[DeTomaso] Schroth Dot Harness

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I think that level of insurance investigation unfortunately means that you
are dead or at the very least horribly injured and Pantera repairs won't be
a major concern to you or your family.  We just did an episode on accident
reconstruction, fascinating subject and methodologies used to get to the
most probable causes.  Michael
On Sep 24, 2010 9:44 PM, "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There was also an issue of concern that an insurance company might refuse
> payment for injuries in a car not equipped with Dot Copliant equipment. I
> would personaly be more concerned with having wilwood brakes that are not
> DOT compliant and would potentially give rise to an insurance company
having
> a wider variety of claims to question or refuse.
> Just my humble opinion.
> Boyd
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:13 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/16/10 14 45 59, rgg at gregorycook.com writes:
>>
>>
>> What do you plan to do with the car? I've never heard of any track event
>> requiring more than OEM belts.
>>
>> >>>It depends on which run group you're in. The upper class at the PCNC
>> track event requires four-point harnesses at a minimum (the Schroth
>> harnesses would be perfectly acceptable). Shelby Club rules are the same.
>>
>>
>> > The open road racing events do require race harnesses for the higher
>> speed classes (above 125 IIRC) only. As you say you can leave your OEM
belts
>> in the car with the harness. That being said there's lots of Panteras
>> running around with 5 point harnesses and I've never heard of anybody
having
>> an issue with DOT compliance.
>>
>> >>>A Nor-Cal Shelby Club member driving a 5.0 Mustang convertible with
>> 5-point harnesses was pulled over by a cop with a bad attitude, and given
a
>> ticket for failing to wear his seat belt. He took it to court since he
was
>> wearing his five-point harnesses at the time he was pulled over--and he
>> LOST. The HUA judge simply went along with the cop's assertion that he
>> wasn't wearing the DOT-approved seat belts.
>>
>> FWIW....
>>
>> Mike (who has and wears five-point harnesses in the Pantera, Cobra and
>> GT350, have been pulled over in all three cars, and never received a
>> ticket...for anything!)
>>
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