Hey Don I like your idea......sure would attract some interest of kids,
and as you say, it would be nicely supervised etc. I had thought about
fielding a kart for some friends, but the cost is high, adding to my
usual car costs, and then I was concerned about liability, since the
kids parents are not to interested themselves, and I could easily be the
target of a law suit if something really serious happened.
With parents present and supervising, it should be a good family thing!
Larry....still have the solo vee
Don Kline wrote:
>
> It has rained, my head got wet and my mind is a little rusty. I agree that
> the karts was (and is???) an experiment. It seems to me that the reason for
> karts was to get younger people to be able to run and *maybe* get some
> crossover from the karters at the same time.
>
> Radical Idea Follows.............
>
> Keep the Formula Junior but...set up size/ability requirements, and let
> (dare I say) 14 year olds drive. They would have to have an adult in the
> passenger seat as a safety measure. I can't imagine there being much chance
> of a teenager driving their parents car at an autocross and the teen -not-
> doing what the adult said. If we are trying to make better drivers and
> bring more people in let the kids drive.
>
> The events are closed to the public, the insurance covers liability, the
> site is usually not public use (during the event). While this may reduce
> the number of people we have running karts, it would increase the number of
> people we'd have in regular cars. We'd get kids that would be involved
> more, and may keep that involvement after getting their license. Once their
> friends find out we could end up being the "drivers ed" of the future. The
> accident avoidance skills alone should make us want to share the roads with
> young people that understand vehicle dynamics. It seems to me that if the
> rules can be changed to allow our younger members and potential members to
> run karts a wording could be found and the insurance company could be
> persuaded to allow this on a trial basis. Some of us have limited budgets
> and buying a kart for a teenager to use is prohibitive, but letting the teen
> drive the regular car would be acceptable.
>
> Just a thought
>
> in HIS grace,
> Don
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
>
> To summarize, I'm against karts because there's no good reason for them
> to be in Solo II. The experiment has failed. I'm willing to stick
> with Formula Junior, so long as we keep a careful eye on it.
>
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