Dangerous racetracks

[ScotsBrutesFan]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

Also, doesn't organizations like the ACO and FIA have GPS so they can track and see who could be exceeding track limits where they're trying to enforce them?

I don't think GPS or even a localised transponder based positioning system are accurate enough to be used unless the car is several metres off, in which would be obvious to an observer..

It would need something a "hawkeye" type system thats used in Tennis, where the area is mapped out pre-event with the defined track limits, and then monitors movement within that area. Expensive enough within an arena or stadium type setting but whether it would even be feasible to cover a racing circuit.

Getting back on subject, it think you are doing a dis-service to the word barrier, when talking about that Mexican track. It appears to have just been a collection of tyres with nothing behind them to being pushed back creating a ramp situation.