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I would say this is an excellent idea, (and was honestly quite surprised that you can choose your own level at HH when I started) but I'm not sure if it would cause less accidents.
I think a better monitored accreditation / training process would help - though that obviously means more money and time from comms/volunteers.
I only started track this year (have done plenty of bunch road riding for years) I've done every training session on offer except Thursday derny and I realised after last night that at no point in my 'pathway' has anyone said:
"this is what to do in a crash..."
"this is what to do if you think another rider is riding dangerously..."
I know there is a limit to what you can teach in theory terms and most of it should be learnt through doing - but even if it's simple advice like* "stay calm, scrub off speed, move up the track or use the escape route.. if you fall try not to do x or y... etc" * Just grinding this advice into people would help.