City driving with Brooklands.... yep... my driver's Brookland's now has a
wonderful chip where my face would have been if it had been folded down...(It
was from a rock thrown by truck tire on the freeway.) ... and I certainly
realize that something could make it's away around the Brooklands and do
considerable damage... Goggles, common sense, and care.... with some good luck
thrown in.... Life is an adventure, but I try not to be too much of a fool!
...though sometimes it's just necessary.
--Justin
P.S. With all the miles on that car, funny a rock should crack my screen on
the way to a Triumphest!
Bill Babcock wrote:
> Me too. I got hit right on the end of the nose with a wad of rubber off
> the back wheel of the Devin Triumph driven by Tony Garmey on the entrance
> to the chicane at PIR. I had perhaps a 1/2" slot and the 1/2" wad of
> rubber and gravel came through without touching helmet or visor (or at
> least that's how it seemed). Both eyes teared up so bad I wandered out of
> the chicane like a lost pup. Took me another half lap to catch and pass
> Tony. I swear he did it on purpose.
>
> A week later I got my eyes lasered and I don't have to worry about fogged
> glasses anymore.
>
> Last year in the Radical I got hit right in the middle of the visor at the
> end of the back straight at PIR (140+) with a bolt. Looked like 1/2" by 1
> 5/8" SAE as it zinged by, though I couldn't swear to it. Might have been
> coarse thread. Thank God for Lexan.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BillDentin@aol.com [mailto:BillDentin@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:41 AM
> To: jrhill@chorus.net; Triumphs@autox.team.net; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: DOT windshield requirements
>
> In a message dated 01/07/2002 9:20:11 AM Central Standard Time,
> jrhill@chorus.net writes:
>
> > The most serious risk you run with driving behind Brooklands windscreens
> is
> > not a citation but getting hit in the face with debris thrown up by
> another
> > car.
> >
>
> This is true.
>
> I usually run with my helmet visor open a half inch or so for ventilation.
>
> Getting hit by a stone or 'car part' is not all that uncommon. Once I
> even
> ended up with a bloody lip, when a stone found its way thru that half inch
>
> opening.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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