Drivers could lose Super-licence for Road Offences

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Originally Posted by Shifter

Bravo, RS. You got it exactly. No team would want a troublemaker driver that would tarnish their image.

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You mean like Lewis' "hooning" - OMG! and Kimi's carousing compared to Renault amd Mclaren in recent years?

I reckon the DRIVER has more to worry about than the TEAM where image is concerned.

ONLY the usual mother Grundy's would think less of Lewis after the silly Australian bs.

Lyíng to the Stewards and the whole world.

He is our role model for sure, the new F1 god.

*Are the fans thinking ......

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

You mean like Lewis' "hooning" - OMG! and Kimi's carousing compared to Renault amd Mclaren in recent years?

I reckon the DRIVER has more to worry about than the TEAM where image is concerned.

ONLY the usual mother Grundy's would think less of Lewis after the silly Australian bs.

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No. The point being the team (employer) knows that the hooning isn't worth getting uptight about, something the FIA can't be trusted to understand.

If a driver became a real problem on the road for something like dui's then I'd expect the team to react negatively.

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Originally Posted by motetarip

What a load of rubbish, penalties already exist for misbehaviour on public roads in the form of traffic laws. Holding a superlicence should in no way be affected by your personal driving.

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True, so maybe for serious infractions on the roads the driver should be locked up for a race or two - let's see how that sets with the teams!

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

I strongly disagree with you.

No driver is responsible for the actions of anyone else. And making a rule so that feeble minded morons might be "protected" is the height of immorality.

The most ridiculous load of bull snot remains the "hooning" nonsense that saw Lewis Hamilton in the dock.

The drivers should turn around to the dratted FIA and tell them what to do. The whole Superlicense rule is nonsense anyway and is a way to excercise control over people.

The FIA is too powerful and now - just like goverment across the world - is beginning to intrude into peoples lives and livelihood.

Thank GOD for the RIGHT to bear arms enshrined in the US Constitution.

:vader: Goddam collectivists!

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I was thinking the same thing till I read this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ing-scene.html

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Originally Posted by wmcot

True, so maybe for serious infractions on the roads the driver should be locked up for a race or two - let's see how that sets with the teams!

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If i get caught doing 130mph plus on UK roads then prison is almost inevitable (although i'm not famous or well-connected). If a driver does the same, gets locked up and misses a couple races then so be it

Athletes shouldn't be anyone's role models. Teach your children right from wrong yourself and teach them there are consequences to every action and they will be far ahead of the game.

I'm sure everyone one these boards is a SAINT on the roads 24/7/365 and has never ever violated a single traffice ordinance in any way. :rolleyes:

As for the british river, he was driving recklessly, caused a fatal accident, AND FLED THE SCENE. He should have been incarcerated. That's Guaranteed vehicular manslaughter in this country.

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Originally Posted by nigelred5

Athletes shouldn't be anyone's role models.

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Yet here, in the real world, they are just that, like any other public figure, and that have to be considered no matter how sweet the image of a world where we aren't as easy influenced may seem.

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Originally Posted by nigelred5

As for the british river, he was driving recklessly, caused a fatal accident, AND FLED THE SCENE. He should have been incarcerated. That's Guaranteed vehicular manslaughter in this country.

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Can't believe he only got five years. What a prick.

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Originally Posted by maxter

Yet here, in the real world, they are just that, like any other public figure, and that have to be considered no matter how sweet the image of a world where we aren't as easy influenced may seem.

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Not to my children they aren't. ;)

The first thing I would point out is the consequesnce of poorly chosen actions. My kids are 9 and 13 and both are already long down the road to learning traffic laws and safe driving on public roads.