Safety net in monte carlo?

**Erki** · 31st January 2008, 14:08

Originally Posted by Barry_

i rally and from the looks of it those nets would soo annoy me.. i think it causes more stress lets say one side u cant get out of and u have to crawl over the other side..now u got a net to navigate over

Indeed. What's when the car has rolled onto one side?

**Lalo** · 31st January 2008, 17:47

I believe it's not only useless, but also it's seems unconfortable for both driver and codriver. The net would go all over you in a hard or fast turn.

It seems to have more cons than pros.

**Erki** · 31st January 2008, 17:52

Less sideways action this way too.

**Larry_Japan** · 31st January 2008, 19:56

The crazy thing about the netting is that, as I understand it, on the Friday before Monte, the FIA withdrew the proposed rule... so the teams had installed the "safety feature" but it was ultimately not required.

**Langdale Forest** · 31st January 2008, 20:17

Originally Posted by Erki

Indeed. What's when the car has rolled onto one side?

What if the the car had rolled onto its side and it was on fire?
How long would it take to remove the net?

**DonJippo** · 31st January 2008, 20:46

Originally Posted by Langdale Forest

What if the the car had rolled onto its side and it was on fire?
How long would it take to remove the net?

Take a look of this pic, there seems to be a clip in the middle so it should not take too long time to remove it ...

http://www.jarimattilatvala.net/gall...tynet2008a.jpg

**leno** · 31st January 2008, 22:22

i think it doesnt help to prevent from injuries just one balast more

**cosmicpanda** · 31st January 2008, 23:55

Aren't the seat belts supposed to hold the crew in their seats and therefore stop them from hitting each other in an accident? If the accident was so severe that the seats broke and they started tumbling around the cockpit, I think that hitting each other would be the least of their worries.