Burt Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Is there not a procedure set out for "wrong direction-return to grandstand" eventualities? Would the riders not of had a briefing beforehand to explain this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 You'd think in this day and age there would be someone to communicate information to the riders...via some sort of telepathy or tarot card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 43 minutes ago, RIchard Britten said: You'd think in this day and age there would be someone to communicate information to the riders...via some sort of telepathy or tarot card. Or RAF Carrier Pigeon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Burt said: Is there not a procedure set out for "wrong direction-return to grandstand" eventualities? Would the riders not of had a briefing beforehand to explain this? There is a procedure but all facts need to be explored by the advocates involved and put before a court before apportioning blame or not. Anything said by others on here may or may not be receiving false information. Mind you, it hasn't stopped people before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 13 minutes ago, manxy said: There is a procedure but all facts need to be explored by the advocates involved and put before a court before apportioning blame or not. Anything said by others on here may or may not be receiving false information. Mind you, it hasn't stopped people before. no one has been charged yet, the details are in the paper...... http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=41016&headline=What we know so far about Mercer's crash§ionIs=NEWS&searchyear=2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Just saying - Is that all the facts or are they cherry picking bits of information? I'm not bothered either way, but I find that papers are not the most trusting of sources and tend to agitate things to gain a reaction and therefore attempt to sell more papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 26 minutes ago, manxy said: Just saying - Is that all the facts or are they cherry picking bits of information? I'm not bothered either way, but I find that papers are not the most trusting of sources and tend to agitate things to gain a reaction and therefore attempt to sell more papers. Fair comment, but curious to know how Mr Flint can indicate that the car and it's police occupants were blameless , that can only be established if they proceeded under the direct instructions of 'Race control' . As I understand if there is a fatality where only a single rider is involved the clerk of the course deals with the matter , if more than one rider involved then there could be blame hence police involvement. It would be prudent to wait for the outcome of the enquiry to ascertain exactly what happened . ETO after a red flag , as I understand it nobody moves without a direct instruction from race control ( e.g. "riders will return to the grandstand under stationary yellow's"....and perhaps ....." led by a TM". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I think your comments make good sense paswt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 45 minutes ago, manxy said: Just saying - Is that all the facts or are they cherry picking bits of information? I'm not bothered either way, but I find that papers are not the most trusting of sources and tend to agitate things to gain a reaction and therefore attempt to sell more papers. who knows but i think it can be discussed until criminal proceedings start..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 57 minutes ago, woody2 said: who knows but i think it can be discussed until criminal proceedings start..... it has to be discussed to decide whether there will be any criminal proceedings in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 7/3/2018 at 11:05 AM, La Colombe said: Here's an uncomfortable story about Dan Hegarty's lack of insurance cover in Macau last year where he was killed in a race. How was he able to start without adequate cover, or are they much less insistent out there than on the island? Could it happen here? Fancy getting life insurance then racing in a country you’re not insured for. What a complete an utter weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Some encouraging news. "The TT rider who collided with a course car during practice week has been moved out of the critical care ward. Steve Mercer has been receiving treatment at a Merseyside hospital since the incident at Ballacrye in May. An update on his Facebook page confirmed Mercer is now on a normal ward, but was unable to provide further details of his condition. The ACU and local authorities are carrying out investigations into the collision, which happened under red flag conditions." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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