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RE: Cut off switch

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Subject: RE: Cut off switch
From: "Steve Pitt" <steve@seattleconstructioninc.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:06:25 -0800
A local group involved in vintage sports car racing require emergency
switches on all cars.  They don't specifically identify a location but say
it should be "easily accessible" and clearly marked.  The majority of these
cars have the switch mounted at the real because that is usually where the
battery is located.  I would think that a single location for all cars makes
the most sense and that the I.D. marking should be consistent, say a 6" (?)
diameter painted red circle around the switch.  This would at least
guarantee some consistency in emergency situations.
Steve in rainy, wet Seattle
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Glen Barrett
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 4:15 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Cut off switch
>
>
> One thing all need to remember regardless of where the switch is mounted
> and identified with a decal or whatever, a fire or a panel can be torn
> off in an incident and making it difficult to locate. The emergency crew
> at the lakes and on the salt spend time in the inspection area to look
> over all of the cars, streamlined bikes and any thing unusual that may
> create a rescue problem.
>
>  The big thing that we have to cope with is distance we need to travel
> to the incident as we don't have the man power or equipment  that large
> and big budget racing associations have.
>
> The program we have the, Emergency Response Team is a group of regular
> volunteers that work together and learn from all incidents and try to
> incorporate all we can from the experiance into our rescue trailer.
> There is no easy answer to the mounting of a switch or if a tank should
> be in a steel container or the placement of a water tank in or outside
> of the drivers area.
>
> The main thing is to put yourself in the position of the rescue teams
> and the patrols and fire personnel that will be there to extract the
> driver from the vehicle involved in a incident. Just things to think
> about.
> Glen
>


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