Re: Helmets and safety gear
Now despite my general belief that it if REALLY unlikely that I would suffer this type of injury, I wear a HANS device also.
TeamLemon-aid wrote:Truthfully, there is little evidence that a HANS is necessary in our level of racing. Some question whether our cars have violent enough crashes to fracture a C-spine from forwards flexion (our cars have crumple zones and are slow).
I generally agree with you, despite the Cavalier wagon crash/rollover/burn at Infineon last year. But my position on it is that although the need for it is probably unlikely, in the event that I mis-estimate the probabilities, it's valuable insurance. Until my replicant grows a spare c-spine for me for implant, that is.