I can't speak for how any region handles it, but IMO, anyone and everyone
not only can, but *should* bring up safety concerns to the safety steward or
the event chair. Event officials aren't omniscient -- sometimes a different
perception is useful.
That said, once the safety steward looks at the issue and decides what, if
anything, to do, it's done. If someone still feels strongly that the safety
steward is wrong, they need to withdraw from the event -- entering the
course is de facto acceptance of the conditions.
All strictly IMO.
Jamie (getting the SSS ticket back this summer)
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Salem <eric@mail.brown911.com>
> At our most recent event an Ind-DUH-vidual had a problem with a corner
> and it's proximity to a fixed object, in this case a light pole.
>
> His concern was that if a new person in a RWD car came into the corner
> too hot they could lose it and hit the pole. Measurement later showed
> that said pole was 45 feet away from the original outer cones. And
> nobody hit the outer cones.
>
> He was driving a borrowed 400hp SM Supra.
>
> Anyway, I changed the course a bit to slow the corner down and limit the
> whining. (Found out I was SSS after I got there.)
>
> So here's the questions: How do other regions deal with people that
> won't make the effort to put on an event or get SSS credential but
> always want to whine about the course under the guise of 'Safety'; and
> should I have followed my first instinct which was to send him home; and
> finally (yes I've read the book) how do other regions handle non-SSS
> folks when they try to call foul on safety issues?
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