worst red light debate, again!

[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by Mike Carr

This topic gets brought up at least twice a year, if not more. This is the THIRD time since January the red light rule has been mentioned.

The dead horse is no longer beaten. It's been beaten, shot, stabbed, clubbed, poisoned, maimed, butchered, drowned, blown up, and buried.

Regardless of what your opinion of the matter is, this matter should be taken up in a petition, signed by willing participants, and sent to the powers that be at NHRA, IHRA, local bracket tracks, etc. They are the ones who could actually DO something about it. Crying about it on here a few times a year will neither accomplish, nor change, a thing. Send your input in. But please stop bringing it up on here.

The last two times it was discussed on this BB, I didn't initiate the discussion . But, the fact that more people (than just myself,) can understand why this needs to be changed, and would bring it up, means there is interest in it.

I like the petition idea.

It's hard for those open-minded individuals who discuss it on here, to understand the reluctance to this change, since its implementation would just remove the current system's built-in advantage for the faster-handicapped car, over the car in the other lane. The ONLY car not benefitting from this system would be a car that NEVER leaves first.... probably an AA/S car.

Tell me the downside to this.... anyone. If you can. You can leave out the cynicism, and belligerent rhetoric; Ed's already got that covered. It's his hedge agaist revealing that equality and fair play mean nothing to him; he relies on obfuscating the issues and writing an entertaining character assassination, with NO facts in it, to somehow retain his relevance on this BB (it doesn't work, but don't tell him... I enjoy the entertainment aspect,,,,)

Just tell me the downside of it; why it's a bad idea, realizing that when a rule (such as the first red light rule) condones a system that puts ANY car at a disadvantage, it's a bad rule and needs to be fixed.