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Old 06-10-2010, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
If you skid out, and come to a complete and abrupt stop by hitting a curb at even 20mph, your head will continue to travel at 20mph, which is roughly 30 feet per second... and it will be stopped by your roll bar. Blunt force trauma to the head of that nature can easily cause severe injuries.
Use of seat belts and shoulder harnesses are another factor we know nothing about also.
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