Re: Pro Rally problems

["Ian J Haseltine" <jim_haseltine@email.msn.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Aukerman <Bruce@mannlawfirm.com>


>>>liability nightmare and a lawyer's dream<<<
>
>I'm sure insurance costs are high, but the comparative fault of a
>person squatting down on the outside portion of a 40mph gravel turn to
>get a picture will be argued to be very high.  Some of the euro races
>I have watched show fans that truly are insane.


There's a different attitude in europe that can be summed up by "Well that
was a d*mn silly place to stand wasnt it?".
It is generally accepted that motor sport is dangerous and watching it can
be risky too. A stage of the Corsican Rally was cancelled last week because
the organizers considered the number of spectaors was such that there was a
very high risk of injury. They didnt cancel it from a liability point of
view, more the bad press that they would have got if someone had been
killed.

Jim Haseltine