# R.I.P dan wheldon **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 16, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884 "2011-10-16T15:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884/41 "2011-10-17T16:19:57Z")
> [@happy bday to Onyx and Shiftdead & Moffit](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-to-onyx-and-shiftdead-moffit/46073/15): > > i’d almost bet there are more street driving deaths in 1 year than there are (legal) racing deaths in 5 years About 40,000 people die a year on the roads. Granted it’s not a fair comparison as you would have to compare amount of participants to miles driven to death count to be fair. But as a smart man once said - “One death is a tragedy, a million dead is a statistic”. Racing could be death free for 20 years straight, but as soon as one main dies news will still sensationalize it, more rules will be made and the sport will have to defend itself. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884)._