Safety first in Saudi Arabia
AS AMCN’S FIRST issue of 2021 hits shelves, Aussies Toby Price, Daniel Sanders, Joseph Houlihan and Michael Burgess should be in Saudi Arabia, just four of the 104 riders competing in Dakar. And come the rest day in Ha’il in a couple of days’ time, we’ll have a better idea of how the new safety regulations have impacted the event.
Firstly there are the inflatable airbags to protect the riders’ chest and back. It’s impossible to argue against a safety device that may save someone’s life, however further testing of these devices under race conditions prior to Dakar might have been more prudent. Five different models were available for
