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Originally Posted by RichS
I'd say no (unless he thought the car was on fire or was about to catch on fire [maybe he smelled leaking gas or something?]). There are still cars driving by. The chances of one of those cars staring at this wreck is VERY HIGH and as we all know, your car tends to go where you look. By leaving the relative safety of his car the driver turned himself into a target. Just my humble opinion.  |
You're right, he shouldn't have gotten out of the car, however, one thing that NASA Mid-Atlantic region does a decent job of is running red flag drills in HPDEs. Once the car went tumbling, all activity on the track was immediately halted.