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Senna_65 t1_ja20td2 wrote

As a result, Mercedes pulled out of motorsport entirely for 30 years and Switzerland banned motorsports all-together. It was a horrific crash

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Barkinsons t1_ja2zlqe wrote

Interestingly, Switzerland banned round-course races, but not hill challenges. Basically, races where the Start and Finish are not in the same place are still allowed. The ban was lifted in 2022.

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DortDrueben t1_ja4efy6 wrote

Found the other one who watches The Grand Tour. There are dozens of us!!!

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legit309 t1_ja4oqap wrote

Small addition/correction, the law was updated in 2015 to allow for electric circuit racing (and the 2018 Zurich e-prix).

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Toddlez t1_ja21bcd wrote

The real crazy part is that the race wasn't stopped.

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TimTimmington t1_ja27h2a wrote

From memory I believe it was decided to end the race would hamper the treatment and evacuation of the injured. A truly horrific day.

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dishonourableaccount t1_ja2bynt wrote

Yeah there wasn’t a single viewing area- besides the grandstand where the disaster took place spectators lined up all along the course. The course included some local roads that were blocked off for the race.

Organizers reasoned that if the race was called off, everyone would leave at once, and no one would be able to use the roads to get medical care in and out.

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dykeag t1_ja2utuu wrote

That's probably not a bad decision, honestly

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IdiotCow t1_ja390ax wrote

It's the same reason why the NFL didn't cancel the Bills/Bengals game right away after Damar Hamlin almost died on the field this past year. It would have made it difficult for the ambulance to get in and get out, so they canceled it after he was taken out

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Fit_Pineapple_7828 t1_ja5yhxw wrote

He was off the field 15-20 minutes after the incident. They didn’t even talk about cancelling the game until after he was gone. They canceled almost an hour and a half after he collapsed and the teams had gone back into the locker room to discuss it. Fans watched the ambulance come on the field in disbelief. Not really the same at all, the NFL hadn’t had anything like this happen and didn’t know what to do and frankly didn’t want to cancel such a highly touted prime time matchup.

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Admetus t1_ja2p9oa wrote

It always takes an accident to lead to higher safety standards.

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10Bens t1_ja3ja8x wrote

Safety rules are written in blood.

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laziestindian t1_ja474e3 wrote

And taken out on the whims of profit. See East Palestine, OH and Trump deregulation of hazardous train brake requirements.

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ghilliesniper522 t1_ja64uxh wrote

Yeah blame Trump

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laziestindian t1_ja6bh9r wrote

The Trump administration is the one who removed the regulation after the Obama added it.

Trump probably didn't really give two shits about most of what he signed as President but he's just as responsible as the other Republicans who voted the change through.

Republican governor DeWine is also the one who refused federal aid from Biden going to the affected area.

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A_happy_monkey t1_ja6mbel wrote

Yeah pls educate yourself about literally anything.

Just to get the ball rolling ya know? Get the gears turning.

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ghilliesniper522 t1_ja6n7u4 wrote

Ik he overturned the regulations but the company itself also has to take blame and so does Biden since he could've reimpleneted the regulation if it was that important

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OorPancake t1_ja20911 wrote

There's a good documentary called Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster the BBC made about it, it was horrific. (14 of the casualties were decapitated.)

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Habaneroe12 t1_ja2odu6 wrote

And some of those were kids.

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adamcoe t1_ja58gm6 wrote

Is that worse somehow? Adult heads aren't worth as much?

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justk4y t1_ja591ku wrote

Kids haven’t lived that long of a life

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A_happy_monkey t1_ja6mg5u wrote

Something about their lives being cut really short I dunno can't quite put my finger on it :/

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AvonMexicola t1_ja2vtwk wrote

Note the row of people being decapitated by a car hood.

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on_ t1_ja2s0zf wrote

The fuel fire raised the temperature of the remaining Elektron bodywork past its ignition temperature, which was lower than that of other metal alloys due to its high magnesium content. The alloy burst into white-hot flames, showering the track and crowd with magnesium embers, made worse by rescue workers unfamiliar with magnesium fires who poured water onto the inferno, greatly intensifying the fire.[14][9] As a result, the car burned for several hours.

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The_Presitator t1_ja2u7h8 wrote

There is an excellent engineering disaster podcast that did an episode of this. "Well there's your problem" is the name and they're hilarious if you don't mind them getting off topic occasionally.

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whitemanwhocantjump t1_ja3yg2l wrote

Is this the same one that the winner won while being drunk?

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my4coins t1_ja2gv4m wrote

TIL that the top killing rate by race car driver is 84 to 1.

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