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Originally Posted by Coys1882
How much control do these guys have over their luges/bobsleds speedwise? If they have the ability to slow it down or speed it up - is it possible this guy was over aggressive on what is a very fast and dangerous track?
Auto racing has deaths all the time and a lot of them occur on ovals - are the designers of those tracks liable?
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Tough to compare. These things have no brakes or throttle to slow you down, just gravity. It is as simple as getting down the track full speed. Basically the winner is the person that navigates corners the cleanest. Thousandths of seconds could separate 1st from 4th. So the athlete can't be to blame for this as much as the design of the track as the "expectation" is full tilt start to finish. There should not be a giant steel beam or 10 there to catch you if you make an error. Its is simply a bad design.