Hi Gary,
I have no illusions about changing the mind-set of
the Neanderthals. I'm continuing this discussion in
the hope that contest managers and CD's will see the
potential dangers in using the finish gate. Who knows,
maybe a Director or two might just be listening, or
even the rules committee?
JJ

At 05:30 17 March 2005, 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.'