Jora scoffed, You clearly know nothing about pod racing then oh old one, he gave the nickname an exaggeratedly respectful tone, patently sarcastic, Pods are generally over 200 KPH faster. At those speeds, a the extra mass around you in a pod isn't safer, it's more dangerous. Jora gestures at his own scar as he says this last bit. 'Sides, there's a bigger community of customizers and mechanic-racers in the pod circuit.