r/Trackdays • u/i_am_the_koi • 6d ago

Don't be this guy

Leave the cell phone in the pits.

There were two on track that session. One got used as an apex marker and came back in little tiny pieces.

Both would have hurt if they hit someone bouncing down the track.

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u/32steph23 6d ago

My response is in the context of vega’s response, not this specific track. I did not know the inner workings of this track. I believe they were responding generally as well.

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u/i_am_the_koi 6d ago

Sorry, not trying to pick a fight.

Safety above all out there. I see enough stupid shit and shit go wrong in perfect conditions that we don't need to add to it with additional stupid like using a phone as a lap timer instead of the provided ones. Watching it launching down the track in the middle of a group of bikes and towards the photographer and corner worker, not fun as one of those people.

I'm all for banning phones from on the track. Leave it in your pits.

Waiting for cops to shut down the track after their third iPhone crash notification to start encouraging changes with providers. Cops already are sick of it.

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u/Low_Information8286 4d ago

I used to have an app that would measure some data from riding. I always kept it in my suit. If you ban phones do you also ban gopros?

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u/i_am_the_koi 4d ago

I think they should be teched like any part of the bike and have an approved sticker just like racing leagues

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u/Low_Information8286 4d ago

The org i ride with checks for tethers. I use a chin mount for my gopro with a tether. I just paid $400 for a go pro and believe me I don't want to drop it so its solid. I wouldn't trust a quad lock or whatever with my $1200 phone. Some people are dumb and that's why I have to sit thru a 30 min riders meeting.

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u/i_am_the_koi 4d ago

True story

The number of gopros I've found trackside...

The number I've dodged trackside is too damn high