Single or Dual Roll Bars

[RadAirAndy]

Love my wife, full / dual roll-bar for me.

[rodneym]

Who woulda thunk it that Rodknock doesn't love his wife and patrickt does?

(Pesky rollbars and the statement they make!)

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by rodneym

Who woulda thunk it that Rodknock doesn't love his wife and patrickt does?

No, not only do I not love RodKnock's wife, I don't think I've ever even met her.

[rodneym]

patrickt, if you do ever steal Rodknock's wife, we'll be watching your passenger rollbar...

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by rodneym

patrickt, if you do ever steal Rodknock's wife, we'll be watching your passenger rollbar...

I can neither confirm or deny that I have a wife. But if I did, and I loved her, then the Cobra would be the last car that I'd drive around with her in it. I'd think even an 1st Gen Miata would be far safer for her as a passenger.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by RadAirAndy

Love my wife, full / dual roll-bar for me.

This is obviously a person who cares very much about his loved ones. Why he would drive her in a Cobra at all seems like risky behavior to me. I just saw a commercial for a Kia Soul and it's 5-star crash tested according to the commercial. Personally, I'd only drive my significant other or other loved ones in a safe new car with a roof and ABS.

And I'm sure beyond the 2nd roll bar or one that is the length of the cockpit, this person also has practiced other "safe" behaviors, which are more likely to happen, such as having a will and trust, planned and saved for retirement and purchased life insurance. Since if you practice safe behavior with your Cobra with the additional roll bar, I'm sure you've also done that as well in other areas of your life.

[AL427SBF]

Originally Posted by RadAirAndy

Love my wife, full / dual roll-bar for me.

Agree, same with me. It's a matter of being prepared for the "other guy", not that your cobra is intrinsically unsafe. For those of us who do enjoy riding with our spouse, friend or sibling, this debate is silly. Either you care about your passenger's safety or you don't.

[Dimis]

I'm of the opinion - You're all kidding yourselves if you think 1, 2 or no roll bars is comparatively safer to the alternative.

When you're number is up, it's UP!

I'm with RodKnock... How many of you 2 roll bar preachers wear helmets when driving your cobras, or better still, have your passengers wear helmets?
Do you guys ride bikes? Or how about take a pillion on your motorcycles?
Better go back inside and wrap yourselves in cotton wool.

Puhleeese... whatever helps you all sleep well at night.


FWIW: I've two roll-bars... One on the car, and the other brand new wrapped in plastic, sitting in storage.

I've 2 reasons for this:
1) Cos I cant bring myself to put holes in the aluminium
&
2) just b/c to my eye, there's seemingly a beauty and "balance" in the subtle asymmetry caused with 1 roll bar sitting over the drivers side steering wheel. Just the same as there is a beauty in "subtle" asymmetries in the banks of an FE engine (Fuel log side vs linkage side and Overflow tank and distributor side), and in the faces of beautiful people.

Ughhhh - Now I'm need of a shower for posting in this thread!
I feel so dirty

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

Agree, same with me. It's a matter of being prepared for the "other guy", not that your cobra is intrinsically unsafe. For those of us who do enjoy riding with our spouse, friend or sibling, this debate is silly. Either you care about your passenger's safety or you don't.

If you truly care about your passenger(s), and being prepared for the other guy, then drive a new BMW, Mercedes, or whatever brand you prefer. One or two roll bars will not help anyone in a rear, front or side impact, which are the most likely accident types. No ABS, no air bags, you're kidding yourself. But if it helps you sleep at night, then it's worth something. Right?

Personally, I'd be more worried about stepping off street curbs, and getting hit by cars or buses as pedestrians. Even more worrisome is that our nation's school buses, which transport our children, have no seats belts or restraints. And there are more school bus accidents every year than accidents in Cobras.

[joyridin']

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

Agree, same with me. It's a matter of being prepared for the "other guy", not that your cobra is intrinsically unsafe. For those of us who do enjoy riding with our spouse, friend or sibling, this debate is silly. Either you care about your passenger's safety or you don't.

So you would never take any family member in a convertible at all? I do not recall seeing convertibles with roll bars. Too dangerous? I assume that would rule out motorcycles on the street also?

[601HP]

I have always ranked the apparent safety (or lack of it) while riding in my Cobra, at about 1 notch or so above that of riding on a motorcycle (have owned 4 motorcycles in the past).

There isn't much in the way of energy absorption available in my Cobra. In fact, when sitting in the Cobra and looking around, there isn't much in the form of protection in any form.

I feel much safer when riding in my F350 4WD dually. It sits higher, has ABS, air bags and weighs 8,300 pounds.

The single vs. dual roll bar discussion for STREET driving seems somewhat....... misplaced.

I may have to search for some form of tranquilizer OR avoid this thread if I read about one more fella who loves his wife more because of having 2 roll bars.

David