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Originally Posted by FireFly
Actually, I did address your point. And anyone who watches the video can see the driver loses control WELL in advance of finally flying over the edge. In fact, he hits the other wall first. You'd think that would stop him from bouncing back even higher, but for some reason, it doesn't. Gross driver error.
But then who are we all to place blame? Looks like you're waiting for an official of some sort to agree with you instead of oppose you. Are the men out there doing training again today? Because if they are, I'd say they also would oppose you. They are the ones who would know best, after all. How many times have they completed a safe run?
And AGAIN, they've increased the height of the wall there. I would say we'll find out if anyone hits that wall fairly high in the future if it was the fault of the engineers.
But since you say you've seen video of people airborne there... let's see it.
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You didn't address my points at all. You act as if this accident was completely unexpected, when in fact there have been at least two other athletes come within a matter of inches of suffering the same fate. You also pretend like overcompensating in turns is uncommon, go back to your first post and read what you said. Crashes due to over/under compensation are incredibly common, this wasn't a mistake that was completely unforeseeable. It wasn't a gross error, it was an error that occurs on every track every single day.
The video was part of NBC's coverage of the accident prior to the opening ceremonies. If you find yourself a proxy server I'm sure you can find it at nbcolympics.com.
BTW, why would I be waiting for an official to agree with me? That will never happen. Doing so would be an admission of guilt, one that would be fully admissible against them in any coming legal action.