 Poster: A snowHead
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@SnoodyMcFlude, those were existing structures the racers need to get around.
This "tunnel" seems to be purposely build to make the course appear to be "challenging", is it not?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@abc, is there really a difference though? I get the idea of being foolish to intentionally design something, but it doesn't really alter what happens when you hit it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| SnoodyMcFlude wrote: |
| @abc, is there really a difference though? I get the idea of being foolish to intentionally design something, but it doesn't really alter what happens when you hit it. |
That being the difference!
When something is purposely designed, there's the obligation to "design" it with safety in mind, including taking into account that racers may potentially miss their line and crash into it. Otherwise, it's as dangerous as some kids jumping over a road gap while his mate holding a camera! Or perhaps there's "no difference" to Red Bull? (the latter did happen a year ago as an attempt for another Red Bull "contest", the kid died)
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| SnoodyMcFlude wrote: |
| @Blackblade, chicanes with walls exist all over the place, admittedly mostly for car racing but you still have places like the Mountain Course or Macau where bikes are being raced next to solid barriers with no air fencing. Same applies for hillclimbing at the more amateur end of things. |
You're right, of course, and I've ridden the Mountain Course. However, those are features that cannot be removed not intentionally added.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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| Blackblade wrote: |
Whilst I'm very much in the camp of 'let adults choose if they want to take a risk' I also think that they (we) are entitled to sensible accomodations to minimise the inherent risks of any activity. I do motorcycle track days; tracks are engineered to minimise the risk of injury in the event of a crash since people will, inevitably, fall off from time to time. To me, this course looks rather like putting in a chicane on a race track and lining the crash barriers around it with concrete; no one would do such a daft thing.
I'd rather we didn't get to the point that every course requires some kind of sign off by officialdom (this is already the case for race tracks) but the sheer stupidity of this one is, to me, utterly baffling and likely to create just this kind of formal oversight to prevent future tragedies.
I know some will try and compare this with the Freeride tour and point out the dangers there but that is not a speed-based competition. This was; it was a race with people trying to go as fast as possible. Irrespective of the official verdict I think the organisers need to look at themselves in the mirror and realise that they've facilitated a terrible tragedy. |
This
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| davidof wrote: |
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Christ, brings it home
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