It’s great that he isn’t going to jail, but the organisers should also be held accountable for what happened, after all people died. It was just a tragic accident that if safety barriers were in place may not have happened. But I guess his fight isn’t over yet. I wish him all the best.

Thank you for keeping us updated. I am pleased that he will not be going to jail, but it is still unfortunate he is being held accountable so that all the families can sue him. Surley the organisers should take some of the blame.

That is such a relief. The poor guy got a raw deal…Everyone knows how dangerouse motor sport can be…I sympathise with those that lost loved ones but I have never understood suing people for it…Money doesnt bring them back.

I think, as far as Troy is concerned this is a fair result: 12 month probation, 12 months suspended. In the end, he was the one driving the car and (probably with benefit of hindsight) SHOULD have raised the issues of spectator safety, I hope that for him, this is the end of the matter.

That said, the organisers and people responsible for the safety of the spectators have yet to face up to their responsibility.

It turns out that the families will be sueing the organisers as well as the Fire dept for wetting down the road, and Police for allowing them onto the road in the first place, even though they were not charged originally. But your right money won’t bring their loved ones back.

this is a sad thing for me to say but i feel it needs to be said ……….. the parents should have had enough sense to say to themselve ” this isn’t safe i’m getting my kids out of here ” as soon as they saw the way it was set up. i know that i certainly would have …..
Some people need to practice a little more commen sense and sadly these day common sense isn’t commenly practiced …….

Totally agree Doe. You just said what I was thinking but I just didn’t have the guts to put it into words.

Doe, I feel that this is becoming more common: Complete lack of common sense, then they wonder what happened…

Doe…spot on, the lack of common sense never ceases to amaze me in people.
Unfortunately kids don’t have a very good sense of danger and rely on their parents for guidance.
I looked at the video and thought WTF are these stupid people doing so close to the road without any barriers, it was like the Tour deFrance where spectators go onto the road to cheer on the riders as they go past.

It’s frightening to believe that nobody…..parents, fire dept, police, organisers or driver for that matter would think to say……..geez do ya think if something went wrong we should put a few barriers along the side of the road, or at least move the people back at least 30 metres from the edge of the road! FFS

It’s sad but true…….dumb people create dumb situations where anything can go wrong, and its always the innocent that suffer!

My thoughts go out to Troy and his family. He has been made a scapegoat by the media, officals and organizers. It is the responsibility of the officals and organizers to provide adequate safety barricades, having said that i also agree with Doe. Where is the common sense of the parents who have a responsibility to their children to keep them safe? Are they worried they wont get a good view? I am not saying that Troy doesn’t have any responsibility, he was the operator of a potentially dangerous weapon, and therefore should have raised questions in regards to the safety issues and he even may have, but at the end of the day he was just a driver doing something he’s done many many times without incident, he will have to live with the tragedy of that day for the rest of his life, just like the relatives and friends of the victims.

Putting aside all the should haves, could haves and would haves, this was a terrible tragedy and think that nothing good can come of suing him. Money wont bring their loved ones back, and it wont cause Troy the pain that they think it will, my guess is he is already suffering.

My hope is that they look at this tragedy and learn from it. Look at future events and where they can improve their safety precautions, such as changing venues, etc.

People may disagree but that is just my opinion, but thanks for reading anyway.

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It comes down to the driver having common sence too ,

IF he had half a brain & was a responsible driver like he claims to be he wouldnt have raced ,

He would have seen that there were NO safety barriers up before he put his foot down to race , so its part his fault too !!

Bianca, i’m not saying Troy didn’t have any responsibility, he did as the driver, but why does everyone want to place all the blame on him as i’m not hearing of any law suits or charges going ahead against the organizers or council or officals.

If they didn’t get him to do the burnout they would have gotten someone else to do it, someone that might not have been as experienced that could have caused more loss of life.

LOL

Im not pointing my finger or blaming it ALL on him at all ,

WE only know what we read & hear about on the news and paper .

For all we know someone probably is going to sue the organizers or already has .