Carrera GT crash at California speedway: Verdict, Best to check out the facility |
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Carrera GT crash at California speedway: Verdict, Best to check out the facility |
drgchapman |
Oct 23 2007, 12:10 PM
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Current Stable Group: NoClassifiedAccess Posts: 922 Joined: 20-September 04 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 2,789 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
This is an article regarding the Carrera GT crash that killed the two guys in the car.
Big award......releases are suspect. Track had some fault due to barrier placement, driver had fault, everyone had some fault as in most things in life. Be carefull out there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) http://www.sportscarmarket.com/content/carrera |
jhadler |
Oct 23 2007, 01:26 PM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
The highlight I took from that was this: While the release covers the event organizers and officials from claims against negligence, it does not protect against claims of gross negligence. How does the read for those of us who organize or are event officials of track events? If you are performing your duties to the best of your ability, and within the scope of the rules laid out by your organization and insurance carrier, you will be held harmless. If, on the other hand, you are acting contrary to your own rules and regulations (ignoring a thumbs-down from tech for one), and something bad happens, you're hung out to dry.
The rules are there for more than just a reason to annoy the competitors... They're there to protect both drivers and officials. Not only from potential physical harm, but from litigation as well. I still think the whole incident was a tragedy. The loss of life, and the lawsuit that followed. Sad... Precedent has been set though folks, so watch that you do what your rules say you should do. -Josh2 |
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