wrote:
Emotion tends to remove the analytical, I have found it is very
difficult to convince anyone of your position when their's has become
established. For me, the "safety" equation more than balances the
"fun" equation. When you are finishing at 50 feet and 150 mph and
something goes wrong there really aren't too many options. Rember
"Don't try to teach a pig to sing, it probably won't work and it annoys
the pig."

OK Devil's advocate stuff...

At least on a 50' finish you can be reasonably sure there is no glider below you
in your blind spot. When you are that low the only thing beneath you is ground,
and presumably you have good situational awareness relating to where it is going
;-)Effectively you remove one degre of freedom from your conflicting traffic
equation. Also - everyone knows what your intentions are, the moment you cross
the line. Not least important is the psychological effect of - "any stupidity
now is going to be in clear view" - one assumes this tends to focus the mind a
little.

With a higher / further finish you open up the options a little.