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Re: Hans Device

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Hans Device
From: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:00:28 -0400
Tom Burkland's liner uses the canopy tubing support that closes in front 
of the front hoop of the cage as a helmet limiter so his helmet only can 
move an inch or two forward. Laydown cars are very hard to get out with 
a hans devise on...I tried it and I was stuck!
joe

Dick J wrote:

>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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