[Healeys] seat belts

[HealeyRick]

OR... to put it another way, look around your Healey and pick out the things
you'd like your face to smash into.  The only person I ever saw successfully
eschew the use of seat belts was the late Masten Gregory who had a penchant
for jumping out of his cars just prior to the crash.  Just to add a little
more controversy, I'm not even sure lap belts alone are sufficient protection
in a Healey.  In a front-end collision wearing only lap belts, the body tends
to bend forward at the waist, throwing the chest into the "javelin" of the
steering column.  I'll be putting three point harnesses in mine. 

Rick

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--- On Fri, 5/7/10, Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:


From: Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] seat belts
To: "Ken Taplin" <ktaplin at gwi.net>, healeys at autox.team.net
Cc: "Ken Taplin" <ktaplin1934 at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 12:51 PM


OK---but come back and talk to me after you have crashed through the
windshield and lost much of your face.  A tractor isn't quite as fast as a
car, so they can afford to say thet.

tom

---- Ken Taplin <ktaplin1934 at 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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