Thread: Security in rally racing

Also terrible news, this time in Austria, Two spectators killed in an accident.

Etusivu - Ilta-Sanomat

Is, if somebody does something? Only 2 weeks since the last fatal accident. Why the hell happened there?

Do they say is how / why? Can not read (Finnish)

I am in doubt (caught security), though, even if it sounds cruel. A collection point is dangerous, but I still go. If I were being hit by a car, I would it as my fault, no matter how it happened. I decided to go, I decided, where possible, to see you and the driver is not for me, so doss their goal is not his fault.
No matter how organized the marshal and all, it will never stop the people who are closer to the action or after a jump or wherever they want to be even wanted to. So, here I am among many who believe watch at rallies such as Wales Rally GB is always ridiculous - you stand so far away from the track to the spectator areas, you will need binoculars to see the cars. That's why I go elsewhere, so I can come closer. When I made that was my fault.
Similarly, even if you are taken into a spectator area, decided that person will go to the rally and I know there is always a chance dass tragedy.

My point does not stop the tragic loss of life, as in this case, but I do not want to watch the excitement at rallies disappear.

-kmamaji-

This is the risk of rallying, the spectators just get way too close to the action. It would be very difficult to keep spectators under control seeing has how long an average stage can be. Even if the spectators were pulled further way from the action, these rally cars are un predicatable, they could catch a pot hole at 100 miles per hour who knows where the car is going to end up?

A friend of mine competed in the Monte Carlo rallye in the late sixties, one of the worst thing for him was the flashing cameras from spectators during night stages.

Originally Posted by f1fan

This is the risk of rallying, the spectators just get way too close to the action. It would be very difficult to keep spectators under control seeing has how long an average stage can be. Even if the spectators were pulled further way from the action, these rally cars are un predicatable, they could catch a pot hole at 100 miles per hour who knows where the car is going to end up?

Yeah you're right, i agree with you. appreciated!

-kmamaji-

Originally Posted by oldcanuck

A friend of mine competed in the Monte Carlo rallye in the late sixties, one of the worst thing for him was the flashing cameras from spectators during night stages.

Then where he's now?

do i know his name? can we know here?

-kmamaji-

Originally Posted by kmamaji

Then where he's now?

do i know his name? can we know here?

-kmamaji-

Unless you were around in the late sixties and into the eighties, you might not know his name.
He is Florian Vetsch from Geneva, when I first met him he competed in hill climbs with a Ford Cortina Lotus, switching to a Renault R8 Gordini and eventually to a Porsche 911, with which he won the Swiss Championship, he has competed in the Monte Carlo Rallye, le Mans 24 hours and Paris-Dakar.
He had a great deal to do with me eventually strapping myself into a race car, the first time at Monthoux in France, his infectious enthusiasm rubbed off on me and I learned a great deal from Florian. He still lives in Geneva, where he runs his own garage, since the mid sixties, and is still active in the racing circles, mainly as an instructor.
He is a member of my trinity of racing heroes, along with Jo "Seppi" Siffert and Gilles Villeneuve.

If someone is hit with a car it is likely that person's fault. If a person is taking the risk of getting that close to the action then they are, in my personal opinion, the one who should be held liable in the event of an accident such as has happened so much lately. Stay back from the action if you do not wish to be at any risk.

Originally Posted by oldcanuck

Unless you were around in the late sixties and into the eighties, you might not know his name.
He is Florian Vetsch from Geneva, when I first met him he competed in hill climbs with a Ford Cortina Lotus, switching to a Renault R8 Gordini and eventually to a Porsche 911, with which he won the Swiss Championship, he has competed in the Monte Carlo Rallye, le Mans 24 hours and Paris-Dakar.
He had a great deal to do with me eventually strapping myself into a race car, the first time at Monthoux in France, his infectious enthusiasm rubbed off on me and I learned a great deal from Florian. He still lives in Geneva, where he runs his own garage, since the mid sixties, and is still active in the racing circles, mainly as an instructor.
He is a member of my trinity of racing heroes, along with Jo "Seppi" Siffert and Gilles Villeneuve.

well proud to have you on this forum,

appreciate your view. one thanks added to your profile.

-kmamaji-

My nephew was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. His mother was livid looking for someone to blame. It was an accident. My nephew said he looked but did not see the car. The driver was not traveling fast and did not see him dart across the street. Thankfully he was not hurt. Accidents happen. No one set out to intentionally hurt anyone. Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved but not blame.