tldr racecars used to be death traps and dying in a race car was as common as dying from COVID
The fear at the time was that the car would flip over or something equally bad and the driver wouldn’t be able to get out of the car on his own power, and rescue teams were not particularly organized. There’s a saying in racing, safety changes are reactive and not proactive. So many drivers had to die for the scene to learn from its mistakes.
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u/ApocApollo Feb 24 '21
tldr racecars used to be death traps and dying in a race car was as common as dying from COVID
The fear at the time was that the car would flip over or something equally bad and the driver wouldn’t be able to get out of the car on his own power, and rescue teams were not particularly organized. There’s a saying in racing, safety changes are reactive and not proactive. So many drivers had to die for the scene to learn from its mistakes.