Phil said>
I did a marque-club national design on a smallish lot with 20 light standards.
I designed it so that when a car's vector was pointing at a light standard,
that light standard was 100 feet away. I said at the driver's meeting that
essentially three things could go wrong to get a car into a light standard:
1. Total brake failure.
2. Total steering failure.
3. Total brain failure.
I believed that two out the three would probably be required to allow contact.
I think that's the kind of course you need.
I was not in Florida, so I can't speak to the specifics of this case. But I
suggest that folks who were there apply this standard and see what they think.
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Well, I was at a PCA event and watched a guy drive his car across a 300'
slab on concrete, then across a 250' section of grass and then put the nose
of his BRAND NEW 911 through a cyclone fence. Never once lifting or
hitting the brakes.
Conclusion, it only takes option 3. Options 1 and/or 2 can be
exacerbating, but 3 is the kicker.
James Rogerson
[FP #125] - Tekless Racing
jrogerson@houston.rr.com
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