Technology has overtaken safety in many respects regarding autosports in general. Race cars have continued to get faster despite various attempts to slow them down, and many of the traditional racetracks around the world were designed for considerably lower speeds than modern cars. Always shocking when you see footage from races like the Mille Miglia...people running across the streets, trees and buildings lining the roads, cliffs, potholes, donkey carts...while cars are whipping by at unGodly speeds.
