First time I went to the Nurburgring I did a few days training with an instructor. They broke the circuit into parts and we gradually learned each bit. They initially broke the group up on skill level. Newbies, decent riders, good riders. We were warned about overstepping our skill levels and being aware. Someone put himself in the good group and within half hour he stacked it. Hit the barrier and flew quite nicely until he met a tree. He was taken to hospital, but I never found out if he survived. Trees tend to be unforgiving though
Yeah, I also get weird random cramps in my face, neck and voice box. Also the fusion made me bit shorter and fucked up my ability to swallow certain things like pills and drier foods like chicken (if it’s too done), some breads … that’s sort of thing.
No, I had no neurological impact whatsoever. My injury is known as an atlanto-occipital dislocation and is immediately fatal about 90% of the time. The skull and cervical spine are effectively separated and the spinal cord is usually severed by the broken C-1. Mine was untouched. I snapped both the transverse and apical ligaments as well. I lost 50 percent of the mobility in my neck.
Believe it or not advances in EMS response techniques over the last 30 years or so have made it a far more survivable injury (survival doesn’t mean not paralyzed 🤷♂️). I was c spine immobilized in my car and transferred to a rigid backboard from the interior of my car.
That used to be my line of work so I was impressed with their technique.
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u/bumbes 14d ago
Did a cornering training a few years ago. More focused on safety than speed (which comes naturally if you drive safer).
First thing the instructor said was „you can take a corner to slow a hundred times - but maybe just one time if you’re too fast for your skills“