Harvs11 Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 Another example of "got the nice car, forgot to get the driving talent" Special mention to the organisers for the safety barriers which did absolutely nothing to slow the car before it mowed down the spectators.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/british-millionaire-paul-bailey-crashes-porsche-into-spectators/6830388 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 Just saw that on the news. Hmmmm, I'll not make any further comment methinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstone Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 I was at Gold Coast Indy in 1999 and a V8 supercar side swiped the temporary concrete jersey kerb. Moved it back about 200mm. They weigh about 7 ton.Edit: they were joined together as well.I'm horrified by the lack of proper safety device's at motor sport events since.The surface the 918 was on was dirty as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 Like a demo here in Adelaide a few years agoSome Speedway cars (Sprintcar I think) on bitumen, driver trying to slide it and it hooked up with grip and turned into the crowd.The only safety was that orange plastic net fencing. A mates ex girlfriend was hit, as was her child. Wasn't pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 WOW That looks nasty ,,,,makes you wonder about the lack of spectator protection ,,,,these sort of things always amaze me when you view them ,,one would think that common sense would tell you to put up some thing to protect on looker,s ,,the organizers are more at fault than the driver IMO............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 At least there was water in those plastic barriers, but they don't even look like they're linked together which is pretty dumb. Should have been more protection to keep the car on track than that. Still amazes me how in this day and age with insurance public events can get away with these things and when the ordinary person tries to hold a very low key private motorsport event we're expected to be running hevier duty barriers to a higher standard than those for much lower speed impacts. Really boggles my mind.I'm all for safety, but who ever ran over the risk calculations for spectators at that event should be forced to stand behind those barriers and have a car crash into them directly where they are standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 6October, 2015 Report Share Posted 6October, 2015 Could have been so much worse, but still very sad and tragic. Inexperienced driver played a big part, nevertheless those barriers and proximity of the spectators was / is a recipe for disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvs11 Posted 7October, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 7October, 2015 Mike, I don't think those barriers even had water in them. In reality they were nothing more than a rope line to keep people off the runway. Those plastic barriers usually have big warnings on the side saying they are not an impact barrier (full of water or empty) The organizers need to be held accountable. Yet again the media was only interested in Porsche blaming. Not a word about the lack of safety provisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstone Posted 7October, 2015 Report Share Posted 7October, 2015 Porsche should have more safety features built into their vehicle's, lest they be sued. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 7October, 2015 Report Share Posted 7October, 2015 Aren't the 'demonstration' events just great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espskk Posted 7October, 2015 Report Share Posted 7October, 2015 Another example of "got the nice car, forgot to get the driving talent" Special mention to the organisers for the safety barriers which did absolutely nothing to slow the car before it mowed down the spectators.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/british-millionaire-paul-bailey-crashes-porsche-into-spectators/6830388 http://tfsport.co.uk/driversIn scrolling down to Paul Bailey I wonder how much racing pedigree you need before you lose your "No driving talent" tag. Sometimes "shit just happens." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted 7October, 2015 Report Share Posted 7October, 2015 Mike, I don't think those barriers even had water in them. In reality they were nothing more than a rope line to keep people off the runway. Those plastic barriers usually have big warnings on the side saying they are not an impact barrier (full of water or empty) The organizers need to be held accountable. I thought they were empty too until I replayed and it looks like water comes out of one of the barriers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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