| Re: How far from the cage?
IMHO pad the cage.
I always wear a HANS device when racing and last year we had a certified installer come and deliver a lecture on how they should be adjusted. Grisly stuff but very interesting ! I recommend you visit the HANS web site and see just how far your head travels (via an extended neck) in the event of a full frontal collision, (Turtles spring to mind !)
We have lugs welded to the roll cage and chassis to fit side straps / webbing to help with the sideways impact that Jac is talking about.
Nowadays most fatalities on the track seem to occur when the bits inside your body bounce of securley restrainded bits of the outside of your body ! (The brain bouncing around in the skull )
Probably safer to take up gardening |