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

[Pantdino]

I noticed that. The last thing you want in a c-spine fracture is a force which would cause it to displace and compress the spinal cord !!



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From: gow2 <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
To: John Maffeo <johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Tom Borcich <tborcich at msn.com>; Pantera REALBIG forum <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 21, 2012 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] On-board video of Cobra crash at 130mph


Not just that but it looked like he was pushing down on his helmet with
is hand.

 I was surprised to see that the course worker removed his helmet. If he
 was going anything more than 60mph, the first thing they should have done
 was put on a c-collar.

 John

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 On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Tom Borcich <tborcich at msn.com> wrote:

>
> Many interesting points about safety equipped cars (roll bar, harness,
> etc). Whats amazing it the amount
> of energy (as Boyd mentioned) that is generated/dissipated when a car is
> rolling or flipping. A friend of
> mine use to race sprint cars (note "use to"). Full cage, harness, etc.,
> he got tangle up in an accident
> on one of the faster sprint tracks and flipped four or five times end
> over end at over 150mph.
> Even with all the safety equipment his body absorbed so much energy
> during the
> flips and landings (landings=sudden stops which puts tremendous strain
> on the body), he broke his
> hand and wrist (don't recall if he had arm straps) and collapsed a lung
> and burst the internals of one
> of his eyes, all from the pressure generated from the five point harness
>  during the flips.
>
> Unfortunately, the body is not as strong as the safety equipment in some
> instances. In the Cobra video
> the drivers body was thrown around like rag doll...he's a very lucky guy
> if he walked away
> with little or no injuries. Recall Dale Earnhardt's accident...I would
> have never thought that accident
> would have been fatal...it just didn't look that violent.
> Tom
>
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