[DeTomaso] NPC: On-board video of Cobra crash at 130mph

[Pantdino]

I think what Julian says is true.
I've known people who have suffered from disabling back and neck pain for years after much less severe accidents than this. Just because the guy was conscious at the end doesn't mean he's "fine."

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
To: mikeldrew <mikeldrew at aol.com>; garth_rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; De Tomaso List <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 9:49 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: On-board video of Cobra crash at 130mph



 don't think it's as cut and dry as Mike makes out, that roll bar is a hoop and 
e wouldn't pass the "Broomstick" test many racing organizations use. Running a 
roomstick from the roll bar (hoop) to frontal area of substance that the car 
ould come to rest on if upside down, then no part of his helmet can be above 
he stick. In a Cobra the windshield is not substantial enough to hold anything 
o the stick would be run to a front fender, thus the guys head was most 
efinitely at risk and IMO he was lucky it flipped more than rolled. It actually 
ppears his head may be above the hoop alone, but I admit camera angles can be 
eceiving.
Look at the way his head is thrown around, all the safety equipment would 
nclude a Hans (or at minimum a neck brace), plus arm restraints in an open 
ockpit car.
Another good practice is to keeop your passenger belts secured, look at the 
elts flailing around.
Julian
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:29:26 -0500
 To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: On-board video of Cobra crash at 130mph
 
 
 In a message dated 1/20/12 16 25 23, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
 
 
 > Lucky to be alive...
 > 
 
 A little bit melodramatic, perhaps?   Given that the car was equipped with 
 the necessary safety equipment (roll bar, racing harnesses) and the driver 
 was fully equipped with safety gear as well, the positive outcome should have 
 been completely expected.
 
 If he had been drunk, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and not wearing his 
 seat belt, and the car flipped over and he fell out as it rolled and then got 
 up and walked away, THAT would satisfy the 'lucky to be alive' criteria, 
 IMHO....
 
 Mike (a big fan of roll bars and harnesses...)
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