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One of my mates raced in the Ulster GP in the earlyb 70s. A guy was killed in front of him. If you race under those conditions, it is only ever somebody else who gets killed. But when that happens, it affects the insurance costs and the image of the sport. Whenever I see somebody else crash, I usually laugh because most times they get up and walk away.
After we wrote ' the guide to managing risk in motor sport', there was a fatality at Winton. A guy had thrown his bike into a tyre barrier. It baunced back and the rear wheel hit him in the chest and killed him. The state workplace authority investigated and there was a court case. The decision was a motor race circuit is not a workplace. So motor sport is handled differenty - that does not help the insurance costs.
On a normal race circuit, motorcycle road racing is inherently safe - the risks are minimised to a tolerable level. You have to be very unlucky to get killed.
After we wrote ' the guide to managing risk in motor sport', there was a fatality at Winton. A guy had thrown his bike into a tyre barrier. It baunced back and the rear wheel hit him in the chest and killed him. The state workplace authority investigated and there was a court case. The decision was a motor race circuit is not a workplace. So motor sport is handled differenty - that does not help the insurance costs.
On a normal race circuit, motorcycle road racing is inherently safe - the risks are minimised to a tolerable level. You have to be very unlucky to get killed.