Hi,

So thought I should start a thread based on improving safety in the competition.

The basis is not workshop safety (using tools, machining) as that should be covered extensively by your uni (though always good to remind new members) but for car safety (chassis structures, suspension, fire), testing and competition track layouts and how we can improve these.

Be good if we can keep it to new ideas and solutions rather than past problems and issues.

An example of this would be to make fire extinguishers located on the car compulsory. Especially for large testing tracks and few people to marshall the entire track.

With the new set of major rule changes in 2017, posting ideas here could help SAE make changes for the better. Accidents with racing cars is always going to happen but if we can reduce the risk and severity of those incidents everyone will go home happy and alive.

Cheers,