Think! Always wear a seatbelt!

[Lomster]

Originally Posted by Darrin

All the reinforcement I need for wearing a seatbelt is seen in racing. Granted they were an advanced version of one, but they are doing advanced forms of driving.

If the pros use them, I certainly am not one to argue...

I read an article in New Scientist, years ago, about the stresses and strains drivers get subject to. Nelson Piquet (Sr), just after he left F1 and went into Indy Car stacked a car at full tils into the track side wall. Consider this track wall is a 1m high and 1m thick strip of reinforced concrete buried over 1m into the ground. tt was calculated he spiked momentarily at over 100G. And then walked away with no discernable injuries.

Just think if he'd *not* been wearing a seatbelt, he might be landing just about ........... now! Although I reckon his eye-balls might have picked up the dirt off the inside of his visor and his ball-balls might have knocked against the steering column.

(BTW This is Faysh not Lom, she doesn't read NS )