Spectators Run Over By Rally Car *vid*
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Originally Posted by XkrazyAsianX
wtf, that's ****ed up he just up and left? what if someone died.
I'm sure there's plenty of paramedic teams around each stage of a rally for accidents, either like this, or if a car goes off. A few stages were cancelled last WRC season because paramedics didn't want to take a chance because of how bad the road conditions were.
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Originally Posted by STi-owns-evo
Spectators know the risk, and people are stupid enough to stand on the outside of a hairpin where drivers can easily overcook the corner and go wide, especially when the tarmac looks wet, and there's snow. IMHO, the spectators shouldn't even be there in the first place. The driver was doing what he's paid to do, get the quickest time possible where every 1/10 of a second counts, and getting out and helping spectators would probably get the whole team pissed off at him. The driver wouldn't have been able to do anything except wait there for an ambulance or helicoptor to come.
I'm sure there's plenty of paramedic teams around each stage of a rally for accidents, either like this, or if a car goes off. A few stages were cancelled last WRC season because paramedics didn't want to take a chance because of how bad the road conditions were.
I'm sure there's plenty of paramedic teams around each stage of a rally for accidents, either like this, or if a car goes off. A few stages were cancelled last WRC season because paramedics didn't want to take a chance because of how bad the road conditions were.
the spectators are morons for standing there.
Anyone who thinks this is outrageous on the drivers part doesn't watch WRC or any rally sport.
In America, those spectators would never have been allowed to stand outside that DOWNHILL hairpin. That way, all the stupid people don't Darwin themselves away like that. However, from the sound of the language, it doesn't look like this is America, so stupid people are allowed to Darwin themselves.
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Originally Posted by kYLEMtnCRUZr
But yeah I guess the driver was zooming off to get help
for sure, that would be the responsible thing to do, spectators first, race second
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Originally Posted by salvator_rizzo
lol
for sure, that would be the responsible thing to do, spectators first, race second
for sure, that would be the responsible thing to do, spectators first, race second
yeah the second group of people running out of the way for the driver to re enter course were like wtf are you serious?
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Originally Posted by STi-owns-evo
Spectators know the risk, and people are stupid enough to stand on the outside of a hairpin where drivers can easily overcook the corner and go wide, especially when the tarmac looks wet, and there's snow. IMHO, the spectators shouldn't even be there in the first place. The driver was doing what he's paid to do, get the quickest time possible where every 1/10 of a second counts, and getting out and helping spectators would probably get the whole team pissed off at him. The driver wouldn't have been able to do anything except wait there for an ambulance or helicoptor to come.
I'm sure there's plenty of paramedic teams around each stage of a rally for accidents, either like this, or if a car goes off. A few stages were cancelled last WRC season because paramedics didn't want to take a chance because of how bad the road conditions were.
I'm sure there's plenty of paramedic teams around each stage of a rally for accidents, either like this, or if a car goes off. A few stages were cancelled last WRC season because paramedics didn't want to take a chance because of how bad the road conditions were.
Originally Posted by chimchimm5
Exactly.
the spectators are morons for standing there.
Anyone who thinks this is outrageous on the drivers part doesn't watch WRC or any rally sport.
In America, those spectators would never have been allowed to stand outside that DOWNHILL hairpin. That way, all the stupid people don't Darwin themselves away like that. However, from the sound of the language, it doesn't look like this is America, so stupid people are allowed to Darwin themselves.
the spectators are morons for standing there.
Anyone who thinks this is outrageous on the drivers part doesn't watch WRC or any rally sport.
In America, those spectators would never have been allowed to stand outside that DOWNHILL hairpin. That way, all the stupid people don't Darwin themselves away like that. However, from the sound of the language, it doesn't look like this is America, so stupid people are allowed to Darwin themselves.