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For example Weimer's latest injury:
"broken right wrist, broken left scapula, broken left elbow, bruised ribs, a bruised right lung, and a collapsed left lung"
There was another former pro that died in an MX crash just this last week, Peter Melton from Australia. In June there was another, Steven Lenoir the 2010 EMX250 champ. There has always been injuries and risks but with increased speed both become a lot greater. Just like driving is always dangerous, but going 110mph is a lot more dangerous and riskier than 80mph. Time to slow stuff down.
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tomac even said you cant battle on a 450. someone will wreck or major fade.
in no form of racing will you ever see progression in terms of making things slower.
at the end of the day their really isn’t any new technology that helps when a human hits the ground (except neck braces and new helmets) and that’s the issue.
build whatever “safe” track you want. racers are still going to go as fast as they can, and faster then the season before. that’s just the nature of progression.
it’s not if you crash, it’s when.
the only thing that sounds reasonable to me is some type of inflatable worn object that is attached to the bike via cord and when you’re ejected it engages like an air bag in cars that protects the vital organs and long bones.
and yes, something that takes away impact when you hit the ground. how many things in life sounded crazy until it happened? an electric motocross bike? magnetic lens’ ittl happen one day. maybe not “inflatable” but something that happens to the rider before they hit the ground. maybe everyone won’t wear it but it will be made
as long as theirs a race theirs going to be injuries. so the question is how do you soften the blow
Pit Row
Alpinestars Airbag Vest
Here's the video I was talking about earlier.
https://youtu.be/yZrYm3--EjE?rel=0
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