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He could have fucking killed that poor bastard laying on the track and they do nothing?? PATHETIC!!
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First off.....watch that shit in real time in Scotties video. You see RV look right at the YELLOW FLAG and the YELLOW LIGHTS right after the flagger......RV is looking right at them when he goes past........by the time he lifts his head up......he has about 15' before he gets to that red flashing light.
If you have ever raced a bike ( And not one of you have at those speeds ).........how in the hell was RV going to shut off the throttle in time?
I have no horse in this race......I don't care who wins.....but some of you guys are clueless bastards.
One thing I will say........the flagger should of had a RED FLAG or a white and red MEDIC flag!
I ran an indoor AX track for 4 years. I helped install our flashing light system.....and believe it or not.....they very seldom ever worked! As in......the riders didn't see them!
When you have a shit load of flashing lights all the way around the track , from signs , cameras , lights from the building.....THE BEST THING a rider will see.....is a FLAG! Wave it right in front of them.....and they will see it!
I have had the yellow hazard lights flashing for a good 15 seconds.....and STILL had riders jumping shit! I Know.....because I have done it myself! And our AX track had about 1% of the lights one of these big stadiums have.
You guys crack me up......no clue as to what you are even talking about.
You really think the season is going to be any different?
I agree though.....dock him some points , or time or whatever.
Point I was trying to make.....FIM should think out their layout for the safety of the riders a little more. They "Should have" a flagger with a red flag in hand at all times .....just in case of something exactly like this.
I watch that video.....and I can't simply put all the blame all on Ryan for this. The flaggers should do what I taught my flaggers........YELL at the riders.....it only takes a split second to do it. And it gets their attention.....more than a flag and definitely more than some flashing light that mixes in with all the other lights in the stadium.
It would be like a sowna up in here..
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Just like I doubt you see Malcom get fined if Bogle dosen't hit him.
I think we've seen the problems with the rule book but I'm sure the AMA/FIM still find it perfect.
Bottom line is.......there needs to be a better way to warn riders about stuff when it happens. There should have been a red flag thrown out right in front of him when he landed and rolled that last single. he didn't see that.....he saw a yellow flag and a set of flashing yellow lights. Something he probably sees about a dozen times during a race.......you never see any of the top guys slow down.
It's bad timing is what it boils down to plain and simple. It was bad timing for James for sure.....as he had to single everything. Which pissed me off because I was hoping to see a Stewart / RV battle coming up......and it got blown out of the water.
Get the warning flags , lights or a God damn blow horn further in front of the wrecks......and they would see less stuff like this happen.
Bad position of the warning flags and lights is what it boils down to.
And Stewart's landing right on top of Jason Thomas was merely one link in a long chain crashes taking other riders out as was pointed out by many, many people at the time.
I think it was a close call last night, and even if RV1 was docked 1 position and 2 points I would be ok with that. No where on here have I blindly defended him. And I thought his handshake with Dungey after the race was pure class.
You need to step back, take a breath, and decide if you really want to be in the company of the haters where you now find yourself.
The rider blowing by because he doesn't give a shit is the problem.
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