“Look at the barriers in the pictures. It is not enough to keep a cow from going through it, let alone a fast moving car.”

There are various graded safety requirement levels for events ranging from something as seemingly innocuous as an art exhibition right up to car racing or air shows.

Failure to meet one single item on the required level test means that the event cannot be legally organised.

Now forget supercar rallies in Malta for a moment and think of something slightly more commonplace such as festas, football matches, Notte Biancas, concerts, theatres and very, very crowded bars and clubs in Paceville (extremely common, that last one).

Don’t tell me that a few coppers or ambulances standing by, inadequate barriers or extremely dodgy fire escapes are going to prevent another tragedy from happening. We’ve only been extremely lucky.