– 09/29/14, 08:29 – Source: Editorial, ANP
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A day after the fatal stunt with the monster in downtown Haaksbergen there are still many questions about what happened. The international guidelines of the so-called Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA) appear not to have been followed. Who write that there is no audience can stand. In the direction of the truck
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On images of the drama in Haaksbergen is to see that the audience was all around the square. A truck drove yesterday at the audience. Three people killed, and at least five people were seriously injured. Eighteen people were lighter injuries.
After many questions, the municipality has distributed the permit for the event. It states among other things that the public at least 10 feet away had to stand. “To this end, proper provision is made (fences),” writes the municipality. In footage of the incident, the fences can be seen, but the distance from public to monster is not clear.
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The The task of an organization to prevent such incidents can have major consequences. Failure of a car is a real risk that you have to factor
Syan Schaap, safety expert
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Safety Plan
The event took place in a relatively small square in the village. “If you let the audience so close to the stunt standing rows deep behind a gate drive, it is actually waiting for a mistake,” said security expert Syan Schaap, director of the Event Safety Institute. He has seen pictures of the accident and asks based upon it ‘how it is described that an incident like this will occur in the safety
“When they talk about a broken brake line, I say.: that may be the direct cause, it is a risk that is foreseeable at this type of event, “said Schaap. “It is the duty of an organization to prevent such incidents can have major consequences. Failure of a car is a real risk that you have to factor. A car can always fly off the road. You just need to make sure there are no people. You should also not put people right behind a place where such a monster truck driving over a row of cars. “
Vulnerable place
Ira Helsloot, Professor of driving safety at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, shares this opinion. “It looked quite bizarre that a vehicle so can drive straight. Publicly So right behind a stunt place is a very vulnerable spot. At rallies they always make sure that people do not stand there where cars can fly. “Off the road
Sheep surprised more about the organization of the event. “That urge trellises hold nothing against and certainly no monster. Are at least still straw and hay bales. “On racing circuits
Helsloot: “From a distance I would say that fences have little effect against such mass. If you are so easy to drive over cars around, you can also ride with ease on such fences. If it was not so bad, you could almost say it looked comical. Even with a small steering error as you would the public have been run. ”
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Death by debt
The driver of the monster truck is suspected of manslaughter. Reported that RTV Oost yesterday. The driver spent the night in jail. Today, the prosecutor will decide whether he remains attached longer. According to his lawyer Rob Oude Breuil is no wrong choice: “For him it’s nice to be away from the outside world, screened during this media circus it’s a lot.”
The lawyer urges media to the to leave after camera crews were set up at the house. driver family of the man alone Police last night could not confirm that the driver is actually accused of manslaughter.
Condolence Register
At the town of Haaksbergen this morning opened a book of condolence for the victims of the accident. Meanwhile, the digital condolence of the municipality received hundreds of responses.
Mayor Hans Gerritsen devotes particular attention to the aftercare for victims and survivors, and the studies initiated into the circumstances surrounding the accident.
The monster truck show that was scheduled for tomorrow in the Twente Tubbergen, has been canceled. That the municipality and the organization of the show this morning decided. Or the shows later in the week in other places Twente could go on, it is not yet known.
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