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Originally Posted by 320icar
Serious question though. If I wreck, insurance doesn't cover me. That's obvious. If someone else slides into me, or I slide into someone else, is anyone liable for the other persons damage? Or does everyone "assume the risk" that you might get smoked by someone else and not see a penny in compensation
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The best insurance on the track are a couple of things. A car that is absolutely tip top mechanically especially as far as brakes and tires, and a lot of awareness for those around you. Any well organized track day has no tolerance for cowboy antics, so when someone is out there visibly posing a threat to others, they aren't going out for the next lap, or possibly the rest of the event. Also, we all love our cars, and none of us want to be towing home a metal cube, so a lot of it is trust in the other drivers on the track. If someone is going faster than you, let them by. If you don't point by (in the novice point to pass groups) any driver worth his car knows that you don't see him, and he better not go for that gap if he wants to keep his body panels straight.
All that being said, things are happening really quickly on the track, and there is a lot of movement around you to process. I'd recommend a driving school like proformance or doing a novice friendly day down at mission like PDC, VCMC, R&P or UBCSCC before stepping up to the Ridge, especially when with the recommended days you will be out there with a lot of people of the same experience level. They aren't just going to throw you out on the track with an instructor and say have at er. They will do some cornering exercises, some no passing trains, and work you up to the point where you have the awareness of passing safety, flags, and all the other how to's. I'm glad I did an autocross first, then a proformance driving school before I got out there for a full on track day. It allowed me to be a lot more comfortable, a lot safer, and just be a better driver out there.