PCA DE Fatality at CMP

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Darren wrote:

It's an unusual situation in that the fatality was the instructor. I'm sure this will cause many instructors to re-evaluate. The student driver survived.

At first I thought not to post the link here until I realized that would be a form of denial. We all know abstractly the risks of DE, racing, leaving your house, but talking about them in light of situations like this is important.

I don't think any of you need to really worry. You probably have more of a chance of getting hit by a bus than by a tree branch puncturing your windshield. Or more likely, the drive to the track is much more dangerous than the time spent on the tack. I hate to say it, but pre-destiny may play a role here. When RTR experienced this, I do recall the cause maybe being a Heart Attack?? Could have happened anywhere.

Although, I would seriously look into having the guys in the upper run groups run straight water. Why take chances?