Lucky Escape

[Stone Man]

Surely thats why he stood there...or am I missing something!

[vw_nut]

omg thats insane to stand there even with the tree there how lucky was he. ive been top one rally but that is a daft place to stand

[Suze]

I agree with Stone Man - the tress being there is the REASON he stood there.

I've always been told, when going to a rally, you place a tree or two between you and the car, so that if something does go wrong the car impacts with the tree and not you. The tree, in this case, stopped the marshal from being hit.

[vw_nut]

ues i supoose he did rather casual over it all

[JimW]

Those with any imagination stand where it is least likely that cars will fly towards them, not where it is most likely to happen.

Yes trees provide a good protection - often but not always. If that car had been a meter to the left it would have whipped round the tree and taken him out. If you are going to rely on trees you need to be behind a tree line.

Count that as a lucky escape, not a sensibly planned option.

Regards

Jim

[vw_nut]

thtas what i was think also what about bits of the car hitting him to

[Suze]

Yep, I certainly wouldn't stand behind a single tree where he was (ie likely to be where the car would / could go off) - however the point is he may have been applying the "tree rallying logic" to his position - just not that well.

[Matthews Dad]

From those in the know (and it was a certain rasonably well known British rally driver who drove for Suzuki, on a scandinavian event), the marshal concerned was standing there as behind the tapes on the right of the picture was a crowd of spectators and somewhere nearby was also a film camera, but again I would not be standing there,but yes the tree did provide what little protection there was to have in that location, unlike the circuits in the forests you dont get a solid armco barrier to stand behind and also dont get the fences to keep the spectators behind

[BigDaddy]

This is a video I stumbled across of a lucky escape.

HERE

[Clive]

Remind me to take a tree with me when I next go marshalling

[The STIG]

actually, I can't help thinking that he deliberatly chose that point for the very purpose demonstratred

[Mark Mitchell]

This is on about three other threads already but is still good!

[RIXGE]

Did he wash them himself, or throw them away !

[BigDaddy]

I would say definately a throw away job

[F.O.F.]

by the looks of it he chose that spot carefully.although when it happened late last year it gave me a shock

[Woolley]

Threads much merged now to put them all together.