Unbelievable Motorcycle Racing Accident!

[lonetreesteve]

Check this out and make sure you watch the entire video!

http://www.bikepics.com/movies/000183/

[ZSaint]

I have raced many years and never have I seen such deplorable tactics by the corner workers. They do not have a flag protecting them. They should have waited for some protection before trying to move the bike. I know they realized the danger but they paid the price. The poor guy that hit them was hung out and did not see them until it was too late. I hope the worker survived.

[lonetreesteve]

I agree with you, Zsaint. I also hope the worker (who appeared to be dead) survived the accident.

[Fun_in_my_z]

Thats track owner or whoever is in charge of it. Should be ran over.

[PrOxLaMuS©]

OMG.. I hope that corner worker is ok...

[EScanlon]

Thats track owner or whoever is in charge of it. Should be ran over.

OFF TOPIC RANT

Now this is the main reason we have so many liability issue problems and a totally messed up insurance and legal suit program. It's always someone up the chain that "should have" done something to prevent someone down the chain from being supid.

Now I'm posting this before seeing the video, but from the comments I've read and this one, I can tell that the problem was lack of proper procedure. That is, some form of accident where the initial action was to see the driver and / or the equipment involved and NOT ensuring that no one else gets involved.

From the comments apparently one of the bikers leans into a corner and clobbers a corner worker who is responding to a prior spill by attending to the motorcycle. This may be totally erroneous, as I said I've not yet seen the video, but the gist of what Bill is saying is that the people AT THE SCENE should be held blameless for the catastrophe that ensued and that the owner should have foreseen this situation and taken steps to avoid it happening.

(Rant begins here....)

Accidents happen, people get hurt, it's not always due to malicious intent on behalf of someone, sometimes it happens to be good old fashioned...no one has thought of that way of hurting oneself before. So how do you prevent or even go about preventing the myriad ways that humans have of proving our knack at finding new ways of picking ourselves off?

You can't, and that's the problem.

So, sorry Bill, but blaming the owner / sponsor / next guy up the chain for not having foreseen something catastrophic is inane.

E

P.S.:

Now, having seen the video:

That one is hard to lay blame for. That's basically a hazard of racing.

That there was enough time for them to wave traffic off the rider, they could have continued doing so and never attended to the motorcycle. Possibly everything would have been fine.

I see it as the corner workers thinking they could move the motorcycle off the road and let the race continue.

Now if that is NOT part of their job description, then they put themselves in peril. If on the other hand, the corner workers are required to move equipment, then that would be the fault of the owner / promoter, for not having enough personnel for safety.

[240ZX]

I have raced many years and never have I seen such deplorable tactics by the corner workers. They do not have a flag protecting them. They should have waited for some protection before trying to move the bike. I know they realized the danger but they paid the price. The poor guy that hit them was hung out and did not see them until it was too late. I hope the worker survived.

Regarding flags.....based on the view we were given in the video, you cannot really tell if a yellow flag was issued! It may have been, but up the track a little ways and out of sight of the camera. It seems likely a yellow flag was given, as the speed of the approaching riders was surely less than race speed. I wouldn't goes so far as to say the corner workers did a deplorable job, but in fact responded rather quickly to the incident. It's racing and racing is inherently dangerous. Just an unlucky situation if you ask me!

[beandip]

unlucky but ugly. sickning to watch . You just know what is comming and hope it dosen't . Gary

[PrOxLaMuS©]

I think the corner workers ARM fell off!!

Look at the end of the video with the corner worker face down on the ground.. and then look to the right and higher up on the track... looks like his arm..

eww

[EScanlon]

I'd be willing to bet that each and every one of you went back and re-ran the video......

E

P.S.: I did.

[Ed]

Now, would those corner workers have run out there if it was car racing instead of motorcycle?

[ChrisA]

I'd be willing to bet that each and every one of you went back and re-ran the video......

E

P.S.: I did.

Not me E, I was horrified enough the first time.

Now, would those corner workers have run out there if it was car racing instead of motorcycle?

Good point Ed, I would hope they wouldn't but you never know.

Chris