Why? Because no one has ever wrecked their car on the street or at the drag strip?
Dont get me wrong, it sucks. But if that throttle issue had happened on the street it could have been much worse. Heck if it had happened at a drag strip it could have been a whole lot worse, the speed could have been MUCH higher when the driver noticed the issue.
Track safety is something you have to pay attention to for AutoX. Typically the speeds are fairly low, and a lot of those competitions are held in parking lots vs a permanent track venue. So from one competition to another things can change a lot.
Watching that video, it seems to me that some those barriers are pretty close given the speeds that are being achieved on that course. I wouldn’t say it’s “dangerous” given that the speeds are still relatively low. But that’s definitely not the most run-off room I’ve seen at an AutoX event.