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12-08-2006, 05:21 PM
+2 for not driving on the street with a full cage. A minor fender bender will leave you with a head injury from which you may not recover.
I even question the roll bars and harness bars I see with reclining seats and no seat back braces. On the street how do you fare if the reclining mechanism fails and you're thrown rearward when someone hits you from behind and you crack your unhelmeted noggin on the bar? Just thoughts. It's just hard to drive a really safe track car on the street when you aren't wearing the proper safety equipment that is part of the safety "system". IMO for a regularly street driven car you should run the stock setup and an R3 head restraint (doesn't require harnesses). As soon as you begin to add bars inside the car I believe it becomes a car where a helmet is required in order to be safe.
Window nets are tough in DE because you are required to give point by's in order for people to pass. I for one can't run a DE event with mine in place.
I even question the roll bars and harness bars I see with reclining seats and no seat back braces. On the street how do you fare if the reclining mechanism fails and you're thrown rearward when someone hits you from behind and you crack your unhelmeted noggin on the bar? Just thoughts. It's just hard to drive a really safe track car on the street when you aren't wearing the proper safety equipment that is part of the safety "system". IMO for a regularly street driven car you should run the stock setup and an R3 head restraint (doesn't require harnesses). As soon as you begin to add bars inside the car I believe it becomes a car where a helmet is required in order to be safe.
Window nets are tough in DE because you are required to give point by's in order for people to pass. I for one can't run a DE event with mine in place.