Old 03-23-09, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by EventServices
Detroit has a couple of big rides, but they are full of red lights and stop signs. It's pretty hilarious. We have people attacking through red lights, swarming cars at red lights, cutting through parking lots to catch up, and behaving like idiots.

10 miles to the north, we tried to get a country road ride going, but people would rather gravitate to the urban nightmare. It's one of those rides where everyone says, "one of these days, someone's going to get hurt" yet they still go.
The local race rides here have a neutral roll-out and roll-in through town but I can't imagine racing through red lights. That's not cricket.
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