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    RIP Justin Wilson

    One unlucky death in last Sunday's Indycar race , hit by 200mph debris. In a race with about 10 accidents.

    This follows on from the last death in the series in 2011 in Las Vegas, another Brit, Dan Wheldon.
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    Yes it's sad but also it's a sport where death is sadly part of the risk they take.


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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
    Yes it's sad but also it's a sport where death is sadly part of the risk they take.
    Couldn't be more true Les, RIP Justin.


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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
    Yes it's sad but also it's a sport where death is sadly part of the risk they take.
    So is driving near airshows
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    Airshows have always had an element of that-so has flying,driving a car etc etc.I'm all for keeping Airshows as they are.Every now and again something happens whether it be a ferry sink,plane crashes or multiple pile up.It's called life.


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    Terribly sad as it was for those who lost their lives after being struck by that plane, we get the usual kneejerk reaction and bleatings from the press and the ignorant.

    What is it...60 years since the last comparable accident ?

    Maybe concentrate on those suffering early death in the thousands every week through bad lifestyle choices, instead of once again seeking to deprive millions of a bit of safe fun. ?

    Maybe it's time to put a 'Spitfire' style canopy on open-cockpit racing cars, or at least a curved screen designed to deflect flying debris ?

    You can only see the top of the driver's head now anyway, so...


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    More drivers die in closed top motor vehicles though, that is why they will leave them as they are.
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    Only needs to be a perspex deflector...easily released if need be...so loose bits bounce off IT, instead of the driver's head.


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    You can't use Perspex or glass though, as it quickly becomes covered, hence the reason they use about 10 strip-off helmet visors during the race.
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