Safety and F1

In the wake of the US Grand Prix, one would think it would be a good thing to hear that the FIA and Max Mosley are poised to make changes in the name of safety. It's a bit curious, however, when you realize that those changes are not related to the incidents at Indianapolis (particularly the criminally slow response to Ralf Schumacher's accident) but to the proposed F1 rule changes regarding engine size and the like. Now that the "consensus" among the teams to support the changes seems to have vanished, Mosley and company are floating the idea of mandating the changes in the name of "safety." Ah, F1 - there's nothing quite like it.