[Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100

[Michael Oritt]

I'm 79 and still actively race.  I'm glad that Josef--otherwise known as
Mr. Sensitivity--isn't on the qualifications committee.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 8:21 PM Mike Sinclair <phoenix722 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Maybe you better quit driving, now Josef, before you get old and decrepit.
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> Mike
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> Age 82
> On 10/6/22 12:32 PM, josef-eckert--- via Healeys wrote:
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> Yes, please forward my comment to his family.
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> This person hasn´t recognizsed his limits and was a danger for other
> people on the road, drivers, bikers and cyclists, and even pedestrians,
> which are on our rural roads as well and also want to live and be not hurt
> by such a person.
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> Sorry, no mercy at all from my side.
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> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100
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> Datum: 2022-10-06T21:15:03+0200
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> Von: "Jim Ryan" <ryan at jimryan.com> <ryan at jimryan.com>
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> An: "josef-eckert at t-online.de" <josef-eckert at t-online.de>
> <josef-eckert at t-online.de> <josef-eckert at t-online.de>
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> Well, THAT was harsh.  You might want to forward that to his family just
> so they know how you feel about him.  When exactly is it you think  we
> should all stop driving?  Is it 75?  80?  I'm 71, I just want to get your
> advice on what age I'm endangering other people.
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> That was easily the most insensitive posting I have ever seen on this list.
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> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 11:52 AM josef-eckert--- via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> To be honest, I have no respect for such a person, or better 82 years old
>> fart who brought others in danger with his driving. Thankfully no other
>> person was invoved and injured.
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>> Its very common all over in central Europe to have these ditches, trees
>> or even walls along country roads. That is how we love it.
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>> For big money you can book in to take part in one of these leasure
>> raĺlys, where you get all accomodation organised, only you have to come
>> from a to b along. these rallys are mainly booked from those mainly elderly
>> people who do not know what to do otherwise with their money, even they are
>> completely overextended by driving an old classic car.
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>> One should be wise enough to give up driving, when you are no more
>> capable to drive.
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>> I am only sorry about the wrecked Austin-Healey.
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>> Josef Eckert
>> konigswinter/GERMANY
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>> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100
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>> Datum: 2022-10-06T10:31:49+0200
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>> Von: "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
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>> An: "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
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>> Most of them weren't "open" ditches--they were filled with rocks.
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>> I fondly recall the time we missed a left-hander, went off the road,
>> somehow hurtled OVER the ditch and landed in a tree in a fellow's front
>> yard.  As I remember it he stood there rather stunned while we cleared the
>> branches out of the wheel openings, then hopped into the car and took off
>> without much conversation.
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>> Best--Michael Oritt
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>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 10:36 PM Michael Salter via Healeys <
>> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> "all the roads are surrounded by open drainage ditches."
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>> Just like Newfoundland which for me was a major factor in giving up on
>> the Targa there.
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>> On Wed., Oct. 5, 2022, 1:06 a.m. Alan Seigrist via Healeys, <
>> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Italian roads are amazing for driving through beautiful countryside, but
>> they are deadly because all the roads are surrounded by open drainage
>> ditches.
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>> On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 3:27 AM, Richard Kahn via Healeys <
>> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> I saw this yesterday. Very sad on so many levels. I was wondering if this
>> is the drive a number of the Southern California Healey Association members
>> are on in Europe at this moment.
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>> From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Randy Hicks
>> via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 5:40 AM
>> To: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Healeys] Sad news - Rallyist Killed in Healey 100
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>> Awful.
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>> https://www.the-sun.com/news/6355269/british-expat-killed-horror-crash-rally-austin-healey/
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>> Randy
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