You have to take some risk to live, We played tackle Football without equipment when I was 10 -11. No body died or got sued. Later I was a big guy and most of the tough crowd wanted to try me and the worst was a few bruises and bangs. If enough things went wrong this keyboard could probably electrocute me.
In some ways those who take the most risk live the best. A young lady was racing nearby a couple of weeks ago and she had her life cut short when a gust of wind caught her chutes at 300 MPH. She put more into life and got more out of life in 17 years than most get in a lifetime.
Quote From CBC News
Canada's close-knit drag racing community was in mourning Monday after one of its brightest stars, a 17-year-old Windsor-area girl, died in a tragic jet-car crash.
Kendall Hebert of Tecumseh, Ont., had moved up the racing ranks quickly and her family had recently received word that the Guinness World Records book had approved the paperwork to declare her the world's fastest female drag racer.
The teen died Sunday afternoon when the jet-powered car she was driving crashed into a concrete barrier at the Toronto Motorsport Track in Cayuga, near Hamilton.
Police believe her vehicle got caught in a cross wind, causing it to smash into a nearby concrete wall, bounce over the barrier then roll several times.
At the time of the crash, there were no other cars on the quarter-mile track. The car had reached a speed of around 480 kilometres an hour, police said.
Hebert was ejected from the car and was later pronounced dead in a hospital in Hagersville.
'Metal part ripped apart'
Family members believe Hebert's death may have been preventable and a malfunctioning seatbelt was at fault.
The vehicle's frame apparently held up quite well considering the impact, said Barry Paton, a fellow race car enthusiast and close family friend.
"The seatbelt, its only purpose in life is to save you in a situation like this and it failed," he said. "The actual metal part ripped apart, and that should not happen."
Paton said seatbelts undergo rigorous testing and the seatbelts in Hebert's new vehicle were around six weeks old.
He believes if Hebert had not been ejected from the car, she may have survived.
A family of racers
Grief counsellors were on hand Monday to speak to Hebert's classmates at her high school in Belle River, a small community located near Windsor.
She was remembered as an outgoing girl who had a zest for life.
"She had a great spirit," said Dan Fister, principal at the school. "In speaking with Kendall, she always talked about racing."
Coming from a family of racers that spanned three generations, Hebert began racing at the young age of eight years old.
She graduated from a junior drag racing league, a prerequisite for young drivers, and was quickly moving up the ranks.
The teen had recently begun working toward getting her licence to drive jet-engine cars, and was driving a test lap Sunday to gain experience.
The preceeding example my be extreme but you have to take risks to enjoy life and life with too many rules is not life
Bruce
