[Spridgets] Fw: [Spits] Spitfire Wreck in Santa Rosa, CA

dwoerpel dwoerpel at wi.net
Fri Jul 20 16:40:59 MDT 2012


And folks remember, headrests should be adjusted correctly.  When your 
head snaps back you do not want the top of the headrest contacting the 
base of the skull or top of the neck.  Bad things happen.
DW

On 7/20/2012 4:23 PM, Chris King wrote:
> I do have a roll bar in My Midget, but the '78-'79 model high-backed 
> stock seats are such that my head will hit the headrest (as it should) 
> rather than the roll bar.
>
> Having already been upside-down in this particular car (before fitting 
> the roll bar) with only the headrests and the steering wheel keeping 
> my head from being one with the earth, I will always put a roll-bar in 
> my LBCs.
>
> -=Chris
>
> Chris King
> http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/
>
> <-----Original Message----->
> >From: dwoerpel [dwoerpel at wi.net]
> >Sent: 7/20/2012 11:43:03 AM
> >To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fw: [Spits] Spitfire Wreck in Santa Rosa, CA
> >
> >That's the point. Even with a padded roll bar it doesn't take much if
> >you hit at the wrong(right?) angle and position. Hence, the helmet.
> >One has to be super vigilant these days with people on phones and doing
> >everything except driving but let's not start that thread.
> >Point is, one can be doing everything right and still feces occurs.
> >
> >Dave W.


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