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[EX#996]

Remember this?  The suggestion that started the war?  It was a good suggestion, but some people apparently feel corner working to be beneath them.  So how about we consider something different.  If you violate the blend line twice, or if you ride a full lap dumping oil after every corner station has given you a debris flag waveoff, or you get track managment after you for pitbike or pit speed infractions, or you ignore/don't see the black flag, or you get busted doing wheelies or you just generally behave like Queen of the racetrack for whom rules do not apply, then you get to cornerwork for a day before you can race again.  Why not?  You've displayed a complete disreguard for safety, so perhaps a day spent working with the safety crew might wake you up.
The point of having a novice racer spend some time as a cornerworker is to show them the big picture.  Spend some time on a corner, and suddenly you grasp that racing isn't all about you.  Some people NEED to learn that.  "My race!  My! injury!  My torn up bike!  Me me me!  Forcing me to spend a day cornerworking puts a hardship on ME!"  What?  Is this a video game?  You're not alone out there, buddy.  That swirl of motion around you is not pixels and megabytes, it's all flesh, blood, and metal.  If certian people actually knew the hardship and danger that cornerworkers face to make it possible for them to safely race, maybe they wouldn't be such a bunch of whiny, superior Nancy boys! :P

[spyderchick]

Remember this?  The suggestion that started the war?  It was a good suggestion, but some people apparently feel corner working to be beneath them.  So how about we consider something different.  If you violate the blend line twice, or if you ride a full lap dumping oil after every corner station has given you a debris flag waveoff, or you get track managment after you for pitbike or pit speed infractions, or you ignore/don't see the black flag, or you get bustedoing wheelies or you just generally behave like Queen of the racetrack for whom rules do not apply, then you get to cornerwork for a day before you can race again.  Why not?  You've displayed a complete disreguard for safety, so perhaps a day spent working with the safety crew might wake you up.
The point of having a novice racer spend some time as a cornerworker is to show them the big picture.  Spend some time on a corner, and suddenly you grasp that racing isn't all about you.  Some people NEED to learn that.  "My race!  My! injury!  My torn up bike!  Me me me!  Forcing me to spend a day cornerworking puts a hardship on ME!"  What?  Is this a video game?  You're not alone out there, buddy.  That swirl of motion around you is not pixels and megabytes, it's all flesh, blood, and metal.  If certian people actually knew the hardship and danger that cornerworkers face to make it possible for them to safely race, maybe they wouldn't be such a bunch of whiny, superior Nancy boys! :P

Have I told you that I love you, man? (I know I still can't have your Bud Light) ;) ;D

By the way, with writing skills like that, you should be a journalist or novelist or something...





































Just a thought.  ;D

[Xian_13]

Remember this?  The suggestion that started the war?  It was a good suggestion, but some people apparently feel corner working to be beneath them.  So how about we consider something different.  If you violate the blend line twice, or if you ride a full lap dumping oil after every corner station has given you a debris flag waveoff, or you get track managment after you for pitbike or pit speed infractions, or you ignore/don't see the black flag, or you get busted doing wheelies or you just generally behave like Queen of the racetrack for whom rules do not apply, then you get to cornerwork for a day before you can race again.  Why not?  You've displayed a complete disreguard for safety, so perhaps a day spent working with the safety crew might wake you up.
The point of having a novice racer spend some time as a cornerworker is to show them the big picture.  Spend some time on a corner, and suddenly you grasp that racing isn't all about you.  Some people NEED to learn that.  "My race!  My! injury!  My torn up bike!  Me me me!  Forcing me to spend a day cornerworking puts a hardship on ME!"  What?  Is this a video game?  You're not alone out there, buddy.  That swirl of motion around you is not pixels and megabytes, it's all flesh, blood, and metal.  If certian people actually knew the hardship and danger that cornerworkers face to make it possible for them to safely race, maybe they wouldn't be such a bunch of whiny, superior Nancy boys! :P

While I understand why there are people that agree with my opinion... Yet I dont understand why there are some that hate this opinion with a passion.

And I love the idea of actually punishing people for their error (notice I didn't say mistakes... cuz the blend line didn't jump out of no where).


But, I must say one last thing before I am done with this tread...
I wrote my opinion as.. Work the corner... When I think I should have written observe a corner from the corner works point of view.


XIII

[Jeff]

Do you really want to put your life in the hands of someone who has NO desire to be doing what they are doing?

I rely on the corner workers to get me safely around any scenario on the track which could endanger me.  Likewise, I rely on them to get others safely around ME when I become that "scenario on the track".

Put someone out there who does not want to be there and the results can be deadly.

People there to RACE, should be punished by not allowing them to RACE.  That hits them where it hurts...

Just my $.02 on the original subject (since I don't even know if I replied to the original thread).

Don't get me wrong, it's great in concept, but if you look at the downsides of it, from my perspective, they greatly outweigh the potential benefit.

Benefits:
1 - More cornerworkers available
2 - Punishment
3 - Possibility for someone to learn something

Risks:
1 - Severe annoyance/irritation/hindrance to the REAL cornerworkers.
2 - Lackluster performance leading to increased hazards during events.
3 - Headache of official enforcement/management of this program.