Roll Over Protection
10-10-2009, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by C7 JFW,Oct 10 2009, 07:12 AM
why shouldn't you fit harnesses, because you're solid in a fixed seat & can't move in the event of the roll?
i'm planning on fitting a half-cage with harness bar with seats to fit harnesses through hence my inquiry
i'm planning on fitting a half-cage with harness bar with seats to fit harnesses through hence my inquiry
10-10-2009, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dembo,Oct 7 2009, 12:47 PM
In truth you're probably safer rolling an S2000 than most non-convertable cars. There was a story on the BBC News site a while back about somebody who had a small lorry topple over on top of his S, and he got out fine.
The story is still on the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5150136.stm
10-11-2009, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by jezzygas,Oct 11 2009, 05:26 AM
That was my S that the lorry toppled on top of. The rear section of the lorry was resting on the roll hoop, and apart from a bit of a bump of my head, the roll hoop did save my life. The windscreen would not have held up as that was pretty caved in.
The story is still on the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5150136.stm
The story is still on the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5150136.stm
Good to see you came back to the fold.
10-11-2009, 04:12 AM
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Have a mate who barrel rolled his 2001 S at around 60mph near Guisborough in Cleveland, coppers were amazed that he got out in one piece with just a fractured arm. The roll hoops and windscreen saved him minor graz on his head.
However if he'd had a passenger on board he/she wouldn't have been so lucky......the gearbox ended up by the passenger seat!!!!!
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However if he'd had a passenger on board he/she wouldn't have been so lucky......the gearbox ended up by the passenger seat!!!!!
RR
10-11-2009, 07:23 AM
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Ouch, that was quite a bounce then!
I wrecked an old Opel rally car by sliding off a roundabout at 70mph.
Side impact to OSF wheel and crossmember as I broadsided into a wooden telephone pole.
Similar thing happened, all the welds opened up as the gearbox split the tunnel apart.
Pedal box was up in the dash and drivers seat Z shaped.
I walked away without a scratch, well only a graze on my ankle
I wrecked an old Opel rally car by sliding off a roundabout at 70mph.
Side impact to OSF wheel and crossmember as I broadsided into a wooden telephone pole.
Similar thing happened, all the welds opened up as the gearbox split the tunnel apart.
Pedal box was up in the dash and drivers seat Z shaped.
I walked away without a scratch, well only a graze on my ankle
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