This is burried in Monte Carlo thread, but you have to see this....

[N.O.T]

Is this close enough for you ??

[Daniel]

You should take note from that sensible guy in the red t-shirt, he looks the smartest of the bunch location-wise.

Jamie tagged that guy as AFF on Facebook

[xavier]

He is luckly gendarme.....
Seen it at least 10 times, unbelievable....

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=hgyZHYRGpTY

Form seb Web site:

Someone told me about the video that is on the Internet, where I brushed past a policeman. I had seen him from a distance, but hey, he did not hurry to cross the road! At no time did I think I was going to hit him. We tend to skim the walls to within 5 cm, and I can tell you that we skimmed him! It is true that it looks impressive on the video!

[A.F.F.]

Jamie tagged that guy as AFF on Facebook

Yep, and he keep insisting that it's me while everybody knows I could never look so sensible as Janne.

[Juha]

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/phot...02927_4976.jpg

This photo was taken at 17mm, and we were about 1.5 metres away - although I will admit he got a bit closer than others

This is my best effort: half a millimetre more away but my lens won't go further than 18mm. The distance is a bit less than 1 metre.




I've had a third "visitor" in that corner, after the rally he sent me an email to say he had recognised me on the onboard camera and wanted to buy the photo. But Belgium isn't a paradise for those who want to get close to the action, all spectator areas are 10 metre zones, not 10 cm like this one.

First prize for getting (too) close goes to my mates for this one:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...06-sortie_auto

Quiz: how close was that to the guys on the left? :

[J4MIE]

Yep, and he keep insisting that it's me while everybody knows I could never look so sensible as Janne.

You look pretty similar to me though :

[J4MIE]

This is my best effort: half a millimetre more away but my lens won't go further than 18mm. The distance is a bit less than 1 metre.

Nice pics Was that a right-hander?

First prize for getting (too) close goes to my mates for this one:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...06-sortie_auto

Quiz: how close was that to the guys on the left? :

Very close, but did they get the pics before they started running? :

[janneppi]

You look pretty similar to me though :

Only from behind and at a distance
to be honest, it could be me in that pic as well, so let's forget the smartness of it.

[satukata]

We have only 1 life so please no more accidents.

In rally finland we have luck 1984
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ay43m_xNhtc 2004...
Only 7 to hospital all save thir life

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Un_xQcaCgbM
Luckily all save their life..

2times 'I have been near bad accident in my home rally.

1995 Bruno Thiry was driving 0-car and 4 spectators walk on the road.
There was very heavy rain so it was hard to hear Gr n cars sound.
It was 6 left....
3 boys jump right 1 girl jump left and bruno turn left..
about 20 years old girl died. My rally feelings was 0. I was only 500 m from that accident place and i saw all what ambulance mans tried to do :-(

Next year SSS Harju in central of Jycäskylä city. Driver from Danmark haven´t notes. Driver take wrong line and speed was about 150km/h and.... then nightmare was live. 1 belgian men died and 34 spectators to hospital.
My frien lost his shoe under car . Belgian spectator was HERO. He jumped over finnish girl when he saw the car. Down was young girl.. then Belgian and then Mitsubishi gr N car.. Thet was the end of SSS HARJU. Hopefully every drivers who try to drive fast have notes and every spectators take one step back.

RIP young lady and Belgian hero

See you in sweden and one step back

[Erki]

I can't help but feel a bit disappointed about the views of most posters here that "the closer the better". I thought serious rally fans like you would be more a little bit more responsible.