No, we don't watch it just for the crashes
May 21, 2009 7:24 AM Subscribe
How is collateral damage from rallying handled?
I've watched WRC from afar (I live in the US) and have seen a few videos of non-WRC rallying. Being from the states, where it's impossible to imagine rallying like this ever being allowed because of our liability laws, I've always wondered if property owners adjoining the course have any way to object to the rally being run, and how they're compensated for any damage that occurs.
The most obvious solution would seem to be that the organizers pay for it out of entrance fees, but with the amount of damage that happens, it seems like entrance fees would either be prohibitive (and there seem to be a lot of amateurs) or organizers would go broke pretty quickly.
I've watched WRC from afar (I live in the US) and have seen a few videos of non-WRC rallying. Being from the states, where it's impossible to imagine rallying like this ever being allowed because of our liability laws, I've always wondered if property owners adjoining the course have any way to object to the rally being run, and how they're compensated for any damage that occurs.
The most obvious solution would seem to be that the organizers pay for it out of entrance fees, but with the amount of damage that happens, it seems like entrance fees would either be prohibitive (and there seem to be a lot of amateurs) or organizers would go broke pretty quickly.
I would imagine it works a lot like Formula 1, which often runs in city streets in the U.S.
When were racing, it was mainly on national park land or BLM land. I don't have any of the details on what the organizing side of things did, and I don't really have any of my old contacts in the SCCA.
However, I would imagine that if you send an e-mail to your local SCCA chapter, they'd be happy to tell you. The SCCA is the body that organizes most of the U.S. rally races - generally staffed with volunteers and very helpful people who just enjoy the sports.
posted by krisak at 9:19 AM on May 21, 2009
When were racing, it was mainly on national park land or BLM land. I don't have any of the details on what the organizing side of things did, and I don't really have any of my old contacts in the SCCA.
However, I would imagine that if you send an e-mail to your local SCCA chapter, they'd be happy to tell you. The SCCA is the body that organizes most of the U.S. rally races - generally staffed with volunteers and very helpful people who just enjoy the sports.
posted by krisak at 9:19 AM on May 21, 2009
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by boomcha76 at 8:27 AM on May 21, 2009