The folk wisdom on the Salt Flats is that it's not how you make the hole, it's how you close the hole.
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Were I to expose myself without a cage, I'd want a teadrop helmet with Bluetooth and internal rear-view cameras, an airbag vest in a backpack, and a tailbox. Maybe a bug deflector?