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Richard Thoms
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 Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:52 am Post subject: Rear View Helmet? |
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Would you use one of these?
http://www.reevu.com/
Personally I don't want the person behind me to know that I know they are there!
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John Matthews
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Most rulebooks don't allow mirrors, I'm sure this would fall in the same category.
There was quite a lengthy conversation on the topic a while back, FWIW I'm against mirrors or anything that distracts drivers from the track ahead of them. Hold your line, it's up to the car behind to get by safely no matter what the situation is.
Cheers,
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Greg Wright
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What is behind you does not matter. Was that the Cannon Ball rally or the gumball rally?
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Greg Lindahl
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| Does it have the certifications required for karting? |
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Daniel White
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| Besides karting, what type of wheel-to-wheel racing doesn't make use of mirrors? |
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Ray Lovestead
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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motorcycles (motoGP) don't use mirrors
and dragsters 
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Chuck Skowron
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Greg Wright wrote: | | What is behind you does not matter. Was that the Cannon Ball rally or the gumball rally? |
"The First Rule of Italian Driving" is from The Gumball Rally, (the superior of all cross-country race films, even if Brock Yates co-wrote The Cannonball Run).
The exact quote is: "What's behind me is not important", after Franco rips the mirror off and chucks it behind him.
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Richard Thoms
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To be honest I'm amazed at how effective the relatively tiny mirrors used in F1/Indycar are. It is obvious by some of the crazy blocking maneuvers (back and forth) that they have a good feel for what is happening behind them.
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Walt Gifford
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I always turn and look at the guy behind me, that way I know how much room to give him when he spins out.
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Rob Kozakowski
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| John Matthews wrote: | FWIW I'm against mirrors or anything that distracts drivers from the track ahead of them. Hold your line, it's up to the car behind to get by safely no matter what the situation is.
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