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Originally Posted by RichS
Sure it was. However, you can still hear cars driving by as he is climbing out of the car.
It's amazing how long 'immediately halted' takes to happen. So while yes, I'm sure the corner workers 'immediately' threw red flags, it sometimes takes drivers time to respond to those flags. I've seen drivers in HPDE4 'miss' red flags. If a driver misses a red flag it can sometimes take quite a while to get to the next flag station. If the flag the driver just missed was right before the accident you could have someone coming at you at '105 MPH'.
The only time I'd EVER get out of a car (even if it is upside down) is when a corner worker (or the medical team) told me to.
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HAve to remember that he didn't have harnesses and he was upside down. He couldn't just "hang" there in the car. He was having to hold him self up with his arms or rest his head on the roof upside down. I think getting hit while like that would have been VERY bad. If he would have unclipped his belt so he wasn't resting on his head against the roof then he would have just been a ragdoll inside the if it was to get hit. No real good option there in my mind.