Since I was the one that indicated that IMHO it is not cool to post pics of banged cars, I’ll add a couple of notes of why personally think it’s not cool.
The owner already had the incident of which he probably beating himself up for what happened, for risking his car, for getting in deep doo-doo with the marital unit, for showing that he is not the big shot he thinks he was, could be anything. I was not thinking nor suggesting committing insurance fraud (especially since my practice has a lot to do with fighting insurance crime) even though that might be an issue to some. To each his own when it comes to personal ethics just don't try to get it past my team.
I would imagine that some DE organizations don’t want them out there either as it could affect their standing (with drivers, clubs, their insurers, track owners, etc).
There are also issues of responsibility that are not often talked about on DE venues. What happens if an incident happens when the instructor is driving? What happens when an instructor gets hurt whilst on the passenger seat….?
Many things to consider and one of the reasons I don’t instruct anymore ( a friend got badly hurt whilst on the passenger seat).
It is a fact that, when you play with fire you stand to get burned but I’m for letting the victim deal with his wounds. And paraphrasing what was mentioned before, if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
One of the things I like the least about racing spectators in general is that a lot of them do not care about the racing as much as they look for spectacular accidents. IMHO, that is what demolition derbies (and programs like the Kardashians
), are for not Grand Am, ALMS, F1, NASCAR, …..
I for one don’t come to Pelican to see pics of banged up cars except if they are shown as an inspiration of a great project and related resurrection of a car. And we have seen plenty of them. I remember when Jack busted up his original black car only to come back with a vengeance which has inspired many to improve their toys.
There is at least one website to look at trashed cars out there (crashed exotics or something similar to that).
Personally, I have had incidents racing and pics have been posted some by me (edit: so far, none my fault!). It’s a part of my game but in the end, it is my choice.