fweidner wrote on 03/16/7 at 15:41:29:1. more local traffic
2 run during the day so can't see lights of on-coming traffic
3. cars at the head of the pack had oncoming rally traffic approach them in middle of blind crests. Couldn't see approaching rally traffic because couldn't see lights during day
Fred, don't forget this was a Road Rally. Not a performance rally. All competitors must obey the rules of the road. As such, they must always drive in a manner that emphasizes safety. They should always be driving according to the conditions.
It's always safer during the day. You can't say that night is safer because you can see the lights of oncoming cars. Because it's a road rally, you should never be driving over the middle of a crest, you should never be cutting the inside of a corner, you should never be on the wrong side of the road for any reason. As long as you follow those rules, then oncoming traffic should be of little or no concern to you.
Whenever I'm entered in an event like this, everytime I approach a blind corner I ask myself: "Am I ready and able to react if there is an oncoming car, or a pedestrian, or a deer, etc". My answer is always yes. Most of the time, as long as you are at or below the legal speed limit, there is plenty of time to stop or avoid anything that may be around the next corner.
If any competitors were driving over the middle of a blind crest, then those competitors deserve a talking to.