Originally Posted by Bagwan
It's worth a lot , Ioan .
Just lost a friend on the road last night , as a matter of fact .
He was into my shop for a coffee earlier in the day .
He was on his way back to town later last night , and went out to pass a seed drill , hauled by a tractor , and caught the edge of the road shoulder , lost it , and rolled into the ditch .
Yeah , life's precious , and I was glad to have said hi , when he passed me on the way in . I won't ever get that chance again .
We don't really think as much about driving these hunks of steel at speed as we should .
And , we should think of that "we" , and beware of others who aren't likely thinking about it either .
But , perhaps it's different for those taking part in this F1 thing here .
It's the pinnacle .
It's what many , if not all racing drivers , think of as that pinnacle .
As far as danger , these days as opposed to the past , they are wrapped in a coccoon .
Kubica was hurt in a freak accident in a tin-top bad enough that there is question whether he will race again .
He was , though , virtually unhurt in comparison in Montreal with that shunt that rivalled some of the most violent .
Drivers compete in both disciplines , both despite , and because of that danger .
And , simply , it gets safer all the time because of that danger as well .
