Jim,
you live much more dangerous during the peak hour in LA, than at the Bonneville
Salt Flats.
in 2003 there were nearly 3300 run during Speedweek, Wolrd of Speed and World
Final, with one heavy accident - Seth Hammond - and there you can nearly say -
and he walked away. The only fatal accident for a long time at Bonneville was
Nolan White's accident in October 2002 - and we know that this was not a real
race accident, this was saving money on the wrong place when he done his own
parachute "buildings".
A today racer at the salt is much safer as any car on the normal public road,
therefore we have the rule book and the stewards in the inpection.
Otherwise, how much hour your are in a car, before you got - by statistics - an
accident and how much minutes you are in a race car at Bonneville.
See ya
Pork Pie
"Jim Waldron" <jwaldron47@earthlink.net> schrieb:
> I've got a question about the safety of land-speed racing. My wife has some
>concerns that I would like to put to rest, and I found that I really didn't
>have any hard numbers to give her. I've been very open with her about the
>goings on, and she knows that we've lost or injured a few racers.
>
> Now, for sure, the most dangerous thing I do is jump in my daily driver twice
>a day and spend 35 minutes on the local toll way. If 'ever' there was a place
>for a roll cage, helmet, fire suit, and 7 point harness.......but that's a
>different story.
>
> Does anyone have event data for, the number of runs each year, number of
>injuries (not counting busted knuckles - say, something that requires a
>doctor's attention (stitches, fractures, etc.)), and number of fatalities?
>I'm sure there are good years and not so good, so a few recent years of data
>would be great.
>
> My gut feel is that this is one of, if not the, safest racing venue, and
>probably a lot safer than a lot of things I'm already doing. But I've got to
>admit that I don't have any numbers to back that up.
>
> A bit of a delicate question. I hope I've couched the question so as not to
>offend anyone.
>
> Also, I'm sure that mention of this will raise the eyebrows of my life
>insurance agent. Any advice? Rider on the policy, separate event insurance,
>or no coverage?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim W.
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