[DeTomaso] 'Racing' Safety

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Driving helmets can bring undesired attention from law enforcement:

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> Sean, we had a driving school in Houston, back in the early '70's, and one
> day I had a car load of student drivers who had ridden their Hondas to the
> lesson and they all had their helmets.  At the time I had a Honda 450, so
> I also had a helmet.  We all put our helmets on for about an hour as a
> joke.  Of course, at the time I was still in my 20's.    ---Bill
>
>
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>> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:58:53 -0500
>> From: spkorb at gmail.com
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 'Racing' Safety
>>
>> I know it would scare everyone else on the highway to death, but I've
>> felt for a long time that helmets would be a helpful addition to my
>> commute.  Head injuries are often lethal and can I really count on the
>> SRS system in my commuter or the lack of such things in my Pantera?
>>
>> sean
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:53 AM,  <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > In a message dated 11/18/11 22 46 22, JDeRyke at aol.com writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >> For racing, the particular series
>> >> you want to go play in may have more stuff for you to add in their
>> Tech
>> >> Regulations, but belts & an extinguisher will very likely keep you
>> safe on
>> >> the
>> >> far more dangerous public streets & highways.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Excellent advice!
>> >
>> > Part of the problem when making decisions on safety equipment is in
>> > deciding what kind of car you want to have. While it's easy to
>> automatically
>> > default to say, "FULL ROLL CAGE!", that ignores the inconvenient
>> reality that a
>> > full roll cage is positively LETHAL on the street (and in fact is
>> outlawed in
>> > some European countries).
>> >
>> > The very thing that makes them excellent in a track car makes them
>> > completely unsuitable for use on the street--their supreme hardness.
>> On the GT40
>> > forum, I read a story of a poor fellow in the UK who was pottering
>> around in
>> > his Lotus Super 7 replica, got involved in a minor shunt, and his head
>> > exploded like a melon when it struck his roll cage. Had he not had the
>> cage, he
>> > probably would have had minor injuries (if any), and now he's dead.
>> >
>> > If your car will ONLY be a track car, then by all means, go for a
>> cage. But
>> > if you will ever run your car without a helmet on, then a cage is a
>> very
>> > bad idea indeed.
>> >
>> > Some sort of roll bar is the best compromise for a dual-purpose
>> > car--something that will improve the structural integrity of the car
>> and decrease the
>> > chances of the roof caving in, but something that will never, EVER get
>> > anywhere near your head.
>> >
>> > My GT350 clone and Pantera both have roll bars, and I feel much more
>> > confident on the track because of them. Neither of them extends
>> forward anywhere
>> > near my head. Instead, if I were to hit anything, it would be the
>> (padded)
>> > headliner bow. While that wouldn't be any fun, it would certainly be a
>> far
>> > sight better than whacking my head on a piece of thick steel tubing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
>> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera
>> #1382
>> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
>> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
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