Nothing dangerous about this :-)
The section of the course where the ride's bike broke up and hit the crowd is 19-20 seconds into the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZT6qGoDmag&sns=em
I always thought Joey would get killed at the TT, as he got older surely his reactions, stamina etc would diminish. As it happens it got killed somewhere in Tallinn, Estonia whilst racing.
Yes to reduce visitor and local rider accidents, but remember this thread started when a racer lost control coming down Bray Hill and his machine broke up and hit spectators.
Two totally different discussions in my opinion.
The actions of the government/local police have dramatically reduced...
Mad Sunday is the Sunday between practice week and race week.
Years ago it was the only day where the mountain section of the course was one way and the visitors could bomb over that section of the course as they pleased.
Over recent years the mountain section is one way for the duration of TT...
I cannot comment on what happened yesterday as we escaped to Turkey for the past seven days. What little i have read is the spectators were on scaffolding on private land and that some may have life changing injuries. This came from a local lawyer who posted on the Manx forums.