But with 24 hours to reflect on it, I suspect that the tire explosions, and the crisis they have forced on Formula One, may have provided a jolt that the sport, after years in which it has grown accustomed to levels of safety that were once unimaginable, may have needed.
The goal was to get them accustomed to the level of violence.
Yearning to play big-time basketball, she then attended UConn, but she was not accustomed to the level of competition, and she struggled with her confidence.
The games are a break from the trench warfare of Knicks basketball battles, but for such gifted athletes, accustomed to a level of competitive excellence, chess brings its own frustrations.
"The money represents the first major step toward establishing a genuine high-speed train network in the United States and has sparked a stampede among states, advocacy groups and lobbyists who are not accustomed to this level of funding......
Students can find this type of curriculum to be challenging, because they are not accustomed to the level of independence inherent in this approach.
They become accustomed to low levels of lighting but are less nervous if there is little or no lighting.
Moin, the director of a local non-governmental organisation, is no friend of the military dictatorship, and is accustomed to low-level harassment from the authorities.
At heart, though, the situation -- like state budget crises in New York, New Jersey and Illinois -- illuminates the troubles long-prosperous governments, with established interest groups and residents accustomed to high levels of services, face in adapting to protracted lean times.
