We're doing a lot of key pounding about period authenticity, legality/
illegality etc etc.
How about some ideas on how we might improve the situation?
There is a school of thought that says we either have to have a set of
rules and enforce them, or no rules and have what we have today.
I sure don't like the strict enforcement approach, because that adds a
whole new dimension of tech-ing, accepting/rejecting, and protesting, a
la SCCA (for which I continue to have a great deal of respect, by the
way).
I wonder if there is some middle ground approach that would involve
education or signing a statement or something like that. How about some
more comprehensve written guidelines addressing both preparation and
driving practice?. They could be a part of some set of rules like the
SCCA GCR (General Competition Rules) but far simpler, that could be the
subject of a written drivers' school test. This could include some
safety issues that I'm afraid if left unaddressed will eventually
contribute to a major inident, damaging both participants and the sport.
I realize that this is a less-than-half-thought-out idea, but that's
never stopped me from expresssing myself in the past. Comments?
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