Hi all,
Interesting read about how you all perceive Code 60 to be. My company has created a device called SpeedMarshal, more details can be found on our website
www.speedmarshal.com
This device allows the driver to see what speed they are doing by a Driver Indicator System inside the cockpit. This is a GPS device and would be activated by the driver when the Code 60 flag comes out. It will also display externally on the cars a warning light system on the rear and side of cars. If the car is over 60kph the lights will flash, if at or below 60kph then the light system is a static on. The light system will also aid other drivers who might not have seen the Code 60 flags being waved, and alert them to look at flag posts. When the green flag is deployed then the driver simply accelerates and the device turns off automatically when the car passes a certain speed.
In the UK most pit lane speed limits are also 60kph, and again this device can be activated making pit lane speeding a thing of the past.
It also has two other neat safety features. Static start warning system, and breakdown warning system. On a standing start all cars would have their rear rain light flashing yellow. If the car gets away and above 15 kph, the light goes off, but if the car does not get away, the lights stays flashing. This will help reduce start line crash accidents seen every week.
If the car slows such as having a puncture and is limping back to the pits then the rear rain light flashes yellow if the speed is below 40 kph. Imagine a car that has stopped on track, it would be hard to judge what is going on when racing, a flashing warning light makes that judgment far easier and safer. Again another safety feature.
Code 60 has many advantages for both endurance and sprint races. I witnessed a race in Holland run by the DNRT. A car had got beached on a kerb, the Code 60 flag came out, the drivers really do obey the flag (they also do use our system), within 40 seconds the car had been recovered, and racing had started again. If a SC had been deployed, it would have taken at least 3 laps for it to gather all the cars in a snake, recover the beached car and get racing underway. In a 15 minute sprint race that could be 3-8 minutes depending on the length of the track. That is a fair amount of race time lost.
Please check out our system
Many thanks for reading.
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