Joelle
4 months ago
im nurturing my poor back because of being hit several times on the circuit.The last rear-shunt has caused my back to be in pain. Even as i write, it is painful. Today celebrated my birthday with my daughters (yes same date). the problem here is when you mix up beginners (ie me and my daughter) with experienced drivers this is a recipe for a disaster. Constant shunts is not great, especially when these karts travel at high speeds and have perfect brakes on them. God knows how some of these drivers drive on real roads. I was impressed that my daughter got a handle of the karts better than me, i simply struggled as i had not done this for years and found my steering to be significantly stiff hence making manoeuvring difficult. My recommendation would be to have seperate novice sessions and restict the speed to 20mph. The guy who shunted me was travelling 40mph, hence not great for an old man like me. I guess for me this was the first and last time. For my daughter, well she was shunted a few times, but got the hang of things quickly. I would not recommend this for teens with no experience as you will be shunted by more experienced drivers.
when shunted second time, i decided to come off the track, i was in pain. I was told the driver who shunted me had been warned, but i was shunted many times. So apprears the experienced drivers dont really follow the rules and will shunt anyone who come in their way.