Conversation overheard in the geerage......
Bubba, "Hey Billy Joe Bob, you gonna use this here HANS deevice"
BJB "Hell no Bubba, how the hell we s'posed to drive with our hands all tied
up and reestricted"
Bubba "oh yea, never thought of that,.....well how's them CART fellas do
it?"
BJB "Theys special Bubba, theys real race car drivers!"
EC (with tongue in cheek) ;-)
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Rusty said he did it in his crash at Pocono a couple of years ago. When he
sees it coming, he pulls his hands to his chest and leans forward and down so
as to lessen the room he will travel when he hits the end of give in his
belts.
Dave Casey
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Entirely your choice. When I was driving five-ton trucks in the military we
were all taught to keep our thumbs outside the steering wheel. Those that
have driven these trucks know how *** the wheel can be when driving over
uneven terrain. The spokes would take your thumbs clean off if you weren't
careful.
Dave Casey
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A steering wheel is a steering wheel, no matter what vehicle it's in. In an
unavoidable crash, you are always better off letting go of the wheel. One
thing this will do is keep you from straightening your arms and getting them
broke into a million pieces. Why do you think pro drivers will pull their
arms and legs up towards their chests? They don't want to involuntarily
make the mistake of bracing them for the impact. If you are worried about
your arms flailing around then reach up and grab ahold of your seatbelt in the
center of your chest. This assumes you have enough brains to be wearing a
seatbelt.
Dave Casey
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Could not agree more...
Anyone who drives off road, and has a brain, or has learned from others,
keeps their thumbs outside the wheel. Even at 2mph you can break your hand
when a wheel hits a rock/rut/whatever bad. If you hold the wheel like
superman, then you bend/break stering linkages, by not letting the wheel
move due to the impuse of the rock/rut/whatever.
Norman
I think what people are referring to is when it's already too late. You know
you're going to hit the wall, it's coming, what do you do in that last instant?
I heard the same thing other's heard by an Indycar driver, they let go, take
your feet off the pedals, etc., or you break your thumbs and wrists, *in
addition* to whatever else is going to be broken anyway.
Todd Wasson
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Right, that's in a racecar. I don't think anyone is debating that. A
personal vehicle was the topic.
Actually the original topic was race cars.
Someone brought in their road car as an example, and then the objection was
that someone else would rather people kept a hold on the wheel when on a
public road. completely missing the point that the discussion centered on
the activities past the "point of no return" in a crash situation.
cheers
John
> > Right, that's in a racecar. I don't think anyone is debating that. A
> > personal vehicle was the topic.
> Actually the original topic was race cars.
> Someone brought in their road car as an example, and then the objection
was
> that someone else would rather people kept a hold on the wheel when on a
> public road. completely missing the point that the discussion centered on
> the activities past the "point of no return" in a crash situation.
