If you have to crack open a juicy juice for your passenger during your run
do you get a rerun? ;)
Rick ( whose wife can both talk on cell phone and put straw in juice box one
handed while doing 75 mph)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Williams" <Loren@kscable.com>
To: "autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: October Fastrack
>
>
> John Lieberman wrote:
>
> > Now that Nationals are over, both the SSC and the SEB plan to re-visit
> > Item 1 and put it back out for member comment once we're done. If you
> > or any other team-dot-netters have any suggestions, I'd be more than
> > happy to present them to the committee.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
>
> All I can say is that my 9-year-old son is going to be very disappointed
if
> he doesn't get to ride with Dad next season. If there is no law
> prohibiting an 8-year-old from riding in the front seat of a car on the
> street (and there isn't, most laws are for 4-years-old and younger), I
> don't believe there should be an SCCA rule prohibiting it. Nothing is
> going to happen on that autocross course that couldn't happen on the
> street.
>
> I do think that the rule should be carefully written. 8-year-old kids are
> mature enough to sit still for the average autocross run without
> distracting the driver too much. (unless you're distracted by "Wow!"
> "Cool!") I would stipulate, as we have in our regional supps, that if
> there is a minor passenger in the car that there can be only one
passenger.
> (actually, we made this an across-the-board rule: only one passenger at a
> time in any car) This will eliminate the possibility of a pair of young
> kids whooping it up while the driver is trying to concentrate on driving.
>
> To recap:
> a) Allow 8-year-old passengers with proper belts and helmets
> b) Only one passenger per vehicle
>
> That's my 2 cents.
>
>
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> Loren Williams | Loren@kscable.com
> '94 Saturn SC2 | Wichita Region SCCA - http://www2.southwind.net/~scca
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