08-30-2006, 03:28 PM
the seats are only part of the problem - the harness are the biggest offender, in the event of a rollover.
with a harness you are sitting bolt upright in your seat, and when the roof crushes in so does your neck. With a OE style 3-point belt you can be forced to the inside of the car, where your neck isnt put in a 20-ton press.
You dont wear a Hans because "in theory you might have a nasty offset front impact that kills you". Both of those types of events are real and they happen.
Fixed back seats with no rollbar and oe 3-point belts are a good comprimise I think. I think Scroth (sp?) makes some sort of nifty 4-point harness that holds you in place but still has the safety of the OE 3-point.
with a harness you are sitting bolt upright in your seat, and when the roof crushes in so does your neck. With a OE style 3-point belt you can be forced to the inside of the car, where your neck isnt put in a 20-ton press.
You dont wear a Hans because "in theory you might have a nasty offset front impact that kills you". Both of those types of events are real and they happen.
Fixed back seats with no rollbar and oe 3-point belts are a good comprimise I think. I think Scroth (sp?) makes some sort of nifty 4-point harness that holds you in place but still has the safety of the OE 3-point.