Rally racer leaves scene of crash, Having wiped out several people. Options

[Randal]

Check out the video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/26/j...c_n_403957.html

Rally racing, truly a spectator sport.

[tat2dphreak]

Geez. Its completely like running with the bulls. You ought to know that a potential outcome is death and plan accordingly.. or not.

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they took their life and limb, and put it in harms way for the sake of what? a better picture?

as far as the driver, I'd probably have done the same thing... he was out there doing a JOB, a job in which his paycheck is completely hinged on performance. stopping and waiting would mean a huge delay. and while it might have gained him some popularity, it wouldn't put more food on his family's table. the only racer that seems to get paid more despite losing is in F1.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)

I also don't see cameramen getting paid by television to stop filming and run over and help, either... they are doing THEIR job at at that time too...

this guy is probably not an EMT, and would not be able to render any aid. wtf is he supposed to do, according to the racing rules?

[Numbchux]

this guy is probably not an EMT, and would not be able to render any aid. wtf is he supposed to do, according to the racing rules?

agreed. a rally car is not easy to get in and out of. I probably would have glanced, seen that there were many many unhurt people around, known that I would have little to offer AND would have taken me minutes longer to offer it than anyone else there.

It's quite obvious he didn't continue without a second thought, he stayed for many seconds longer than necessary. Plenty of time to see that there were rally officials (possibly EMTs, hard to tell from the video) already there.


nobody ever said he denied the incident. there's no question who did it, and how it happened. From what I know of Rally here in the US (I'm on the service crew for a team based here in MN), those driver's have to have insurance, and anybody allowed within about 100 ft of the track has to sign a waiver that injury/death are possible. Of course, it's not in the US.....so I don't know for sure, but Rally is a much bigger sport in the rest of the world than it is here, so I'm sure there are precautions.