Tragic Accident

[patrickt]

I'll only add one thing, and I won't harp on it. If you can lean your head back and touch it to your unpadded roll bar then that's probably the greatest danger you face. It was just a few years ago that we had a thread on here where the guy was "demonstrating" his Cobra in the country club parking lot and slid it in to the curb. He died from BFT to the head... in the country club parking lot of all places.

[Gaz64]

Yes, and that's why it is a called a head restraint, but used by some as a headrest.

Even my superkart had a head restraint as part of the custom seat.

I won't travel in a car without a head restraint.

Gary

[Morris]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I'll only add one thing, and I won't harp on it. If you can lean your head back and touch it to your unpadded roll bar then that's probably the greatest danger you face.:

The rules for SCCA & Trans AM.....require a 36” square pad behind the drivers helmet.....when I Raced.....much like this on KMP259


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You can see the head rest pad that is 4” thick....

[xlr8tr]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I'll only add one thing, and I won't harp on it. If you can lean your head back and touch it to your unpadded roll bar then that's probably the greatest danger you face. It was just a few years ago that we had a thread on here where the guy was "demonstrating" his Cobra in the country club parking lot and slid it in to the curb. He died from BFT to the head... in the country club parking lot of all places.

I was highly concerned about this issue. I sit so far back in mine, plus being 6'7", that if i tilted my head back it went INSIDE the roll hoop. I've seen the small ones that fit kind of inside the roll hoop, but I was concerned in an accident I'd glance off that and still hit the hoop. So, I made a headrest: I used high density 2" thick flat rollbar foam (the good stuff), attached the assembly to the hoop and its removable in less than a minute if I feel like it (car show whatever). sorry pictures are crappy.

[patrickt]

Hmmm, at 6'7" I think you could lose a couple of inches off the top and still be just fine.