Agreed Arwyn .... the old school lot who fought in the war and had a realistic view of risk have all passed on and been replaced with office warriors who seem to be moving to the view that sticking to FIA rules (even for club level motorsport) reduces the risk to their carreers ... as a club level driver I've had to suck up the considerable cost of changes to helmet, harness, ROPS rules (often multiple times in close succession) that haven't been driven by any evidence in the form of harm or risk .... commonsense hands-on has been replaced with an irrationally risk averse office based rule making ... and that's before you start on their disproportionate 'diversity/protection' crusade.
The Government have put through legislation to allow closed-road competition on the mainland for the first time since the Kop incident (euro style hillclimbs, road races like in NI and IOM) .... several years down the line and apart from one or two hillclimbs restricted to lower powered classes nothing has developed ... the depressing effect of the MSUK and the threat of petty nimbyism.
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Ps ... should make it clear my rant is for the policy-makers at HQ ... not the grass-roots Scrutineers, Timekeepers, Marshalls, COCs etc who work hard to make it all work at track level .... club level motorsport only exists because of them!
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