Fred W B
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:30 PM |
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Good argument for onboard fire bottle
link
+ don't put your trust in marshals
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 22/11/11 by Fred W B]
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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designer
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:38 PM |
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Spends all that money on a track car and has no built in extinguisher!
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:46 PM |
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Source was very probably a fuel leak on the rear bulkhead, so I doubt if a built-in extinguisher would have helped. (this was discussed at length on
the dutch kitcarclub website). The imprtant thing is that the guy got out OK.
As for the marshals: these guys are there voluntarily freezing their buts off for a cheese sandwich....
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britishtrident
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:46 PM |
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Underlines one of the big the dangers of track days & private practice: No Marshalls.
I have always been aware of this since Norrie Gabraith's terrible fatal accident during private filming.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:53 PM |
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Some of the other drivers going by could have lent a hand as well, pretty poor show IMHO!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:58 PM |
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Volunteer or not, that marshal would have had boot polish all over his nads if that had been my car.
He must have thought that extinguisher was to weigh him down to stop him being blown away.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 06:59 PM |
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Any guesses as to what the little explosion at 1:47 is?
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flibble
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 07:07 PM |
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Watching this did kick me into gear to getting an extinguisher to buy and put one in the boot but what sort is best? A cursory look at eBay and Foam,
Powder and CO2 all say suitable for flammable liquids?
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phelpsa
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 07:10 PM |
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I carry a small bottle in the Locost for speed events even though I dont need to. Its only to get me out and away from the car really though, once its
going up like that i'll be running pretty quick!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 07:10 PM |
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That's a good point at the very least you could point and squirt the thing in the general area of the fire
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iank
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 07:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
Any guesses as to what the little explosion at 1:47 is?
Swirl pot?
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 07:23 PM |
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Just as a thought maybe there could be a sticky somewhere with little extra items like this that aren't really required but are a good idea.
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 07:24 PM |
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Shocking behaviour from the marshals, poor show all round really with no regard for minimising damage at all.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:05 PM |
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quote:
Some of the other drivers going by could have lent a hand as well, pretty poor show IMHO!
+1, unless it was a well marshalled world championship style event I'd bloody well be stopping to help out a fellow driver who's
car's on fire, how poor spirited of all those miserable sods who drove past a plume of smoke.
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blakep82
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:15 PM |
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track days aren't marshalled like a race event though are they? thought there was only 1 marshal with flags and a radio per post? in which case,
he'll be there with his yellow flag radioing for fire marshals. not sure there's a great deal more the marshal could do tbh. if he's
not got the flag out warning the others to slow down and goes to put a fire out, what if one car comes round and ploughs into them? who's faults
that?
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:23 PM |
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He didn't have a flag out did he?
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Stott
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:28 PM |
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The YouTube comment sums it up: what if you were stuck in the burning car and all you had was THAT Marshall
Volunteer or not he's not there to look on, that's what the spectators are there for
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snakebelly
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:28 PM |
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explosion was probably a tyre going off
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by snakebelly
explosion was probably a tyre going off
Or a fuel filter.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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blakep82
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
He didn't have a flag out did he?
oh him? right, i flicked through a lot of it, missed him there. yeah, who knows then...
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:51 PM |
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i have one under my bed, i dont know if a fire or a burglar will feel it first but its nice to have it there.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 08:56 PM |
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My guess for the explosion is the battery?
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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will121
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 09:19 PM |
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as said trackdays have a lot less marshal points than a race, friend of mine had a engine bay fire and made sure he pulled off the track directly
beside a maned marshal position who put it out swiftly, if happened and stopped half way along the straight would been at least a minute before anyone
saw it and came running at least 400yards with a weighty extinguisher.
Another good idea to take note when on a trackday as things can go wrong same as last track day i done at Snetterton last Sunday when one car through
a rod, following car span on oil and head on into armco, one written off clio a sore neck
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lsdweb
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 10:04 PM |
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Foam extinguishers / built in foam systems - crap on car fires. Marshals pretty unimpressive! And not exactly wearing the right kit to deal with fuel
fires!
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Litemoth
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 10:24 PM |
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As there was no life in danger, you cant blame the marshall for not wanting to get a face full of burning fuel - if the tank popped.
I didn't notice the driver rushing to have another go with the marshall's extinguisher.
The fire service was a bit Trumpton.
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