What have the FIA ever done for us?

[gethinceri]

Romani ite domum.

Well, it was about time someone said it.

 

[Speshal]

Romani ite domum.

Well, it was about time someone said it.

romanes eunt domus - get it right

 

[snowy]

What has the FIA ever done for us?!

 

[sportsman]

A great deal in truth.The FIA is not only about F1 and motorsport.They have been responsible for much of the legistaion to ensure that we as drivers ourselves on ordinary roads in the UK and Europe receive many of the services we take for granted.It takes ages to wade through all of the various documents available on here, but there is no doubt F1 aside that the FIA do a good job.

http://www.fiafoundation.org/Pages/homepage.aspx

 

[snowy]

But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads... what have the FIA done for us?

 

[sportsman]

Made sure you didn't buy a dangerous crash tested car.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24567275/Fia-Conference-Loophole-in-the-European-Type-Approval

 

[snowy]

But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation, the roads and the crash test dummy... what have the FIA done for us?

 

[sportsman]

Before anyone else says so, look who's on this list of members

http://www.euroncap.com/members.aspx

 

[sportsman]

snowy.Do you intend to keep me at this all day.

 

[fat jez]

he just has a Monty Python fetish

 

[sportsman]

he just has a Monty Python fetish

Ah that explains it
The FIA were responsible for putting the albatross on the endangered list of bird species as to many were being killed to flavour ice cream.

 

[snowy]

snowy.Do you intend to keep me at this all day.

Is that a rhetorical question?

 

[sportsman]

Dunno.Is it.

 

[snowy]

Since there is no question mark I am just guessing you want an answer.

And breath.

 

[sportsman]

Not sure about answer.Breath I think so.But a very long queue of people headed by my wife might well have a differerent opinion.

 

[teabagyokel]

A little bit off topic, methinks!

 

[sportsman]

Agreed.Good point.Apologies.

 

[gethinceri]

romanes eunt domus - get it right

Romans they go the house?

 

[fat jez]

 

[gethinceri]

"Hail Caesar and everything, sir" that creases me every time (of which there have been very, very many).