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Originally Posted by Shamu
Heres me living vida loca with no helmet, no fire suit, no cage no harness. Just jeans and a t shirt with stock seat belts. I'm big believer in understanding your cars capability and your own capability as a driver. Not every track event is you putting car at 100 %. And there are more scary scenarios on public streets quite frankly than any real danger in modern car on fairly safe track if you drive car within limits. And I pick my track events very carefully. Always low numbers with very experienced drivers who value safety and their cars.
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I have logged thousands of track miles over past decade without a single incident. Frankly speaking I think most people are worse off with cage in street car on the track than to drive cage less. To be truly safe in caged car you need proper winged seat, proper 6 point harness with Hans, seat mounted low in the car to clear over head cage elements, proper nets and very well designed cage, |
I could not agree more with the bolded statements. If you don't understand a car's physics and limits before pushing them too hard, you're asking for trouble. And while a race track can be dangerous, the roads are meant to be driven hard on, there is a medical crew on staff within a few minutes guaranteed, there are flags to alert you of danger ahead, there are barriers and run off areas in case you mess up. Public roads, on the other hand, aren't designed with racing in mind. They are designed for reasonable safe and slow driving. They can be impacted by weather and change surface condition on short notice, deer and dogs and pedestrians can bolt out in front of you, other motorists can cut you off or slam brakes, and depending on where and when your accident is, medical attention may take a while to get to you.