JoeyD23
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Seeing the wash incident yesterday involving TT75 and the spectators was terrible in so many ways. A wave of emotions flowed as the incident carried out. From watching the truck innocently blow the turn to watching him attempt to throttle out to keep from sliding down the hill, then watching him go directly into those individuals was something I won't soon forget. The next few moments were filled with screams, dust, and lots of confusion. Emerging from the insanity the focus turns to watching a small group of civilians perform CPR on a person and all reality sets in that this is serious. I'll spare the rest of those details as it's something no one wants to think about. My heart hurts for those families involved.
BUT, as we waited the situation out I couldn't help but look at the driver and co-driver as the authorities carried out their investigation. I began to feel so bad for those guys. Forget about the fact that they had probably planned for this race for months, spent gobs of money and time to put in this effort and now instead of heading off into the desert they were surrounded by authorities trying to explain what happened. Where I felt the most for these guys was on the side of how they must of been feeling seeing the injured.
I watched them talking to the authorities and then my thoughts turned to what happens next for these guys?
what if I was in that situation?
Does SCORE have their back?
Are you guilty until proven innocent?
Where did they take the truck when it was driven away by someone else? Do they impound it?
These situations have happened many times down there, and I have heard some horrible stories about the racer being railroaded / extorted by the local authorities and others that you would think are looking out for your best interests and should be.
So what's the process? What should every racer be doing to protect themselves as best as they can should they find themselves in this situation?
BUT, as we waited the situation out I couldn't help but look at the driver and co-driver as the authorities carried out their investigation. I began to feel so bad for those guys. Forget about the fact that they had probably planned for this race for months, spent gobs of money and time to put in this effort and now instead of heading off into the desert they were surrounded by authorities trying to explain what happened. Where I felt the most for these guys was on the side of how they must of been feeling seeing the injured.
I watched them talking to the authorities and then my thoughts turned to what happens next for these guys?
what if I was in that situation?
Does SCORE have their back?
Are you guilty until proven innocent?
Where did they take the truck when it was driven away by someone else? Do they impound it?
These situations have happened many times down there, and I have heard some horrible stories about the racer being railroaded / extorted by the local authorities and others that you would think are looking out for your best interests and should be.
So what's the process? What should every racer be doing to protect themselves as best as they can should they find themselves in this situation?