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Some safety equipment is better than none. True. But a harness bar and harness may not be as safe as the OEM system depending on the crash and other safety equipment installed. I am simply saying they are not as safe as many seem to think they are. Again, depending on the situation and/or potential situation. Again, 155 mph is far less safe than 55-75 mph.
Safety is a relative thing. Nothing is 100% safe.
A HPDE event is potentially a much greater risk than the street since the speeds are much higher. The speeds can be nearly as fast as a T1 car, and sometimes even faster, yet the mandatory safety equipment is much less. Although not racing, the speed alone is a significant risk factor.
Crash analysis has shown the harness bar/harness combination to be less safe in the event of certain crash types. That is not opinion, it's fact. To argue otherwise is rationalization based on perception of risk.
The harness bar/harness combination was originally designed to hold the driver in a more optimal position so as to afford greater car control while autocrossing. Period. That was the original intent. It was not to prevent injury during a high speed track event, let alone a potential rollover, sans cage.
Some rationalize that because they afford greater car control they are therefore safer. And to a certain degree that is true. However, that was and is not their design intent.
Last edited by No Doubt : 08-28-2006 at 08:46 PM.
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