[Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety

[Doug Odom]

Your lap belts must be attached to the roll bars the same as your seat! That 
is the only safe way to mount it.
Doug Odom in big ditch
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MEIERLE Mike" <Mike.Meierle at alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety


> Hmm, I gotta think about that, the seat, in my truck, is mounted to the
> roll cage, so the seat and roll cage would be very difficult to
> separate. The shoulder straps and submarine belt are attached to the
> roll cage, but the lap belt(s) are bolted thru the floor of the cab with
> backing plates.
>
> I guess even if the cab was ripped off the chassis, all the connections
> would be intact and the fire suit only a little damp as a result. How
> about explosive bolts to release the straps? Trigger on the firebottle
> release? 8-)
>
> Mike M.
>
> The seat should always be attached to the roll cage as one unit. You,
> the seat and the roll cage staying all together has proven to be the
> safest way to protect the driver. The rest of the car can fly away for
> all I care but I want to be sitting inside that seat inside the cage
> when it comes to a stop.
> And yes, been there, done that.
> Doug Odom in big ditch
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MEIERLE Mike" <Mike.Meierle at alcatel-lucent.com>
> To: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>; "Bryan Savage"
> <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>; "John Romero" <delsolid at gmail.com>
> Cc: "lsr list autox" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety
>
>
>> Don't like the idea of hooking my head the roll cage and the rest to
>> the seat. The two might go in different directions....IMHO
>>
>> Mike Meierle
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