"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 11/07/2013 at 19:43 • Filed to: Rants

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Sir Jackie Stewart's Q&A has inspired me to write a long post about safety in motorsports. Should be up tomorrow.

f86sabre > For Sweden 11/07/2013 at 20:00

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Some points of discussion:
NASCAR roof flaps
Runoff areas on modern FIA tracks
Work done by Charlie Whiting on track standards
Everything Sid Watkins did.
Driver vs fan safety
The last of the really dangerous Motorsport events: Baja 1000, Dakar, Isle of Man
NHRA going to 1000 ft to slow the cars

Carbon fiber cars in historic racing.

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For Sweden > f86sabre 11/07/2013 at 20:04

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It's going to be much more meta than that. Just make sure you're following your SMS program down in the hanger.

f86sabre > For Sweden 11/07/2013 at 20:18

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On jeez. My engineers have been complaining all week about our new SMS training. They call it acronym bingo. Over the last 3 or more years it has been one of the main points of discussion at the ARSA and MARPA conferences. Good idea, but still pretty crude in implementation.

Would not approve of SMS:

For Sweden > f86sabre 11/07/2013 at 20:22

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Evil Kanevil was highly trained; a pillar of any good SMS program.

If your guys don't like SMS, have them read up on Continental Express 2574. Should learn them up real good.

f86sabre > For Sweden 11/07/2013 at 20:28

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They don't mind the notion, we natively practice most of the tenants as part of our engineering function, but I think our new CBT training might be a bit dry. We have some amazing safety and risk training. Our human factors program is great too.