Should of put a warning on this. It's kind of old I've seen a couple of times, but every time it pisses me off seeing the horrible horrilbe job the lame ass track officials do thier job. Like in one the comments the driver in the black is a true hero, while all the officials are standing around like @!#$ asshats it takes the driver to go and put out the fire in the ferrari. A soon as that porsche had the accident with those conditions should have been a redflag not a yellow stop the field.
I get a cold chill up my spine seeing the reaction of the ferrari driver when he finally gets to. Scares the hell out of me.
what i find ironic is the safety regs are designed so this exact thing doesnt happen...
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frank hernandez wrote:Should of put a warning on this. It's kind of old I've seen a couple of times, but every time it pisses me off seeing the horrible horrilbe job the lame ass track officials do thier job. Like in one the comments the driver in the black is a true hero, while all the officials are standing around like @!#$ asshats it takes the driver to go and put out the fire in the ferrari. A soon as that porsche had the accident with those conditions should have been a redflag not a yellow stop the field.
I get a cold chill up my spine seeing the reaction of the ferrari driver when he finally gets to. Scares the hell out of me.
i agree with everything you said, but i'm really with you on the last statement, it's almost like he came back from the dead not knowing where or who he was.
ive seen this before but ive never see it where the guy was dragged out of his car... i just assumed he was dead from the edited verson i seen..anyone know if both the guys where alright? the Ferrari driver was in the burning car for a very long time..luckily they wear flame retardant suits..but still with that amount of time in the car im sure it didnt help him a whole lot as im sure he got burnt extremely bad
btw wth are they driving in fog like that for thats just plain stupid
paco loco wrote:frank hernandez wrote:Should of put a warning on this. It's kind of old I've seen a couple of times, but every time it pisses me off seeing the horrible horrilbe job the lame ass track officials do thier job. Like in one the comments the driver in the black is a true hero, while all the officials are standing around like @!#$ asshats it takes the driver to go and put out the fire in the ferrari. A soon as that porsche had the accident with those conditions should have been a redflag not a yellow stop the field.
I get a cold chill up my spine seeing the reaction of the ferrari driver when he finally gets to. Scares the hell out of me.
i agree with everything you said, but i'm really with you on the last statement, it's almost like he came back from the dead not knowing where or who he was.
Holy crap, I mean that was nuts.
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Video makes me think of a lot of questions.. Why would make someone who has been in a serious car accident try to walk?? What if he had broken his neck/back somehow? Why did it take so long to get an ambulance there? Why were they racing in the fog to begin with? argggh..
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frank hernandez wrote:Should of put a warning on this. It's kind of old I've seen a couple of times, but every time it pisses me off seeing the horrible horrilbe job the lame ass track officials do thier job. Like in one the comments the driver in the black is a true hero, while all the officials are standing around like @!#$ asshats it takes the driver to go and put out the fire in the ferrari. A soon as that porsche had the accident with those conditions should have been a redflag not a yellow stop the field.
I get a cold chill up my spine seeing the reaction of the ferrari driver when he finally gets to. Scares the hell out of me.
You've never been to a full on race track have you? Have you even watched a race on tv? Apparently not, because they don't have fire trucks and ambulances at every stop, it's just not economical.
Asshats? Right, ok, because if you had to run in full race gear from over 1/2 to 3/4 mile away, you'd be there right away...you're such a douche bag, you have no idea the types of stresses track officials have to deal with. I'd like to see you do their job like that. I bet they were as busy as @!#$ that race.
Conditions were decided because they had the race, all the drivers knew that, they were supposed to race accordingly. There is more to racing than just going fast, its about watching yourself and the other drivers around you. They get their asses reamed both by the track and by their own teams if they destroy a car, its not like they plan on it.
Oh, and as for comig to, it was becuase he had lost consciousness, thats what happens...ever seen someone faint? Exact same response.
