I don't know how much experience you have chasing, but lately storm chasers are NOT the safest people to be around during severe weather. Many of them are wreckless, do not obey traffic laws, and I have seen way too many near misses and close calls. Are there a lot of safe drivers, and law abiding chasers? Yes, there are. Absolutely. However, the field is starting to become polluted with more and more amateurs. 2017 proved just that.