Keith,
What if the design of the cockpit limits lateral head and torso
movement? What's left then is the 7 point harness system which is a
very valuable addition to the safety of our cars in my view because
it prevents the driver's head from jamming into the top of the roll
cage....the Hans Device doesn't do that. Application of the Hans
device should be on a cockpit by cockpit basis.
Skip
At 06:44 PM 11/2/2006, Keith Turk wrote:
>Guys with Johns demise I really went thru a nut roll trying to make my junk
>safer... one of the best adds to my racing program has been the Hans
>device... what it does is limit head movement and prevent the head from
>becoming dis-attached to the base of the skull which has a tendency to make
>you die... ( don't ya hate it when that happens? )
>
>Trying to acquire one of these devices was kind of a pain in the butt... so
>I've hooked up with Joe Timney at Delaware Chassis works ( 302 378 3013 ) and
>he's just become a dealer ... there aren't any specials on these things...
>they are expensive... ( 865 bucks ) but I really feel safer in the car with
>it on... egress procedures are easy once you learn to throw the shoulder
>harness's off your shoulders... basically it beats the poop out of a neck roll
>which can often act as a pivot to rotate your neck off your spinal cord...
>
>You can think of this as a blatant advertisement for Joe's deal if you want...
>but I've shared almost everything I've done over the years and this is one of
>the most important things we've done.
>
>Keith
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