I'm a big fan of motorsports and encouraging more people to get involved in advanced driver education, but I've seen research that disputes that this makes young drivers safer. What percentage of accidents, deadly and otherwise, could have been prevented simply by a driver who was able to recover from an oversteer slide? Probably not many. The vast majority are just due to people doing dumb things and I have to believe that giving kids the experience of tearing around Auto-X courses at speed only increases their feeling of invincibility on the road. Really you need a driver who is in control in all situations, but spends most of his time trying to keep things under the limit, rather than relying on his skills at the limit.
I don't entirely agree regarding cycling, particularly the "your arms must support your upper body for long periods of time". If you're doing it right, your hands should have almost no weight on them and your feet should be bearing the majority of the load.
Good reference for proper on-bike posture:
http://www.leelikesbikes.com/braaaping-and-back-pain.html
Try Live for Speed. Great physics engine and tons of user-created autocross courses available online. Also, the cars align pretty well to what you'd actually drive in an autocross (ie you don't have to do it in an F1 car).
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I'm a big fan of motorsports and encouraging more people to get involved in advanced driver education, but I've seen research that disputes that this makes young drivers safer. What percentage of accidents, deadly and otherwise, could have been prevented simply by a driver who was able to recover from an oversteer slide? Probably not many. The vast majority are just due to people doing dumb things and I have to believe that giving kids the experience of tearing around Auto-X courses at speed only increases their feeling of invincibility on the road. Really you need a driver who is in control in all situations, but spends most of his time trying to keep things under the limit, rather than relying on his skills at the limit.
I don't entirely agree regarding cycling, particularly the "your arms must support your upper body for long periods of time". If you're doing it right, your hands should have almost no weight on them and your feet should be bearing the majority of the load. Good reference for proper on-bike posture: http://www.leelikesbikes.com/braaaping-and-back-pain.html
Try Live for Speed. Great physics engine and tons of user-created autocross courses available online. Also, the cars align pretty well to what you'd actually drive in an autocross (ie you don't have to do it in an F1 car).
At this point I imagine they could, but they're only really profitable as a live act based on the strength and popularity of their albums.