And one more damning observation as a "starter" - toward the end of what
looks a diagonal slalom across the lot, there is a course worker who
appears to be the starter standing with his back to the car in the narrow
area between the launch area (a straight launch by the way and not around a
90 degree corner) and the path of the car as it finishes that slalom. If
the car had lost it on the last cone of the slalom he would have been
toast. A lot of things point to it not being an SCCA event and there being
no Safety Steward.
Michael Clements added:
>Near the beginning, there's also a course worker sitting in a
>chair. Wonder how quickly _he_ could get out the way of a car. .
>. one of the scary things about this video is that this is the
>kind of stuff that the lawyers and insurance companies watch
>before they decide to cancel support for autocross. Even scarier
>is the fact that this was a real event involving human
>casualties. It's a good example of "how not to do it" -- don't
>sit down on course, don't run the course near the boundaries of
>the tarmac, don't put the course near obstacles, and don't put
>spectators near the course.
>
>Scot Zediker wrote:
>>
>> This clip was just posted to the national list last night. I hope to God
>> this was NOT an SCCA event! I saw a turnaround that went around a light
>> pole and a few spots where the course was near the edge of pavement (with
>> trees not far off).
>>
>> It might make for good ratings, but this kind of thing could lose sites.
>>
>> Scot
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