Harness safety in street car?

[geo3@earthlink.net]

Peter Jackson <jacksopc@earthlink.net> wrote:

>You mean a minimal roll bar that follows the B pillar?

And follow along the roof as well with two supporting downtubes.  Yes.

>The street bar doesn't have a belt bar.

I thought they had one with a removable bolt-in belt bar.  If not, it
shouldn't be too awfully hard to have someone add for little additional
expense.

>I assume the street bar wouldn't work if you were using the rear seatbelt
lap
>mounting points because of the belt angle? That is still an issue, right?

Yes.  At least I think so (without taking a really close look at it).

>But the street bar might be OK with one of the Y belt harnesses that
>mount to the upper rear shoulder belt mounting point?

I wouldn't use that.  Personally, if I were looking at the street bar, I'd
look into getting a removable harness bar added.  If I/O doesn't offer
this, it shouldn't be hard to work out.  Give me a call next week (I'm out
of town this week) if you are looking for ideas how to do this.

>Or are you saying a full cage minimum for harness use?

Oh God no.  Do NOT use a full cage unless you will always be wearing a
helmet.  A well thought out rollbar should be good enough for street use.

George Roffe