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Originally Posted by Al Soran
Nobody wants to see anyone get hurt. But, who decides where you stop with the safety devices? Again, wings no doubt cushion the driver in a crash. Should we all run them? How about a nerf car that extends around the wheels? That would eliminate a lot of the flips. Mandatory halon systems would save folks from burning. Perhaps airbags that deploy with a hard hit? And on and on.....
My point is that somewhere in all of this, you can lose the "sport" of racing. It may sound bad, but sprint car racing is attractive to me because I know folks can get hurt, yet they still go out there and blast a cushion wide open. Thay harness the power, and face the danger. It's exciting. If we safetyfy it to the point that it's just a bunch of padded cars going around a padded track, I'm not sure anyone will want to watch it.
It's a fine line between keeping drivers and fans safe, and maintaining the integrity of the sport. I mean, fenders would certainly make them safer, maybe restrictor plates, safer barrier walls,...is this beginning to sound familiar?
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Al; I understand your point but in this case we're not talking about adding MORE equipment, we're talking about someone who took a giant step BACKWARDS.
Let me use this example; Smoke detectors have been around for many years and it's been confirmed time and time again that they save lives.
They're cheap and most people have them. So let's say that the local fire dept. starts a media campaign for fire safety. They aren't suggesting every home be retro-fitted with sprinklers or fire escapes just advising that people check the batteries in their detectors. So some "individual" decides to go through his house and take the smoke detectors that he already owns down and throw them away. There wasn't anything wrong with them, he just decided that since his father didn't have them 40 years ago, he doesn't need them either. IMO, Kevin's decision was just as stupid.