At 09:31 AM 9/19/2000, Jamie Sculerati said:
>I think the escape clause there is "not normally." The phrase earlier in
>the book is "contemplated." Makes you wonder of the staff is burning
>incense while they're doing the annual revisions.... :)
Howard actually addressed the wording at the SEB meeting last Monday. When
the original wording was developed about 10 years ago, the SCCA risk
management team (ie the lawyers) cautioned against putting a hard and fast
rule in the rulebook.
The thought was that it would be a liability nightmare if anyone exceeded
the limit and then had an accident. They instead went with the "as safe as
conditions permit" type wording.
Cover there a**es, our a**es, and any other organization that uses the SCCA
rulebook.
Brad
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