Mt. Baker trip - Safety issues (& Pictures) - What do you think?
I am the proud new owner of a '92 Silver/Black NSX. For me the Mt. Baker trip was a great opportunity to meet fellow sports car enthusiasts and admire some truly remarkable equipment.
But I am ashamed of myself for participating in the reckless speeds much of the group traveled at on parts of the trip. Ownership of a beautiful sports car does not exempt me from the exercise of common sense and respect for the law. As a novice greenhorn I was in way over my head. I was a danger to myself, other drivers in the group and unsuspecting drivers and bystanders along the way. Why I did not pull out and trail along behind is an illustration of how one of these cars plus group dynamics can tempt and blind an otherwise disciplined and respectful driver. This aspect of the outing was a severe disappointment to me and a blot on my conscience.
There is another aspect that troubles me. My reputation as a sports car owner is at stake. My participation was an unspoken signal to others in the group as well as the community at large that I approve and support that kind of driving on public highways. Nothing could be further from the truth.
And I am seriously troubled by the impact on our group's reputation in the general community. Had these cars come tearing through my neighborhood I would have been enraged, cursing sports car owners in general and NSX/S2k owners specifically.
That being said I want to give a huge vote of thanks to Dean for arranging the use of the Mt. Baker Lodge facilities and to both Dean (NSXs) and Ananda's (S2ks) superbly thorough and detailed planning. Thanks a bunch guys.
As a statistics kind of guy I noted that we had 29 cars and 35 to 40 participants. There were 9 NSXs, 12 S2ks, 4 Suburus, 2 'Vettes, 1 Mercedes and 1 Honda sedan. Here's a slide show with some hopefully humorous comments in the Owner's Gallery. http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2284&password=&sort=7&cat=500
Caveats aside, I loved this trip and hope we can do it again soon and even make it an annual event. My hope is that we can conduct it in such a way that it is truly safe for participants and bystanders alike and builds a reputation for us, our cars and our organizations that we can truly be proud of.
I am the proud new owner of a '92 Silver/Black NSX. For me the Mt. Baker trip was a great opportunity to meet fellow sports car enthusiasts and admire some truly remarkable equipment.
But I am ashamed of myself for participating in the reckless speeds much of the group traveled at on parts of the trip. Ownership of a beautiful sports car does not exempt me from the exercise of common sense and respect for the law. As a novice greenhorn I was in way over my head. I was a danger to myself, other drivers in the group and unsuspecting drivers and bystanders along the way. Why I did not pull out and trail along behind is an illustration of how one of these cars plus group dynamics can tempt and blind an otherwise disciplined and respectful driver. This aspect of the outing was a severe disappointment to me and a blot on my conscience.
There is another aspect that troubles me. My reputation as a sports car owner is at stake. My participation was an unspoken signal to others in the group as well as the community at large that I approve and support that kind of driving on public highways. Nothing could be further from the truth.
And I am seriously troubled by the impact on our group's reputation in the general community. Had these cars come tearing through my neighborhood I would have been enraged, cursing sports car owners in general and NSX/S2k owners specifically.
That being said I want to give a huge vote of thanks to Dean for arranging the use of the Mt. Baker Lodge facilities and to both Dean (NSXs) and Ananda's (S2ks) superbly thorough and detailed planning. Thanks a bunch guys.
As a statistics kind of guy I noted that we had 29 cars and 35 to 40 participants. There were 9 NSXs, 12 S2ks, 4 Suburus, 2 'Vettes, 1 Mercedes and 1 Honda sedan. Here's a slide show with some hopefully humorous comments in the Owner's Gallery. http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2284&password=&sort=7&cat=500
Caveats aside, I loved this trip and hope we can do it again soon and even make it an annual event. My hope is that we can conduct it in such a way that it is truly safe for participants and bystanders alike and builds a reputation for us, our cars and our organizations that we can truly be proud of.
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seriously, the accidents happened on the way home with the fellow S2000 gangs. As far as I remembered, they have no lead cars and they are going faster than the original pace since they they are more familiar the road...
jk
