With all due respect. No one take offense to anything.
I've seen this happen multiple times in my life. Guy's dying, or permenantly disabled; and families not prepared for the potential concequences hardships afterward.
The
consequences of severe injury and death are frankly not remote chances; if you get an accident you're very likely to get injured or
die.
Motorcycles riders chances of injuries/ death being exponentially worse.
You may as well have add six 000000 zeros after the word.. motorcycle.
I've lost a brother on a motorcycle.
And since the 1984, I personally known 12 people who have died on motorcycles.
Here's the kicker... With the exception of my brother who was a Postal worker with good insurance and tripled his life insurance 6 months before he was killed, get this
Not a single guy not a single one of them had life insurance. At least half of them had families as well.
This is not just regarding the risk from racing, you stand a very good chance of dying on the way to work everyday.
I was married for 28 years thought the sun would never set! We both worked hard, moved to the desert from L A. built a dream home.
Wife got cancer and died in VERY short order , 4 months from diagnosis to death.
I have no children, very little family my wife was everything. We didn't prepare well, we never talked about it; never talked about a contingency plan of what ifs,.
A different points I had very good life insurance policies with a couple companies I worked for but when the economies, 2008 etc.. collapsed and all the jobs went overseas insurance becomi g prohibitively ridiculously expensive for two people trying to make a living.
So after spending a life together, after she died I pretty much lost everything, and starting from scratch my early 50s, and it sucks!
In my situation even though we were married our accounts and incomes were separate and we did not have "a will" that is what really put me in a very bad situation I had no access to my wise finances I had to go to probate on my own home.... And that's when the bill collectors started to sink their claws in.. had we had a will and been prepared for a little more time to talk about it things would have been different.
SO THOSE OF YOU ARE MARRIED AND FINANCES ARE SEPARATE , OR DO NOT HAVE A WILL..GET THAT poop TAKEN CARE OF SOON!! LOL
just saying
And to the woman who this post is regarding, I totally get it! I was totally "lost " for a good two years in a "grey fog". It's the only time in my life where time is lost and I cannot pinpoint months even a good year of my life, on a timeline.
I could not even imagine having the responsibility of two children.
As far as the racing organization allowing racers to face each other in an off-road race in opposite directions and at night.
If you look at it with all the gray area removed and just black and white.
YES that's unacceptable.. in "this day and age".
I don't have any affiliation with any racing organization other than an enthusiast I've had many fast cars road racing motorcycles, off road bikes etc... That's as far as I take it..it's still "stupid"dangerous
even not racing.
Here's all I have for a suggestion to anyone & everyone:
Sit down talk with your loved ones and your families and also do a lot of self-reflection.
Research and set up as soon as possible any form of insurance for medical care and your loved ones.
This should just be a natural conversation with any couple and ( I realize it doesn't happen I'm living proof) but it really always needs to be at the forefront whether you're leaving your house to go to the supermarket or racing the Baja 500.
Perhaps somebody well versed in insurance could put together a suggested "BASIC"package on paper with different tiers for people to view and if they like it they could take that advice.
We all do this probably out of laziness or just not wanting to think of a potential catastrophic outcome., It's not in our nature
When it comes to insurance there are a lot of hidden clauses and pitfalls that's for sure.. so if people "in the know" could shareh justbasic suggestions for people on various budgets, they could present for people to get an idea or review, That could be awesome, and help ease the lingering tragedy of one's death it's hard enough on the survivors, some can handle the situations well but a lot can't. Accident and illnesses can happen fast faster than you can react..
So just think about it, think about the endeavor you're going to undertake the risks you're going to put yourself in the situations that the racing organization provides or doesn't provide.
Also and for the average guy before you spend $6,000 on shock absorbers for a truck project... Think equally about putting some money aside and purchasing and researching some kick-ass insurance and safety nets whatever measure you choose...
For anyone spending 50 to $200,000k or more on a racing endeavor it should be a prerequisite regardless. As there is no excuse other than flat out just not being prepared/responsible.
If someone has enough money to build a trophy truck they can hire the help they need tidy up potential loose ends with insurance policies
Again just suggestions nobody need to take offense there's no perfect scenario.
Best wishes to all
