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| Re: Datsun 1600 (510) Project test drive kills owner/driver in Sydney |
Subject: Re: Datsun 1600 (510) Project test drive kills owner/driver in Sydney
by jmac on 2008/12/22 5:39:25
maybe you should have read the lot - seriously.
The racing is murder analogy does not in -any- way translate. Everyone out there goes through medical tests, various stages of scrutineering, the rules are set out and safety is a big big deal. That said, EVERYONE out there is aware of the risks and takes that on board when they race. They are all consenting to the potential risks. That's a far cry from going out on a public road and just saying 'well everyone else out on the road, tough luck, I'm making that choice for you' It's not a nice thing that happened, but we can't look at it through rose coloured glasses and seriously expect any good to come from it.
If you read the whole post, you'd see that despite my misgivings about the actions that lead to this fatality, I did have positive things to say about what could be done in future to help prevent a re-occurance, and the benefits of having higher expectations from one another.
It's absolutely not ok that this young man died, but should we just ignore his own culpability in it, or _highlight_ it in the hope we can prevent another person following in his footsteps???
I'm absolutely ok with people disagreeing with anything I've written but please don't misinterpret a realist reflection to be sociopathic.
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