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TAR 17 Speculation
DrRox:
First, I think you need to know WHY they took helicopters............they never have before when coming back to the US mainland.
florida:
--- Quote from: DrRox on November 18, 2010, 03:53:46 PM ---First, I think you need to know WHY they took helicopters............they never have before when coming back to the US mainland.
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LA is a huge, urbanized area with plenty of traffic to delay a team unfairly. (It's a great place to start a leg, since there are no tasks except getting to the airport.) Theoretically, they would rent the helicopters to get the teams on an even playing field instead of relying on taxi and traffic luck, and to get them out of the metropolis itself for a wider array of tasks (like the zipline fun and woodsy detours in TAR 13). Even though I've never been nor lived in SoCal, I'd think it would be logistically difficult to get a proper race course set up in the LA urban area because it's so spread out. Other seasons seemed to have a more concentrated course for the final tasks.
We've never had them finish in the LA area, either.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: florida on November 18, 2010, 04:36:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: DrRox on November 18, 2010, 03:53:46 PM ---First, I think you need to know WHY they took helicopters............they never have before when coming back to the US mainland.
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LA is a huge, urbanized area with plenty of traffic to delay a team unfairly. (It's a great place to start a leg, since there are no tasks except getting to the airport.) Theoretically, they would rent the helicopters to get the teams on an even playing field instead of relying on taxi and traffic luck, and to get them out of the metropolis itself for a wider array of tasks (like the zipline fun and woodsy detours in TAR 13). Even though I've never been nor lived in SoCal, I'd think it would be logistically difficult to get a proper race course set up in the LA urban area because it's so spread out. Other seasons seemed to have a more concentrated course for the final tasks.
We've never had them finish in the LA area, either.
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Well I certainly think that too....but also to get away from our "Airport Man"......lol Maybe it worked and maybe it didnt........somehow I dont think it did!!!
TexasLady:
Talking about the LA airport reminded me of the last trip we took there. Even though my husband lived in the outskirts of LA for years, after landing we got in the rental, drove out of the airport and were immediately lost and in a really bad area. I wouldn't think letting the racers drive themselves to a location would be a good idea. :umn:
If we knew they flew into Ontario that would be different.
florida:
--- Quote from: DrRox on November 18, 2010, 04:49:52 PM ---Well I certainly think that too....but also to get away from our "Airport Man"......lol
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I totally forgot about him lol.
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