| Chopper Dropper |
01-24-2005 09:47 PM |
Never a four point, with other clubs I have refused to instruct if the driver insisted on using a 4 point. They got pissed, but without a sub strap to keep the buckle over your pelvis and or disappearing under the dash, I was not going to be sitting next to a severely injured student. best bet is through the floor, six point is better, but again it should be through the floor, however you can attach to the front of the seat rails on each side. I believe the forces on the sub strap can be taken at those angles attached to the seat rail.Hope I don't see it in anger. The car shown above would probably be in the same state with a roll bar. A hill climb excursion is going to be a lot worse than anything the road course tracks can do, that car may not have left the road that fast but sure tumbled down a hill. Seriously, talk to Sandy Van Leen and ask his experience of rolling his Targa. He spent the next 5 or six years driving DE in the same car without a roll bar. As Kurt says, impacts against some sort of vertical surface are way more common, usually those impacts are against some sort of energy absorbing material Tyre walls or armco.Being held in your seat securely, with your seat securely held in place in the car is your best bang for the buck.
In my relatively few years, I have not seen any personal injury below white run group, in fact the only serious ones (broken bones) have been in Red at DE and club race. The 3 point harness in Porsches (which are damn well built to absorb energy) should suffice till you are commited and at least in white and plan on going further, by then you should have some idea of what you want to do as regards safety systems.
Dirk
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