Looks like laguna seca, how was this driver thrown from his vehicle if he had a proper restraint system (i assume it wasn't).

http://videos.streetfire.net/v...4.htm

 

holy ****, did that guy die, if he didn't he was ******* lucky

 

the seat could have broken from its mounts leaving slack in the belts. There were a lot of very violent impacts.

 

was there something they overlooked during construction of the car? i assume with the right crash this sort of this can happen to my civic (or any car)? should i beef up the seat mounts?

 

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I looked to me like the guys car rolled on top of him.

 

im not sure if you have ever been to a SCCA/NASA race day but some of the ways people have there seats mounted is down right crazy.


Also he could have just not had his harness on tight, a harness will strech up to 3 inchs, so you need to keep that thing SINCHED down on you.


This is a old video too, if it is infact laguna seca, there is alot more trees there. Maybe at the time of the video the saftey standards were not up to par.


I really wouldn't take anything from the video other then bad **** can happen, and do not skimp on saftey stuff.

 

I think alot of car builders sometimes assume that the distances between certain items in a race car will remain constant, and count on that fact. That biggest being the seat back and whereever you have your shoulder straps mounted. All it takes is the cage or floor of the car to bend a few inches to give the slack in belts you need to get ejected. In this case the cage deformed enough to both loosen the belts and allow the window net to open.

Obviously making sure to mount belts and seats properly(HUGE backing plates) is key, but also, use seat back brace of some kind even if your seat is FIA. When you design you restraints system(this means window nets too), try to anticipate what you are mounting to changing shape and location, at least a few inches. Because it is more than likely that the moment you are counting on this equipment, it won't be the right shape.

 

Man... That kinda makes me sick. Do you think a window net would've stopped him from ejecting like that? Or maybe he already had one...?

It seems like his seatbelts made everything worse by holding him partially outside the window as the car tumbled.


I think I'll just stick to autocross.

 

omg..

 

That seems to be in europe. the car is a Citroen. Look at the Logo on the Roof.


Edo

 

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ya thats what im seeing too. i highly doubt that guy lived through that.

 

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Replaying it a few times it looked like that too...Poor guy.

 

omg, that was terrible.

 

holy ****, that guy seems to have been crushed by his own car.

 

I think the person that edited the vid needs to have his *** kicked. Totally disrespectful.
Very tragic accident obviously!

 

OUCH!!!