[Spridgets] Fw: [Spits] Spitfire Wreck in Santa Rosa, CA

[Linda Grunthaner]

OMG David a quad for hitting his head on the rollbar? I wonder how
much padding needs to be in to prevent that?  Personally I never liked
the look of a roll bar and if I get one it I'd have to send it out to
be chromed and then add padding to specific areas which won't look
cool : (.
Safety Fast Folks,
Lin


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM, dwoerpel <dwoerpel at wi.net> wrote:
> Great point Rick!
> Unfortunately, that is how I got my B.E.  Doug, the P.O., had an unpadded
> roll bar, was driving w/o a helmet, and swerved to avoid and animal and went
> into the ditch.  His head hit the roll bar and he was a quadriplegic.  He
> didn't like the front bumper on the Sprite and I still run it like that for
> that reason.  He was a good guy and held on to his Sprite until he was
> satisfied it had found a good home.  Whew...tough memories.
> BTW, 30 minutes after buying the car and driving it home the roll bar was
> history.
>
> DW
> 59 :{)  AN5L/17606
>
>
>
> On 7/19/2012 8:42 AM, Rick Fisk wrote:
>>
>> Be careful and think it through before putting a roll bar in your
>> Spridget,
>> unless you plan on wearing a helmet.  If the roll bar is close to your
>> head
>> you could have a 20 mph fender bender, smack your head on the roll bar,
>> and
>> end up brain damaged.  Roll bars are good idea in a race Spridget where
>> roll
>> bar padding and helmets are used, but I'm not so sure about a street
>> Spridget.
>>
>> Rick
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