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e sat down with track
day organisers, drivers,
instructors, insurers and
circuit owners to delve deeper into
the safety of the UK’s track days.
One point from the meeting that
seemed to run as a common theme
throughout the day was that UK
track days are very safe, and few
serious accidents happen. The
same cannot be said for all tracks
and organisers thought the rest of
the world, as safety standards
vary greatly. It became apparent
that collectively we could develop
a way for other organisers to learn
from the UK industry and what it
is doing right.
One European track day organiser
said: “We are always on the lookout
for poor driving and always encour-
age instructors to be in the car, but
the rules are a lot more relaxed in
Europe.” The rules for overtaking,
for example, differ on the continent.
Most tracks and organisers here in
the UK only allow passing on one
TRACK DAY SAFETY IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN DETAILED BRIEFINGS
AND WELL-PLACED CONES. MSD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SEAN
EDWARDS FOUNDATION, BROUGHT TOGETHER EXPERTS FROM ACROSS
THE INDUSTRY TO DISCUSS SAFETY, WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED AND WHAT
THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM OUR TRACK RECORD.
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