Rick,
Air bags do not deploy quickly enough. They are designed and intended to be
used at speeds up to about 80 MPH. At 180 MPH they would never inflate
before the body struck them. It might help some even partially inflated. Who
knows.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Yacoucci" <turborick@TurboRick.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: NASCAR & .......safety issues
> How about Air Bags
>
> Turbo Rick
> http://www.turborick.com
>
>
>
> > Doug
> >
> > When a seat lap belt comes loose there is nothing holding a person in
the
> > vehicle. The shoulder harness is useless allowing the body and head to
> move
> > violently. Since the HANS device attaches to the shoulder harness it
would
> > have been totally useless in Earnheart's case. He didn't actually break
> his
> > neck in the traditional sense. The basilar connection is where the scull
> > sets on the vertebrae. How a full face helmet may have helped some.
> >
> > John Beckett
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
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> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: NASCAR & .......safety issues
> >
> >
> > > BOB.....
> > >
> > > Simpson makes ( arguably I'm sure.....) THE best safety equipment
there
> > > is..... I ask you, WHY would any belts in Earnhardt's car NOT be new
> for
> > > the 500 ?
> > >
> > > Besides, and here's my point,..... they said his head whipped
violently
> > > forward and backwards a couple times at least ( did you see the test
> > video
> > > of head on crashes thats been done in a stockcar roll cage that was on
> TV
> > > last week ? -nasty ) and they reported that what actually most
> certainly
> > > killed him was: that his spinal cord was severed by the violent
whiplash
> > > from it all. That would have nothing at all to do with a lap belt in
> my
> > > book. I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > The HANS devise MIGHT be helpful. But what about manuverability
issues
> ?
> > > Visibility ? I'm not so sure. 'course I'm not the one out there hung
> out
> > > at 190 mph either.
> > >
> > > The other night,thinking about the tradgedy of it all, I may have
> dreamed
> > up
> > > a partial soloution. I think I will contact some of the safety
> > > manufacturers to see if it is indeed workable. If my idea can save
even
> > one
> > > from serious injury,....it would be most gratifying. I hope I'm on
to
> > > something.......
> > >
> > > my best regards, Doug Anderson 2-23-01
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