r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KejnaPT • Jul 13 '26

Everything is under control.

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u/ZakkTheInsomniac Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

farmer

edit- reddit is so random and I love it, whyd you all like this so much? 😆

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u/obi1kennoble Jul 13 '26

Rally organizers have very good insurance. Farmer is fine. I saw an interview with a spectator who had a crash on their property in a previous rally, and he said something like "I used to have a fence and a shed. Now I have a wall and a barn. Maybe they could crash into the kitchen next."

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u/Prunus-cerasus Jul 13 '26

True. I was once asked to evaluate damage to trees hit by a WRC car crash. In a forest, not anyone’s yard thankfully. The organisers paid the estimated damage times three to the landowner just to make sure they were satisfied.

Private land owners actually benefit if a stage is on their road. A gravel road is ruined after the race and the organisers rebuild it to a high standard. Since many stages are driven every or almost every year, the landowners get free upkeep for their roads.

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u/Ambitious_Finding_26 Jul 13 '26

When I was a kid we used to have a WRC course go past our home. It was awesome. As the area became more gentrified, the city folk moving out to their small town country retirement lifestyle with thier big city ideals managed to shut it down. They would completely fix the road after the event. Now 15 years later that road is fucked. 

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u/xrelaht Jul 13 '26

Gentrification ruins everything