notwell Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Who cares about that though? In the big scheme it's a good thing. As the long as they respect the roads then it's excellent tourism for the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 23 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: It does make you wonder why all that money was spent on the Sloc doesn't it? Yes. If you resurface it they will come. And the police will turn a blind eye to things like dodgy number plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Derek Flint Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 4 hours ago, La Colombe said: Yes. If you resurface it they will come. And the police will turn a blind eye to things like dodgy number plates. How what I outlined 'turning a blind eye'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Inspector Derek Flint said: How what I outlined 'turning a blind eye'? Well, fair enough with a headlight not working, very difficult to prove it hadn't failed on the journey you've witnessed. But a dodgy number plate is a deliberate and intentional illegal act. I'm assuming you don't impound a visiting '£300k supercar" until the plate is sorted out so you're turning a blind eye to it in effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I find it difficult to believe that IOM constabulary would impound any vehicle because of a missing front number plate. I was advised by the folks at the vehicle testing station that they recommended the removal of the number-plates from vintage/veteran motorcycles . Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 24 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Well, fair enough with a headlight not working, very difficult to prove it hadn't failed on the journey you've witnessed. But a dodgy number plate is a deliberate and intentional illegal act. I'm assuming you don't impound a visiting '£300k supercar" until the plate is sorted out so you're turning a blind eye to it in effect. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How many times can you say 'Isle of Man' in 17 seconds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, La Colombe said: How many times can you say 'Isle of Man' in 17 seconds? Sounded garbled and mangled. The thing is Skelly may as well have a season ticket to the Manx Radio news suite, he is certainly there regularly, defending DEDs action. It's good to see it's not just posters on here and other island residents and taxpayers that had concerns regarding the closure of roads to supposedly sell cars to HNWIs. If that's the case you may as well close the roads 24/7 for the duration of the Porsche owners club visit or any other classic vehicle owners group having a rally. After all, keep them sweet they may bring the family for a holiday next year or who knows they may bring their money over for a holiday too - shame there are few banking facilities here as they are closing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 That's the spirit 2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 4 hours ago, 2112 said: Sounded garbled and mangled. The thing is Skelly may as well have a season ticket to the Manx Radio news suite, he is certainly there regularly, defending DEDs action. It's good to see it's not just posters on here and other island residents and taxpayers that had concerns regarding the closure of roads to supposedly sell cars to HNWIs. If that's the case you may as well close the roads 24/7 for the duration of the Porsche owners club visit or any other classic vehicle owners group having a rally. After all, keep them sweet they may bring the family for a holiday next year or who knows they may bring their money over for a holiday too - shame there are few banking facilities here as they are closing! No, you're right. We should just tell everyone to piss off and stay away from the island. We don't want a few backwards thinking residents upset now do we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 5 hours ago, 2112 said: It's good to see it's not just posters on here and other island residents and taxpayers that had concerns regarding the closure of roads to supposedly sell cars to HNWIs. If that's the case you may as well close the roads 24/7 for the duration of the Porsche owners club visit or any other classic vehicle owners group having a rally. It looks like this was always more an Owners Club event rather than a sales opportunity, though Manx Radio and/or the DED seem to have managed to confuse a lot of people about it. Presumably they moved straight into their embarrassing "Sucking up to Rich People" mode, without thinking. But if it's really only a small tourism event and you don't really mind the odd minor road closure - part of the problem here may have been that they expected Foxdale to be open when the event was organised, the Sloc would be used less. It would still be nice to see what actually went into such events in terms of government resources though. Whether you could count DED officer time as actually worth anything is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: It looks like this was always more an Owners Club event rather than a sales opportunity, though Manx Radio and/or the DED seem to have managed to confuse a lot of people about it. Presumably they moved straight into their embarrassing "Sucking up to Rich People" mode, without thinking. But if it's really only a small tourism event and you don't really mind the odd minor road closure - part of the problem here may have been that they expected Foxdale to be open when the event was organised, the Sloc would be used less. It would still be nice to see what actually went into such events in terms of government resources though. Whether you could count DED officer time as actually worth anything is another matter. Skelly was on the Government Mouthpiece Manx Radio banging on about 'selling the Isle of Man'. Yes on the face of it looks like an owners club outing, but I'm wondering if DED are now hijacking these events, and had other ideas as to how the owners club should plan their itinerary etc. For the road closures, it must have involved civil service input and form filling etc, who pays? No doubt us taxpayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 We are already paying for them. As much as I can't listen to Skelly he is right about the need to sell the Isle of Man. These are welcome visitors to most people I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Derek Flint Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 This chap had a great time. I spoke with him and he was really quite taken by the place. A mere 403,000 followers on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/jcartu/?hl=en Not a bad bit of coverage for the Island, all told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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