I was always amazed by how close spectators got to the cars in the Mille Miglia, but that was in the 20' to the 50's and those were Italians.These days I am surprised there is not a list of hundreds of casualties from Rally watching every Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjqQSUmKXQ
The only potential casuality I saw was the old guy standing next to the sign post.
They need those people to test the drivers ability to stay on the throttle with people in the way.
