Auto Polo
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- esperent - 8098 sekunder sedanThis photo is incredible
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Auto_pol...
- cheschire - 3859 sekunder sedanI’m sure many of us are reminded immediately of the old Top Gear auto football matches:
- arlobish - 9140 sekunder sedan"The official inventor of auto polo...devised the sport as a publicity stunt in 1911 to sell Model T cars."
Amazing to see how little has changed in 100 years when it comes to competing for attention
- TomMasz - 9496 sekunder sedanUnsurprisingly, it died out "mostly due to the high cost of replacing vehicles". Was it the inspiration for demolition derbies?
- msuniverse2026 - 8184 sekunder sedanAustralian Motorcycle Chariot Race
- rmoriz - 4540 sekunder sedanBike Polo is still alive https://youtu.be/CBZgC7u6ji8 and for example https://youtu.be/PxMms5Yh_gI
- xg15 - 3917 sekunder sedan> though deaths due to auto polo were rare.
Oh well, then...
- merelysounds - 11574 sekunder sedanI guess the modern day equivalent (technology that’s relatively new, unsafe and unregulated) would be electric scooter polo? I found no sign of a sport like this though.
I think kick scooter polo exists. And bike polo[1] is well known.
- haunter - 7177 sekunder sedanWas? Not with this attitude!
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Nördnytt! 🤓