by phil4 » Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:51 pm
I'm not sure what they're trying to say exactly... that timing through a mobile on the dash is wrong... I get that... or that filming two cars driving round is wrong... not so sure.
On the former, yes, I can see how having real time timing provides a race like scenario where people push harder and take risks they perhaps normally wouldn't, to get the extra second out of a corner, or a lap.
A video though is a different kettle of fish. Yes, from a video feed you can see how long each lap took, and even compare where you spent more time etc. But that's all after the fact, not while you're driving and so it can't really encourage you in the sense real-time phone/dash stuff can.
So the later part seems to be saying that people do daft things in front of cameras, or because of cameras. Sure, I get that. But shall we go to extremes? Ban guests/spectators, don't allow people to watch while out of their cars, and if we want to be really sure, only one or two cars out at a time? That's the sort of daft action you'd need to take if you wanted to stop people trying to catch (or call it race if you want) other cars, and or do so in front of their friends.
I'll be honest, I think the insurance firms need to be a bit more open and accepting of the facts. If it's not a sanctioned race, there's no money at play, and the car isn't running onboard dash mounted lap timing - all things that are easy to see and check... then the rest is risks they'd need to take.
Surely insurance is about quantifying the risk, ie. knowing the boundaries, not trying to reduce them to zero.
I'm not sure what they're trying to say exactly... that timing through a mobile on the dash is wrong... I get that... or that filming two cars driving round is wrong... not so sure.
On the former, yes, I can see how having real time timing provides a race like scenario where people push harder and take risks they perhaps normally wouldn't, to get the extra second out of a corner, or a lap.
A video though is a different kettle of fish. Yes, from a video feed you can see how long each lap took, and even compare where you spent more time etc. But that's all after the fact, not while you're driving and so it can't really encourage you in the sense real-time phone/dash stuff can.
So the later part seems to be saying that people do daft things in front of cameras, or because of cameras. Sure, I get that. But shall we go to extremes? Ban guests/spectators, don't allow people to watch while out of their cars, and if we want to be really sure, only one or two cars out at a time? That's the sort of daft action you'd need to take if you wanted to stop people trying to catch (or call it race if you want) other cars, and or do so in front of their friends.
I'll be honest, I think the insurance firms need to be a bit more open and accepting of the facts. If it's not a sanctioned race, there's no money at play, and the car isn't running onboard dash mounted lap timing - all things that are easy to see and check... then the rest is risks they'd need to take.
Surely insurance is about quantifying the risk, ie. knowing the boundaries, not trying to reduce them to zero.