It's not like drag racing where it's just one 1/4 mile strip...its an entire track that is usually at least 2 miles long...give them some credit. @!#$ got ugly and they did their best...I'd like to see you do better.
^^^He has a point. I was thinking it took them awhile to get there but considering it was only a minute or two going about 30mph around 1/2 mile would make that about it. A driver was the closest one to help and the track officials were on their way. I'm sure there's an overview of the track somewhere that you could look at and then find where the fire trucks would be coming from and where the wreck was. Sucks about the wreck but come on, quit jumping on the bandwagon about how long it took officials to get there.
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ALright, I take back my statement. I was trying to find a picture of the track and ended up finding a story about the crash.
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A racing car driver whose career ended with a sickening crash five years ago Wednesday was awarded 90 million yen compensation after the Tokyo District Court ruled race organizers were to blame for his crippling accident.
Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshal of the 1998 race where he suffered severe burns that ruined his driving career, but received the vindication he had been looking for.
"The crash was caused when the flag car suddenly slowed down," Presiding Judge Tsuyoshi Ono said. "Firefighting and rescue preparations were also not up to scratch."
Ota was delighted with the court win. "I would like to thank everybody who has supported me along the way," the 43-year-old once referred to as Japan's best Ferrari handler said in the wake of the ruling.
Those ordered to pay Ota include Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, where the horrifying crash occurred, and TV Tokyo, which broadcast the race.
None of the defendants have stated whether they will appeal against the ruling, including TV Tokyo, which spent the entirety of the court battle arguing that it could not be regarded as one of the race organizers.
Court records said Ota's terrifying crash occurred during a warm-up lap before the official start of the race in May 1998. Ota's car burst into flames after slamming into another vehicle that had already stopped because of a different accident.
Ota was stuck in the fireball for almost 90 seconds before rescuers finally dragged him out. He sustained burns across his body and is still unable to move his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly.
Judges ruled the flag car should have been traveling at about 60 kilometers per hour instead of the 150 kilometers it was doing, and caused the accident by slowing too quickly. Ota was forced to unexpectedly drop his pace and, as a result, he lost control and smash into the stationary vehicle.
They also decided that Ota was left in his flaming vehicle for too long and organizers had neglected their responsibility to get him out of the burning car within 30 seconds of the blaze erupting.
A pre-race agreement between Ota and the organizers not to pursue legal action in the event of an accident was also dismissed as unacceptable.
"A letter that tries to eliminate one party from taking any responsibility for major accidents caused by gross negligence is incorrect, unfair and not void in this court," presiding judge Ono said.
TV Tokyo's attempt to avoid being regarded as one of the race organizers was dismissed by the court, which ruled it was involved in sufficient decisions made about the race to be viewed as one of the organizations directly concerned with running it.
Ota made his debut in 1982, racing in the Formula 3000 series before switching to GT car races in which he competed in four straight Le Mans 24-hour races. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 29, 2003)
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ok, so basicaly we have some people saying they took too long. then one person saying "let them do their job, it wasnt their fault blah blah blah... now lets pretend they got there in the fastest manner possible(btw i think the driver yelling and kicking their vehicle was awesome, at least he knew wtf was up)...now, assuming they got there as fast as they could, once there, how did they do anything properly? in a wreck like that with possible neck and back injuries or head trauma, at about 2:20 into the vid when they layed him on the ground, that is how he should have stayed until they got a stretcher under him, but instead what did they do? leave him alone to go clean up? "come on boys, get this shlt off the track, we got a race to run".... sorry not gunna fly with me, why would they leave him there alone? cleanup can wait... that man should have been number one priority for every single person in the rescue crew before cleaning up. so the guy stumbles to his feet... he should have been layed down, and put on a damn stretcher...again, with them being complete morons, yeah i said it, you can get the heIl over it... they did a piss poor job at ... well...THEIR JOB.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
KevinP (Stabby McShankyou) wrote:not funny... i just can't find that funny... not with 2 copies of the Candyland board game on your shelf.
