The concept of the state telling you many kids to have etc is called 'the
nanny state' and has died away a bit in recent years.
In the UK motorsports does not have a powerful lobbying group and doesn't
have a fraction of the TV coverage of football. On the day Damon Hill won
his first Grand Prix it wasn't being reported on radio sports results, even
after a pile of minor league football results. I rang and complained about
that and the Damon Hill news was reported in later bulletins.
Lots of people, including those that live near motorsports venues would be
happy for them to be closed down and motor racing to cease. One of the
biggest issues in motorsport in the UK is noise. There are strict limits for
most but not all race meetings.
The UK does not have the same kind of car culture the USA has and has to be
sure not to draw 'incoming fire' by anything that might be seized upon by
the media as irresponsible.
So the 'racing group' which is actually the UK sanctioning body and
control all UK motorsports except 1/4 mile dirt track oval racing/banger racing
is THE authority. All motor racing clubs, like the MG Car Club and real
motoring racing 'groups' regional associations etc will be members of or
affiliated to the UK sanctioning body. In fact it will be their democratic
process that forms the rules.
So in summary, the national sanctioning body for UK motorsports
_http://www.msauk.org/custom/asp/home/default.asp_
(http://www.msauk.org/custom/asp/home/default.asp) as well as it's member
clubs don't want to create any
trouble for the sport or give it a bad image. Remember, this is a country
that
outlawed fox hunting (but not shooting foxes). They don't want to see
motorsports banned (rallying for example) or restricted. They have a tough
job
with the PR and it only takes a couple of guys with numbers on their cars
have an accident and it will be in the national newspapers the next day
with environmental groups calling for a blanket ban on motorsport.
Weslake-Monza 1330
In a message dated 19/05/2011 22:01:19 GMT Daylight Time,
ladaniels at sbcglobal.net writes:
that this racing group can tell the people what they can or
cannot do while not at the track. Seems to me that if they aren't at the
track the racing org ought not have a say in anything they do. It ain't
their concern.
Any other intrusive rules like telling you how to vote or how many kids to
have?
LAD
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