Dan Wheldon Dies

[Jaffa]

F1 is a lot safer nowadays than it used to be (in the 70s you'd have several deaths a year racing), with fireproof suits, cars that conform to safety regulations, soft edges to most tracks, with open overflow areas.

 

The concrete edge at Las Vegas seems to of been a big contributor to the severity of this crash, you just see some of the cars hit it and burst into flames

[Harry]

Another reason why racing sports should be banned

We should also ban video games, as one wise soul said at http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/off-topic/47308-world-going-shit-because-computer-games-some-other-dissutions-6.html#post603603 ...

[Lux]

Safety is something most motor sports take very seriously, even more so when someone dies like this. Since they go back and look at how they can prevent something like this from happening again safety wise. Thus why NASCAR has neck protectors after Dale Senior was killed. F1 is a lot harder to do stuff with safety wise since the cock pit of the car is so small, these kinds of things happen and the drivers who have been doing this most of their lives know that everytime they get in a race car.

 

So banning it really isn't the answer when they take measures to make it safer for the drivers when they can. All sports have their dangerous sides, when something like this happens it just reminds people that it can happen which makes them look into preventing it happening again.

 

I don't think you can really compare Indycar to F1.

 

There's no oval speedtracks in the F1 schedule, it's not nearly as dangerous because if you manage to crash, there are always lots of safety barriers and it'd be bad if you hit one car.....not another 15 like in Indycar.

[slaminsalmon]

Nothing can convince me that Auto racing is useful: my list of pros and cons

 

pros: -entertaining for a few people (not me)

 

cons:- Burns a lot of gas (bad for the environment)

-Dangerous (Driving at speed up to 300km/h competitively, safety will always be a concern)

-Not that entertaining if you assist at the event.

 

At least football makes you fit, there can be spectacular plays, it can allow people to get scholarships and get an education. I've never heard about a racing scholarship for universities.

[Lux]

Not that entertaining if you assist at the event.

 

Eh?

 

I dunno about other forms of racing, but in F1 they don't get paid.....they just love being there part of the sport.

[Supa]

I'm not much of a watcher of the Indy car series, but I do enjoy auto racing. Dan Wheldon was defintely one of the best in the business, sad to see him go at such a young age. But at least he died doing what he loved. RIP.

[Im a Jackass]

Eh?

 

I dunno about other forms of racing, but in F1 they don't get paid.....they just love being there part of the sport.

 

Dont they get paid by the sponsers?

[Jimbo]

Ban autosports lmao, because they are being forced to go out there and risk their lives.

[Lux]

Dont they get paid by the sponsers?

 

Don't think so. Though obviously they will have expenses paid for, and maybe some perks.

[Im a Jackass]

Don't think so. Though obviously they will have expenses paid for, and maybe some perks.

 

ah really? I always thought they got paid by there sponsers. I thought nascar did it that way.