[Healeys] Healey with seatbelts after accident
Chris Dimmock
austin.healey at gmail.com
Sun May 9 03:23:37 MDT 2010
Hi Curt,
I don't need to try to lie down if I roll my BJ8, and have never been
interested in testing the theory.
As I said,
"My Healey, and 2 previous Sprites have all had rollbars and 4/ 5
point harnesses."
Proper full width rollbars, several inches above my head.
And I use the stairs
;-)
Chris
Sent from my iPhone
On 09/05/2010, at 1:23 PM, "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Watch some videos of violent rollover crashes and tell me how you
> think you'll be able to stay lying down when the car rolls violently
> 4 or 5 times.
>
> I hope you also don't think that if the elevator fails you can just
> jump up the moment before impact ;-^)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Chris Dimmock
> <austin.healey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ray, seatbelts have been compulsory (both fitment and wearing) in
> Australia for around 40 years.
>
> Laying across the seats is absolutely possible with a 3 point lap
> sash seatbelt. The shoulder strap passes over the shoulder closest
> to the door - not the 'inside' shoulder.
>
> Chris
> www.myaustinhealey.com
> Sent from my iPhone
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