"Why are there posts so close to the track / why isn't there padding on them!?!?!"
1) Padding does next-to-nothing when you're going 90mph. It would need to be some pretty serious crash-pads to even benefit the scenario at all.
2) Leaving the track at that speed isn't really part of the luge-plan.
The only potential flaw in the design here is either:
A) the turn's simply too dangerous... yet how many people have done this course without injury?
or
B) the wall should be higher. <-- my viewpoint. With even 2ft more on that wall and he would have likely only suffered some bruises & broken bones & decelerated down the track instead of leaving it.
All that said, sad occurrence & my thoughts are with his family & all competitors.
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