Well, I CAN understand why NASCAR may decline to regulate some safety
equipment. What I don't understand is why they actively refuse to research
possible safety improvements. These are two very different things.
When research has been offered to them, they turn it down, and they even
prohibit teams from using data recorders that could be invaluable in
understanding the effects of crashes.
- Michael McAvoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles R. Schultz
> I think NASCAR's lack of rulemaking on safety issues is probably a
> culturally based decision based on the libertarian philosophy of most
> people involved in the sport.
>
> I've found that, here, in the South, folks are great believers in
> freedom and individual responsibility, with a certain degree of distrust
> and skepticism in institutional decisionmaking and control.
> Michael McAvoy wrote:
> >
> > Knee-jerk reactions are not warranted, but I simply don't understand
> > NASCAR's repeated refusal to research safety beyond real
> incidents and the status quo.
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