I've followed this for a few days and my thoughts have ruminated about where this is going and what it means to me personally and how others perceive the TT.

The issue of what and what isn't acceptably dangerous isn't about the real risks to person it's about perception.

The number of climbers killed in the Mont Blanc massif every summer far out weighs all the fatalities at the TT festival - but no one suggests it should be banned - but the participants(victims?) are there for the same reason.

Without getting too far into the philosophy - if someone who no-one knows dies - no-one cares - if someone in the public eye (by whatever route) dies it's an issue i.e. TT racers.

For example a few years ago a mother of two teenage sons died in a car accident and the whole of the UK went into hysterical mourning. Whilst in reality greater tragedies happen daily the perception was of a much greater event. So perception was really the issue rather than statistics - much like the TT being percieved dangerous where Badminton horse trails is not.

Hope that makes sense

Sam