A little late on the topic this weekend,
I grew up in West Virginia with a lot of fun mountain roads to drive.
I noticed it was easier to let the seat belt hold my rear in position when
driving with my boot down.
That gave me a big advantage over my fellow road racers.
Then I grew up a bit and realized racing on public roads wasn't the
brightest thing I had ever done.
However, I have always worn seat belts.
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Stephen West-Fisher
N4IK
-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Douglas McKinnie
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:06 PM
To: mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Seat Belts
I regularly drive rural roads in New England that are a pretty close match
to
roads I drive in Surrey UK. The US narrow two-lane (single carriageway) with
blind curves and occasional adverse camber are marked 30 or 25 MPH, the
rural
Surrey roads are "national speed limit" which is 60 MPH (~100) for that
class
of road. I'd never consider driving on a road with tight bends at 60 without
seat belts, but at 30 it would be manageable.
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