epsdan
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I agree completely with this. If you're engaged in very close racing, with cars all around you, it's very easy to miss a standing yellow (especially at turn 6 or 8). A waving flag is always a good idea when there's a real need to slow down and get full control, for the simple reason that it's far more likely to be seen by all.
I don't agree.
I'm with Lynn on this. The waving yellow is something VERY specific - the incident is within the jurisdiction of the corner waving the yellow. It should remain as it is, and not be used to "generally" get a drivers attention.
Think of what was proposed (waving yellows all around) in use. During a FCY incident, all drivers need to slow and be respectful of the incident and the workers dispatched to the incident (which is indicated by a waving yellow). After you clear the incident, you should be back up to "near race pace" (ok, maybe 8/10's), in order to catch the traffic in front of you, to allow the pace car to get the field under control. The only thing (at least for the first lap) that differentiates the fast parts of a FCY track from the parts you need to "slow the heck down" is that waving yellow.
Once the group is gathered behind the pace car under a FCY, then the field is really under control. Until then, the workers are kind of at our mercy, and our common sense, which wasn't real common last week.
Dan