B13 Safety and Rollbar Question
George Roffe
geo3@earthlink.net
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:14:54 -0500
Scott Opheim wrote:
>I understand that the danger of a roll bar is that in a crash you could
>come into contact with the bar, could this danger be reduced by padding
>the bar or adding bracing to the bar so that the seats would not be
>allowed to move backward during a rear impact collision?
The padding won't reduce the impact to your skull very much. However, a
rollbar is significantly safer in a road car than a cage. For the most
part I think rollbars are OK for a road car. Cage, no.
George Roffe