[mikester]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

Initial first reactions of people when something goes wrong - is to either do nothing - or get to the scene of the accident. Running for a computer to shut down karts, then going to the scene is counter intuitive to natural instinct, which is to get to the problem first. Yes, continued training can change this instinct, but its not a natural reaction.

As for employee risk, all they have to do is jump on top of a kart and grab a roll bar if something is incoming, the kart's crash protection will extend to them.(been there, seen that.)

As to whether its a good idea to stop all the karts, will depend on the track length in time. 15 second track with 20 karts, then yeah, 45 second track with 5 karts, no.

they don't have to run anywhere to shut the Karts off, they carry a remote around their neck that allows them to do that.