Max Power Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 8 minutes ago, wrighty said: And in MGP, many of them are old enough that they didn't need a license when they started out in the 1940s. Possibly 🤣 It's becoming rarer for there to be older riders at the MGP, at one time you got to 40 and you were out. Then age discrimination came to be a thing, now it's going back, newcomers must be under 45 and older riders must demonstrate that they are fit to race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 20 minutes ago, Max Power said: older riders must demonstrate that they are fit to race. Doesn't seem unreasonable. It should apply to anyone. You need a certain fitness to control a powerful motorbike on a 37 mile course. Riders may know the risks, but the organisers need to deal with the hazards that occur with too much regularity and put in danger other competitors, marshals, emergency workers and members of the public. These people shouldn't be being put at risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 36 minutes ago, Max Power said: It's becoming rarer for there to be older riders at the MGP, at one time you got to 40 and you were out. Then age discrimination came to be a thing, now it's going back, newcomers must be under 45 and older riders must demonstrate that they are fit to race. Genuine question Max. What do they have to do to demonstrate they are fit to race? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 3 hours ago, Banker said: Couple of idiots arrested on closed roads https://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-news/two-arrested-on-closed-roads/ How do you know they were idiots. Have you met them to make that assumption? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 42 minutes ago, littlebushy said: Genuine question Max. What do they have to do to demonstrate they are fit to race? They need to pass a medical, plus an IoM specific medical is being introduced this year, testing bloods, electrolytes etc. They must have proven their ability over the previous and current year at other racetracks etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 34 minutes ago, Max Power said: They need to pass a medical, plus an IoM specific medical is being introduced this year, testing bloods, electrolytes etc. They must have proven their ability over the previous and current year at other racetracks etc. Thanks. My feeling with this is that you can pass a medical but as time passes, all body functions gradually deteriorate. To name but a few; eye sight, peripheral vision, depth perception, hearing, balance, thought processing, response times all get marginally worse over time. Team Sky in cycling was all about marginal gains and the sum of these marginal gains was to have a significant advantage. I see the same analogy with marginal losses. There are very few sports that people are at the top of their game after 40 years old for this very reason. They take part in Masters events or retire. Not so with the TT and MGP. I'm not convinced blood tests are any type of accurate predictor either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 "Please ensure that the roads have opened before entering the road, this can be by observing normal traffic flow, reputable media outlets " This is the equivalent of saying "Tune your wireless to the Home Service for the latest news". But it is now the 21st Century, and every man and his dog has got a smart phone, loaded with apps. We have a £100,000 per year AI person, but no way to instantly know if the roads are open or closed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 6 minutes ago, Two-lane said: But it is now the 21st Century, and every man and his dog has got a smart phone, loaded with apps. We have a £100,000 per year AI person, but no way to instantly know if the roads are open or closed. You sound like you're in Isle of Man Government, "let's get our £100k AI guy spending a month on rolling out a system to tell 5000 people whether a road is shut 5 minutes earlier 20 times a year, #AI #success" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Thought the £100k AI role got shelved for now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Just now, Albert Tatlock said: Thought the £100k AI role got shelved for now? I was just about to say that. I went to one of those AI roadshow things last week and it was clear that, while they had gone through the recruitment motions, they had decided not to recruit anyone. Why, wasn't quite clear, they were also claiming they had £5 million to spend. Maybe they couldn't find anyone who was bullshitty enough, though that seems unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 34 minutes ago, Two-lane said: "Please ensure that the roads have opened before entering the road, this can be by observing normal traffic flow, reputable media outlets " This is the equivalent of saying "Tune your wireless to the Home Service for the latest news". But it is now the 21st Century, and every man and his dog has got a smart phone, loaded with apps. We have a £100,000 per year AI person, but no way to instantly know if the roads are open or closed. Or sign up to the WhatsApp group 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: they were also claiming they had £5 million to spend. Forget about Reagan's "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" being frightening. That statement above from someone in the IoM gov. is way out in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 5 hours ago, littlebushy said: How do you know they were idiots. Have you met them to make that assumption? What do you call people endangering lives ? https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/those-accessing-closed-roads-this-mgp-will-end-up-in-police-cell/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 10 minutes ago, Banker said: What do you call people endangering lives ? MGP and TT competitors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 They’re gonna be using ai to do the ai job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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