It's dangerous, always has been, always will be. This doesn't however mean that everything that can be done for safety shouldn't be done. Perhaps the biggest innovation in the last 15 years has been the air fence... yet this still lifts when a rider hits it today the same as it did on day one and nothing has ever been done about this fundamental design flaw. Also these air bags need to be installed down the straights, all it needs is for a solid membrane (a thin solid plastic barrier) to be placed between the bags and the riders so as not to "suck them in", this way they could still bounce against the fence and the airbags still absorb the impact. I can't believe the finest minds in the sport have let either go unfixed