Under fire Gardner renews attack on TT!

[Wolfman]

I think this is all about WG giving us all a "Statement of his attitude" in his new position on the Road Safety Council...if so, his attitude stinks!!!!

He should be going off about non organised sport, where medics, etc, are not in attendance!!!

I think WG would be a prime candidate for "Tool of the Month", if we had such an award in here!!!

 

[Kazza]

I think this is all about WG giving us all a "Statement of his attitude" in his new position on the Road Safety Council...if so, his attitude stinks!!!!

He should be going off about non organised sport, where medics, etc, are not in attendance!!!

I think WG would be a prime candidate for "Tool of the Month", if we had such an award in here!!!

Tool of The Month....

I'm liking that idea :thumbup:

 

[Nelly]

Personally I lost a lot of interest in the TT when DJ died. We all have our favourite riders and can debate who is the best until the cows come home. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoctaCBUAAU]YouTube - David Jefferies Tribute[/ame] I think 1.57 sums up DJ's love of what he did. There is also (quite rightly a huge amount of empathy for the rider’s families who are left behind. DJ's family have set up a memorial fund. Importantly it presents their side of the story. Home :: David Jefferies :: Memorial Fund
I voted that the TT should stay as it is a great race; there is also a bigger picture to consider. The IOM economy generates a great deal of their GDP from this event. When you go to the IOM the history and nostalgia is everywhere. The IOM for all intents and purpose is the TT.
I think that the race organisers and bureaucrats need to take more responsibility in developing the safety of the circuit. Would this level of fatalities be accepted in other disciplines? Yes the nay Sayers will say this will taint the spirit of the race. I would argue that young riders dying in their prim taint the event even more. There is technology out there that can reduce the severity of injuries. Telegraph poles for instance are a thing of the past now fibre optics is used. Could the inflatable catch fences that they use at speed way events be employed? I have seen this work brilliantly at 80+mph?
Should the circuit be redesigned to reduce fatalities. I’m sorry that I am not clever enough to have the answers but not dumb enough to believe that everything possible has been done to reduce the tragic deaths.
Great thread wolfie.

Nelly

 

[Wolfman]

Personally I lost a lot of interest in the TT when DJ died. We all have our favourite riders and can debate who is the best until the cows come home. YouTube - David Jefferies Tribute I think 1.57 sums up DJ's love of what he did. There is also (quite rightly a huge amount of empathy for the rider’s families who are left behind. DJ's family have set up a memorial fund. Importantly it presents their side of the story. Home :: David Jefferies :: Memorial Fund
I voted that the TT should stay as it is a great race; there is also a bigger picture to consider. The IOM economy generates a great deal of their GDP from this event. When you go to the IOM the history and nostalgia is everywhere. The IOM for all intents and purpose is the TT.
I think that the race organisers and bureaucrats need to take more responsibility in developing the safety of the circuit. Would this level of fatalities be accepted in other disciplines? Yes the nay Sayers will say this will taint the spirit of the race. I would argue that young riders dying in their prim taint the event even more. There is technology out there that can reduce the severity of injuries. Telegraph poles for instance are a thing of the past now fibre optics is used. Could the inflatable catch fences that they use at speed way events be employed? I have seen this work brilliantly at 80+mph?
Should the circuit be redesigned to reduce fatalities. I’m sorry that I am not clever enough to have the answers but not dumb enough to believe that everything possible has been done to reduce the tragic deaths.
Great thread wolfie.

Nelly

Nice post! Yes it is high time that the TT moved into the 21st century, and started implementing better safety for riders, with such stuff, as air fence...more "run off" where possible, the removal of stoble poles, moving a few fences back in the "black spots", etc...

The event runs every year, and shows no sign of going away anytime soon, and this debate re it's dangers is never going to go away either....

Other racing discipline's have street events that are a lot safer....the TT really is "back yarder" in a lot of respects....which is strange, considering the expert level of races teams at the event these days....

I love Raod racing more than any racing....Ask Ozzieboy, I am always "banging on" about how crazy it is, and how good the racing is....but i do think all the time, that they could do more to make it safer!

:thumbup:

 

[Dunno]

In the 1920s there were calls to ban the TT as they approached average speeds of 60mph!

Since then it was deemed 70mph was too fast, 80, 90 oh no average speeds of 100mph! Way too fast for a mere human.

Bikes improve. Riders capabilities improve. Its a sad fact that riders die chasing their dreams at the TT however no one is more aware of this than the riders themselves.
When it gets too dangerous the riders will make their own decisions not to race as a responsible adult has the right to do.

Richard Quayle decided enough was enough after this.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nzq2GorVH4]YouTube - 160mph CRASH at the Isle of Man TT[/ame]


Guy Martin crashed this year & amazingly escaped death. Would this be enough to convince you its time to give up the TT?




Here is what the man himself has to say about the incident & any future involvement in the TT.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhA_U6LStQA]YouTube - Guy Martin Reflects on his TT Crash[/ame]


WG can get back in his box. If he was such a safety advocate he would have called it quits when he nearly took off Franco Uncini's head & called for his fellow racers to do the same.
No doubt Wayne is legend when it comes to racing but comments like this show him to be a hypocrite.