Tommy
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Why do the pit crew still use the boards to indicate positions and time differances etc when they could just inform the drivers over radio ?
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
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Removing unecessary distractions - pit board holds key information and si displayed on the 'easier' area of the track, a radio dialogue could be misinterpreted, too lengthy, become a conversation, cause distraction etc etc etc
I'm just guessing btw
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Tommy
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I kinda thogh that but then the board itself is still a distraction.I wonder if its a drivers choice as well.
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Gaz
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being displayed on a straight isn't a distraction however it's used as a backup. Radio's can fail and sometimes without each other knowing immediately.
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Kyle T
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Live Lee pretty much covered it, officially they're there as a comms backup but messages can easily be misinterpreted when they're bouncing around at 190mph rattling their head around the cockpit - usually alright for words and conversations but when it's numbers and decimal places involved you need a good quality feed to get the message... you can't just fill in the gaps based on common sense.
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Tommy
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Ta everyone was just something ive not thought about b4
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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also the radio comms has been known to stop working before so much easier and quicker just to hold a board out. god knows how the drivers manage to read it though.
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