Awful news that the Jim Clark Rally was cancelled today after SS16 when a car left the road and crashed into a field killing 3 and leaving another in critical condition in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Another 5 were treated for less threatening injuries.
An earler incident left 4 injured and another in critical condition, also being treated in ERI.
My thoughts are with the families of the dead and injured and also with the organisers of an event which has run for 17 years without incident. I suspect this is another nail in the coffin that is rallying, the Aberdeen round of the championship was left with only one spectator stage earlier this year due to not being able to meet the local authority's restirctions for running a public event which included being able to provide toilet facilities and walkways in the forests for spectators. Motorsport is dangerous, competitors and spectators alike recognise this, however legislation will probably take the option to attend away from us completely.
