06/05/2018 at 14:22

Yea, I know, and I don’t want to see it go away. I’m just surprised a bit that in this day and age it’s still running given how much more dangerous this particular race is.

Svend > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:34

It’s an island that itself has very very few speed limits with the principle of drive safely and responsibly.

These races are a more controlled environment for motorcycles and cars to race but even then there is going to be accidents be it a wheel slipping out on a bend, a wheel catching a kerb, a wet patch on the road, misjudging a corner and speed, etc...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 14:40

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/risk-and-the-human-race-1826432580

I have another burner, try to guess it! > Rico
06/05/2018 at 14:52

I feel like running of the bulls is better, because it’s up front about the danger. Isle of Man just sounds like a moto race but riders drop like flies on it.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
06/05/2018 at 14:54

I’d like to see IoM TT continue, and I think it will for now, it’s just somewhat surprising to me that it still continues as it does. Most of the other types of sports that are this dangerous aren’t an organized televised event. I think that’s a big difference for a lot of people between “skier dies in avalanche” and “racer dies in crash”.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 15:22

The reason that it still exists is the reason it’s as unique an event as it is. It’s the riders, the community, the culture of the place. I’m convinced that if it had no sponsors or attention outside of the area, the riders would still be there every year.

They televise daredevils and space launches live - this falls somewhere in between those two.

nermal > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/05/2018 at 15:40

As long as people keep registering.

Rico > I have another burner, try to guess it!
06/05/2018 at 18:15

True but at this point any rider participating in it already knows the stakes.