Ken -
A tractor and an Austin Healey are two completely different animals. I
think you would be very hard pressed, unless you were racing, to flip an
Austin Healey even if you had a failure in the drive train.
With all the metal windows, dash, and a spear for a steering column (of
which I have a friend killed by a solid column when he wasn't wearing his
seatbelt in his Land Rover), I'd have to say yes, on the chance you roll
snake eyes you'll roll over and have a 50/50 shot of getting killed, but
there's the other 35 combinations of two dice which says wearing a seat belt
is probably a good idea for staying alive & keeping your front teeth.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Ken Taplin <ktaplin1934@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have maintained for years that it is at least imprudent if not actually
> dangerous to belt yourself into a vehicle that does not have rollover
> protection. I recently aquired a tractor with a seat belt and a rollover
> protective stucture. One of the many warnig labels on this tractor
> says...DO
> NOT use seat belt if this structure is not in place.
> I feel vindicated.
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