On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:15:53 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> On 17/04/2011 17:07, Darren New wrote:
>> On 4/17/2011 2:57, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Yes, I know what a crumple zone is. But at 100MPH, there are going to
>>> be fatalities, no matter which way you design a car.
>>
>> I take it the UK doesn't have any Formula-1 races?
> 
> Yeah, they do. But I'm pretty sure people driving road cars don't wear
> full-body flame-retardant suits, high-end crash helmets, custom-moulded
> seats, custom-calibrated seatbelts and heat restraints. I'm also fairly
> sure no known road car weighs as little as an F1 car, nor is quite as
> low to the ground. Also, walking around the Silverstone race circuit,
> there is a rather conspicuous absence of solid objects to collide with.

Stock Car Racing.

And "the wall" and "other cars" count as solid objects to collide with, 
and those happen to be on the track at the time of the race.

Jim

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