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Re: Hans Device

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Hans Device
From: "joseph lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:47:01 -0400
But it's the snap of the head FORWARD due to a high front impact G load that 
killed Dale E. and Scott Brayton, They might of lived if they were wearing a 
Hans device. Back and side restraints for the head aren't enough for that 
kind of impact.

Lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: Hans Device


> It seems to me that since head mobility is not an issue in an LSR car (no 
> need to look around), then a Hans device is a stopgap measure to something 
> that could just be built into the car.  Why not just have a seat and head 
> support that does the job without a snap in restraint attached to the 
> helmet?  If you are totally supported, back and sides, by a well fitting 
> seat and headrest which is incapsuled in a good cage, then there should be 
> no need for a Hans device.
>
>  DickJ
>  In east Texas




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