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That guy shouldn't jump out of his car till all is clear! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/eek6.gif

 

 

 

PS   ...

 

 

 

Quel domage,    ... Comment unfortuante, mais ce n'est pas un un vrai "crash".   ... Voici un vrai "crash"!

 

( That's Not A Crash   ....   Now This Is A Crash!! )   ...

 

 

 

 

...   Anyone looking for a slightly used (thrashed) Caterham?

 

 

 

 

 

BusaLoco2006-12-09 08:00:04

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I am not sure if window nets are the solution to the problem. Typically, arm restraints are used in open wheel cars to keep the arms inside the vehicle in the event of a collision. What they do is wrap around your arm near your elbow and then loop into your harness, that way, after the incedent all you need to undo is your harness and you are free to go (as opposed to then needing to undo a net system). At first they give you the feeling of having limited mobility of your arms but once you are out on the track they essentially dissapear because you wont be flailing them around out there.    

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Arm restraints would have kept him from using one arm to hold on to his cage while steering with the other: a driving technique that is unique. He is lucky to be alive after getting out just as his car was hit.

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Arm restraints would have kept him from using one arm to hold on to his cage while steering with the other: a driving technique that is unique. He is lucky to be alive after getting out just as his car was hit.

 

 

 

Go easy on the guy... If I'm not mistaken, the race was already over, and he was on the cooldown lap. He hit a patch of coolant.

 

 

 

Getting out of the car was probably a mistake.

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I am not sure if window nets are the solution to the problem. Typically, arm restraints are used in open wheel cars to keep the arms inside the vehicle in the event of a collision. What they do is wrap around your arm near your elbow and then loop into your harness, that way, after the incedent all you need to undo is your harness and you are free to go (as opposed to then needing to undo a net system). At first they give you the feeling of having limited mobility of your arms but once you are out on the track they essentially dissapear because you wont be flailing them around out there.    

 

 

 

The arm restraints would be a good idea on the track. What we were talking about was an autocross car where you wouldn't want the restriction of arm restraints but it would be a good idea to keep your arms inside incase of a slide. also for street use it would seem to be nice to have something to keep your arms from getting between the side of the car and something hitting the side of the car, it seems that a lot of pics of UK cars they are using the side curtians this would also help.

 

 

 

Arm restraints would have kept him from using one arm to hold on to his cage while steering with the other: a driving technique that is unique. He is lucky to be alive after getting out just as his car was hit.

 

 

 

As Mazda said he was on a cool down lap. I used to work crash/fire at a number of the Bay area tracks years ago and cool down or not the first thing we did was to get the driver out of and away from the car keeping the car between you and the track incase of fire or other drivers paying so much attention to your crash that they ran over the top of you.

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