FOUR DIE, TWO ON SA ROADS AFTER INDYCAR EVENT

"it's a tragic day and to try and explain it, you just can't" said Elizabeth police chief Kym Zander after witnessing a car split in two by the force of impact.

What do you expect when you spend a three days pumping a culture full of high speed adrenalin. The Clipsal 500 incites the love of speed, thrills, action into the residents of Adelaide and South Australia and then disappears.

Were you suprised that so many people died the day after? Sadly some of us expected a signifigant increase in fatalities. Year after year our police advise responsible driving, and year after year we put on events that glorify high speed racing.
A big psychological difference in the Adelaide event is that it is run on public streets and roads, vindicating similar activity in city-dwellers and country commuters.

The Clipsal 500 will occur again next year. So will the following deaths. Until we match the event with a concurrent driver education campaing South Australian society can hang its head in shame- on our shoulders rests the burden of responsibility for needless death.