“We often find ourselves faced with these road tragedies horrendous, which touch me in a particular way also because these kids are given, without their having any expertise, cars with high speeds, and they have no idea of the reactions that these cars have on the road". He said so Fabio Baron, born in 1972, president of 'Red Passion' for about 25 years – the most important club of enthusiasts of Ferrari of the world – and capable of setting 5 records recognized by the Guinness Book of Records.
Now Barone is busy with raise awareness among young people about road safety. “Our team's idea – he said in an interview with the Dire agency – it is a format that speaks to kids in their own language, that goes around schools, making available our experience of about 25 years to ensure that in some way they are able to understand what it means to go from a simple small car to a high-performance vehicle.But not only that, we would also like to reward the best students with driving courses on our track. Snow Driving at the Road Safety Center which is located in Abruzzo, in Roccaraso, and try not only to train young people from a theoretical point of view but also from a practical point of view".
Knowing how to drive a car of that type is not a question of age… “Having a kid drive a small car from 18 to 21, and then at 21 suddenly giving him permission to rent or buy a car with 500, 600 or 700 horsepower, is not a solution. It would be better if these kids took a course instead, or at least aadditional qualification to the driving licence which allows them to understand and comprehend the behaviour of a car with such performance”. Barone also spoke about it with the Ministry of Education. “I'm glad they paid attention, let's see if we can create a synergy”.
Barone then quickly retraced, his records: "Transylvania with the most beautiful road in the world, the China with the most dangerous one, the Morocco with the Valley of Death and last April 25th on the road to the Sanctuaries of Meteora (in Greece). Then there are the 4.400 kilometers da Roma at the North Cape without ever exceeding the speed limits, except for the Germany where there are no limits on the German autobahns. I would like to point out that it took us two years to make this record, there were about 42 people who worked behind us, two years of training to stay seated and awake, we had a nutritionist, a psychologist, a doctor who followed us minute by minute live, I did an average of 3 thousand kilometers a week of training, I had a co-pilot who gave the authorization before I overtook to check that everything was in order. In short, there were - he concluded - of the security systems highly elevated”.
Article published on 10 July 2023 - 13:20
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