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19th June 2008, 11:03 #11
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Originally Posted by Daniel
That isn't relevant.Three gears are enough!
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19th June 2008, 11:49 #12
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Originally Posted by JAMRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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19th June 2008, 12:00 #13
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It's relevant, but in a different way. When a spectator doesn't follow the instructions of a marshal it's the marshal's responsibility to inform the stage commander (hope it's the right word). If further action doen't help, the stage has to be stopped. And that's not only from a legal point of view. There's no such public opinion like "it's there own fault" when a spectator gets hurt in any kind of motorsport.
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19th June 2008, 12:13 #14
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Disclaimers on stage should warn the spectator that motorsport is dangerous and that they are ultimately responsible for their own safety and absolve the organisers etc of responsibility for their own actions. If they are stood in an area previously considered unsafe and that they also ignore the "advice" of a marshal who after all has no legal powers then again that is their decision. The choice of the official or spectator control is whether to allow the stage to run at all even if it is only one person who is the problem. From all the heat here am I detecting the faint stale whiff of litigation? If so it's a very slippery slope we face...
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19th June 2008, 12:24 #15
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But what really happened then???? Everybody has some arguements, but nobody does not know nothing for sure. If anybody has some information, please let us know too. Otherwise too much speculations.
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19th June 2008, 12:29 #16
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Originally Posted by salRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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19th June 2008, 12:35 #17
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Originally Posted by OppositelockRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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19th June 2008, 16:36 #18
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Sousa's car (not a rock) left the road at speed, near the SS start, and hit a spectator, severely injuring both his (spectator's) legs. Current condition unknown.
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19th June 2008, 22:42 #19
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well the crew is never at fault when an accident like this happens...if the spectator sits in a bad location then its his fault and if he sits in a safe place then he must be very very unlucky to get hit...in either case the driver is innocent. Props to mr Sousa who stopped his rally to see the condition of the spectator, hope he fully recovers and continues to follow rallying.
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19th June 2008, 23:58 #20
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The spectator knew what he was doing, why is this even an issue? I have spectated a number of events and enjoy getting close to the action, but I always find some sort of barrier to protect myself (trees, dirt embankments, stone walls, traffic barriers, ect..). Why would anyone even consider it being anyone’s fault but the spectator's own? This is just Darwin’s theory of natural selection at work.
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