Nick
Good point. Depending upon the circuit and the organiser we either stop on
the circuit or in the pits. The problem in most single seaters is that they
won't restart without a slave bettery so stopping on the circuit isn't a
real good idea.
regards
Jeremy
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick England <nick@cs.unc.edu>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: Reflections on a racing incident
>
> Well it is now perfectly clear that there are two conflicting "standard
> red flag procedures". One says "stop now (safely)", the other says "quit
> racing, slow down, and return to the pits".
>
> Which is why I really hate those short drivers meetings that take the
> attitude that "everyone knows what the flags mean so we don't want to
> insult any big shots by taking 30 seconds to remind you what procedure
> this particular association has decided to use at this particular
> track on this particular day."
>
> Organizing bodies should be more responsible and professional than
> that!
>
> Here's a suggestion - and I'll start using it too. Always ASK
> at the Driver's meeting what the red flag procedure of the day is.
> I'd much rather be embarrased at being a novice than:
> a) run over some poor corner worker who expected me to stop.
> b) get run into by some poor racer who didn't expect me to stop.
>
> Best Regards & Have Fun,
> Nick England
> http://www.cs.unc.edu/~nick/racing.html
>
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