That can be dangerous too. I recall seeing a clip of an accident with a skier who hit a fence and ripped off a leg.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Peter Hertzing Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 4:49 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT olympic death Yes - easy to see 20 20 for hindsight - but you would think that the contiengency of running off the edge would have been considered, and netting or padding would have been added. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > He went off the track at 89mph and hit a steel pole. I am no luger or > Olympian, but I might think they could use some orange netting around the > course, kinda like on the downhill ski runs, that would catch you and slow > you down before you hit stationary objects. > > --R > > > R A Bennell wrote: > >> A fellow was killed today practising for the luge competition for the >> Olympics. Dangerous business. >> >> Randy >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
