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16th April 2023, 12:02 #201
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16th April 2023, 12:10 #202
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16th April 2023, 12:41 #203
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You introduce tools that can cut the windows. Emergency crews have this already. Rally crews can have a small tool.
Along the lines of window breaking hammers on public busses.
Primary escape route is always the two doors. Also note that I was talking about sidewindows, not windscreen.
This level of "finding" an issue is like saying cars shouldn't have rollcages cause it makes it hard to climb out trough the boot after crash.
When introduced there were issues with limiting head movement, not matching seats, etc. In short, it changed how drivers sat in the cars. Most of those issues were fixed in a few years.
On top of that there were campaigns by rallydrivers (with support of some doctors) towards FIA claiming HANS caused increased spine injuries when car hit a bump/jumped at high speed, don't quite remember how it ended. (but obviously we have HANS today).
My point was that HANS had direct impact on drivers seating/working space. Compared to that changing side window materials is completely negligible.
But as always, it is enough for some people to cry about destroying the sport.
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16th April 2023, 13:09 #204
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You think a little hammer like on double decker bus would penetrate a window that a fence post hit head on at 100 clicks couldn’t. Cars catching fire and crews needing to get out quickly is a lot more common than freak accidents like Craigs.
Then there are accidents similar to Tanak ending up in a lake where breaking a window quickly if needed would be restricted.
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16th April 2023, 13:25 #205
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What happened is still not clear. Local reports state:
"There is conflicting information, from a piece of wooden fence breaking into the cockpit of the car and hitting Breen directly in the neck, to the fact that the car was almost intact, with neither the windshield nor the glass on the driver's door broken."
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16th April 2023, 13:59 #206
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As far I can remember the HANS discussion was just a few drivers being picky idiots and in the end the "comfort" impact was negligible. Never heard about the claimed spine injuries, but I must say that is quite laughable considering it saves (maybe the most important) part of ones spine. Anyway thankfully the r resistance didn't last long.
Last edited by becher; 16th April 2023 at 14:07.
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16th April 2023, 14:32 #207
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16th April 2023, 14:44 #208
Funeral arrangements
Also a link to the live stream of the Funeral Mass ;
https://bit.ly/41utKbxLast edited by satnav; 16th April 2023 at 14:46.
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17th April 2023, 07:33 #209
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17th April 2023, 08:41 #210
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There is a lot of off-topic going on here.
Please find and/or create appropriate topics for cars safety or "who insulted whom". At the moment it is like a bunch of guys are nagging and fighting on someones grave.
Let Mr Breen rest in peace and keep this topic for him only.
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