La Colombe Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 14 hours ago, Roger Ram said: The island is viably quite busy with visitors on bikes. As long as they don't need medical treatment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, Gladys said: I am certainly not blaming the hospital, just pointing out that there isn't the slack in the system to cope with serious incidents. This one could be halted, others can't. That is not the health service's fault as we all acknowledge the broken model. Ok but as Wrighty's post sets out, there isn't, never has been and likely never will be capacity to deal with more than 2 complex trauma patients in a matter of hours and this isn't a failing of the NHS, it's an unrealistic expectation from an event. The real cost of a single serious injury is estimated at £228k which puts it in perspective. TT only works with various helicopters on call to Aintree. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, Mercenary said: TT only works with various helicopters on call to Aintree. And as I’ve pointed out before, Aintree know about it when we’re in motor racing season - we have been known to fill their trauma ward with bikers - and have published a paper in a medical journal detailing how the average injury severity score increases whenever the Wacky Races are on. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 4 hours ago, joebean said: That’s not the same really is it? It’s very difficult to have a sensible discussion about anything to do with road-racing, as is so often demonstrated here. its not about road racing though , its about hospital capability, it could have been incident. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 15 hours ago, swoopy2110 said: This man is a fuckin cunt. And I don’t give a shit about what happened last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 6 hours ago, WTF said: so we should have a system in place that if there is a car accident and anyone requires emergency surgery that the entire road network is shut down and nobody can drive anything just in case there is another accident ? Yes that’s correct and you will have to wear a mask too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cissolt Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Do we usually get extra staff in for the southern 100? Manxcare said they have made arrangements but not increased staffing. I assume there is a high Covid absence rate at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 21 hours ago, La Colombe said: The bonkers thing about tonight's incident is that it occurred during a newcomers introduction lap Even more bonkers is that it happened at Ballakeighan, the first corner on the course. So these newcomers didn't even manage to successfully negotiate a single corner on closed roads. Amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ram Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 3 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Even more bonkers is that it happened at Ballakeighan, the first corner on the course. So these newcomers didn't even manage to successfully negotiate a single corner on closed roads. Amazing. How much experience do you have riding motorbikes in a group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 39 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Even more bonkers is that it happened at Ballakeighan, the first corner on the course. So these newcomers didn't even manage to successfully negotiate a single corner on closed roads. Amazing. Nothing to do with somebody coming up from behind at a rate of knots on the slower group then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Poppins Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Red Flag 🚩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 The Peel Holdings Senior Race was red flagged due to an incident at Ballawhetstone. The rider involved is up, conscious, talking and been taken for assessment. The race will be declared. Results to follow shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 some 10 years ago when in UK, a market trader brought his fish van to the weekly local market - he was an ex TT-rider (you could tell ex as his arm was wrecked due to a crash) - he had also ridden in the S100 and he reckoned the S100 course was much more dangerous than the TT - too short runs and too tight corners was his description. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 27 minutes ago, Frances said: some 10 years ago when in UK, a market trader brought his fish van to the weekly local market - he was an ex TT-rider (you could tell ex as his arm was wrecked due to a crash) - he had also ridden in the S100 and he reckoned the S100 course was much more dangerous than the TT - too short runs and too tight corners was his description. He was dead right there, too many people going for the same piece of road too. Most accidents are two or three riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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