[DeTomaso] 'Racing' Safety

[Art Stephens]

Wow, I guess we are both lucky to be here. I like the story about how the old racers didn’t like belts because they wanted to be thrown clear of the vehicle! 



From: Rob Dumoulin 
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 1:59 PM
To: Art Stephens 
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com 
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 'Racing' Safety

Art, 

I had a similar experience when I was 18 when my V-8 Monza got T-boned by a full-sized truck. I was unconscious for 3 days and had a concussion for what seemed to be a year but if I were wearing a seat belt, I would have been dead. I resisted wearing seat belts until the law said I need to and statistically, I'm better off wearing one......but I'm more aware of going into intersections now. Side impacts can be deadly when you are restrained.


On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net> wrote:

      In my case, I think I was fortunate to be wearing a typical 3 point
  seat/shoulder belt. The driver's side of my car was crushed but the
  passenger side was not. I think the shoulder strap allowed my upper body to
  lay over in the passenger side whereas the 4 point harness would not have. I
  think there is a pretty good chance I would have been killed or paralyzed if
  I had the four point harness on with no roll bar, which I did not have. So,
  no harnesses for me unless I have a roll bar. Oh and by the way, as Jack
  said, I came out pretty much unscathed for such a bad accident. I had a
  concussion, several broken ribs and a punctured lung. The broken ribs and
  punctured lung were no fun! The removal of the chest tube was the worst pain
  I ever experienced. On a scale of one to ten, it was about a 14.  :-]]

  Art


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