very good point e2mtt. drivers are more 'free' nowadays because they know that if they crash they are safe and wont get hurt (well they can be 99% sure nowadays).

maybe its not the plates so much that mean that we have insane races, crashes etc as much as it the more faith drivers have in their cars strength in crashes-but when i say that, plates also have something to do with it aswell.

safety evolves. aggresion does with it obviously aswell.