Crash Posting - Just wondering
10-08-2009, 01:28 PM
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Yeah, we all do, but I keep a library of wrecks. I was admonished for posting one recently, so I keep it to myself now. That's why I was wondering.
10-08-2009, 01:34 PM
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10-08-2009, 03:18 PM
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So what I've learned on this thread is that it appears we've overwhelmed and crashed the redtube site...
10-08-2009, 08:37 PM
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For me there is an etiquette that says that if you want to post a photo or video of your own wreck, go ahead. However you don't post video or stills of someone else's. Why? Well maybe because wrecking your car, particularly if you are at fault, is not exactly the most pleasant experience in the world, and having uninvited pictures and video on the internet to remind you of it doesn't exactly help matters. Yes, be can learn from watching video or looking at the aftermath, but we are learning at someone else's expense. If that person wants to share the experience fine. If not, it's their right to keep it private. JMHO
10-08-2009, 08:47 PM
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I don't agree. I have a crash sequence from Summit Point that I posted a long time ago that was very instructive. You could see where the car was way too fast down the shute, couldn't stop and overcorrected, and then hit the tire barrier, went up about 20 feet, spun, and collapsed. Thank god neither the instructor or student were hurt (if they had been, I would not have posted them). I blanked any identifiers on the car when I was asked to post them.
Novices and journeyman racers need to know the dangers involved. The physics associated with the "off", as well as the crash were informative.
Novices and journeyman racers need to know the dangers involved. The physics associated with the "off", as well as the crash were informative.
10-08-2009, 08:48 PM
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10-08-2009, 09:05 PM
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I don't agree. I have a crash sequence from Summit Point that I posted a long time ago that was very instructive. You could see where the car was way too fast down the shute, couldn't stop and overcorrected, and then hit the tire barrier, went up about 20 feet, spun, and collapsed. Thank god neither the instructor or student were hurt (if they had been, I would not have posted them). I blanked any identifiers on the car when I was asked to post them.
Novices and journeyman racers need to know the dangers involved. The physics associated with the "off", as well as the crash were informative.
Novices and journeyman racers need to know the dangers involved. The physics associated with the "off", as well as the crash were informative.
10-08-2009, 10:50 PM
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My wife wrecked once at Watkins Glen long ago, and I was upset to see the vultures coming around to gawk at the car, and then to later see photos posted on Rennlist. I found it to be extremely tasteless and classless.
Ever since then, I make it a point not to even bother looking at someone's wreck unless I either know the person and am concerned with their safety, or if I'm willing to help with repairing or transporting the car.
Sorry, posting photos is NOT informative for novices or journeyman racers. Anybody who doesn't know that you can wreck a car on a racetrack or on the highway needs to get their head out of their *** and wake up and smell the roses.
10-08-2009, 11:02 PM
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I don't agree. I have a crash sequence from Summit Point that I posted a long time ago that was very instructive. You could see where the car was way too fast down the shute, couldn't stop and overcorrected, and then hit the tire barrier, went up about 20 feet, spun, and collapsed. Thank god neither the instructor or student were hurt (if they had been, I would not have posted them). I blanked any identifiers on the car when I was asked to post them.
Hey that photo sequence is hanging in Chez Summit!
10-09-2009, 12:09 AM
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Personally, I find it irritating when DE guys who tape up their cars so they don't get "chips" come by and take cell phone picks at someone's car, esp after racing incidents. The same guys come by at DE and say things like "Why don't you clean your wheels" or "Why are you always working on things" or "Why is there a clutch disc on the ground" Yeah I changed my clutch, so what? I've seen Honda Challenge guys swap motors and race 3 hours later.
Most DE people would never understand racing. Racers break things and if they don't they're slow. Racers don't take pictures of wrecks.
Most DE people would never understand racing. Racers break things and if they don't they're slow. Racers don't take pictures of wrecks.
10-09-2009, 12:38 AM
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