I have taken a while to mull this question over....

I too have attended TT Races where they have raced in rain, heavy rain and even hailstones. People fell off and one famous rider kicked his machine back into shape and contnued on to win. Another arrived at the finish so frozen he had to have his hands warmed before his fingers would re-open, his bike fairing paint chipped off by the hailstones.

But these were the OLDEN days...........................

My main thought has come from the part of my brain which deals with tyres. Tyre development should be taking into account wet surfaces and if a race is declared a wet race by travelling marshals, the COC AND a riders rep who is an ex-racer, these wet race tyres must be fitted or the race postponed.

However a 37+ mile course can have a whole season of weather conditions throughout a lap so one tyre may not fit every situation.

Looking at the situation in the cold light of dawn, I feel that accidents should be looked into much more deeply, to see if the weather conditions really played a major part in the cause. Riders crash in good weather as well....

Everything MUST be done to keep everybody ALIVE at the end of each race......We can no longer qualify these deaths by saying "EEE, they were doing what they wanted to do"...Dying was not part of the wish..