MOTO-ST At Iowa Speedway fiasco

my guess is that chris runs his own team and can make his own decisions.

 

I got no beef with you bro. However, what he wrote combined with the "S.A.F.E.R." acronym could easily be mistaken to imply that this new track is safe for motorcycles.

 

Yeah, you know, you're right. Saying that SAFER isn't concrete is implying that a track is safe for motorcycles. I definitely think you're on to something with that.

JU, commence with the execution, please.

 

http://images.google.com/images?q=ball+peen+hammer

 

Errr, no they're not.

 

Hey, Dawn, check this out, Iowa has no concrete at all in their walls. First time that's been done.

 

Nice save, Frank!

 

I am impervious to Chuckie's drive-bys.

 

There you go again, saying the track is completely safe for MC racing and the riders are chicken shit for complaining!

 

The original safer barrier at Indy was concrete.

 

How much energy will a safer barrier absorb?

 

You never pass up an opportunity to be wrong, do you? Congratulations.

http://www.indy500.com/news/story.php?story_id=4188

"Speedway crews have replaced the original Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier on the outside retaining wall of the Speedway oval’s four turns with a “Version 2” of the barrier."

http://www.racingwest.com/news/story.php3/3785/index.htm

"The only damage to the SAFER system from McGehee's heavy impact were gouges to the steel tubes welded together that form the unified element of the wall, said Kevin Forbes, Indianapolis Motor Speedway director of engineering and construction."

Geez, I wonder why they named the original concrete barriers SAFER? What did the "S" stand for if not steel? Maybe they really meant CAFER and just misspelled it.

 

Don't know, why don't you call and find out for us?

 

Come on prove how your the smartest in the room?

 

Well, I'll be.

"Lincoln, Nebraska -- The University of Nebraska's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, a research organization focusing on all aspects of highway design and safety, have developed a new Steel, Titanium, Urethane, Polyethylene Idtio and Dumbass Energy Reduction (STUPIDER) barrier. Under development since 2000, STUPIDER is designed to absorb energy when beating your head against the wall when dealing with idtios and dumbasses, thus giving the BBS member a better chance of survival. The research facility, receiving some funding from the Midwest Regional Pooled Fund program, has engaged the WERA BBS as the first test bed for the new technology.

The technology is the brainchild of Dr. Dean L. Sicking, a civil engineering professor at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, who is one of the world's leading independent researchers on barrier and crash safety. Through the years, Dr. Sicking has made enormous contributions to roadside safety research, helping advance the study of safety equipment and cutting edge development on a variety of safety innovations that have saved many lives on highways at home and abroad. His work by extension includes the study and analysis of vehicle crashes. He plans on extending this safety technology to common everyday situations, especially those experienced on Internet bulleting boards.

According to sources, STUPIDER will be deployed by the Fall of 2007, and following an evaluation of the level of success, may commercially available soon after."

 

great come back Frank, you have obvious have no idea.

 

You're absolutely right, Chuckie.

 

How does a rigid steel support differ from rigid concrete wall??

 

He doesn't have to be the smartest in the room, just smarter than you.

 

Well, one way is steel is spelled with an "S", and concrete is spelled with a "C". As in those concrete SAFER barriers.