Miata Mailing List: February 2000, Message #330

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> Hm.  I'm all for safety equipment, but the part of this that I don't
> understand is how the fiberglass top improves safety.  It's useless in
> a rollover (that's why you've got a rollcage).  it would seem to me
> that it's just getting in the way, requiring a lower height of
> rollcage (so it clears the top) and thus imposing a lower height
> restriction on the driver.  So how is a rollcage + fiberglass top
> safer than just a rollcage?
>
> --Ian

prolly a shot in the dark but... much like a window net doesn't offer much
protection in a rollover... it would keep your flailing arms from being
trapped between the rolling vehicle and the ground.

you could prolly accomplish the same thing by requiring arm restraints.
--
Bob Schnider & Tango
90A Red, eh... #1598
MCA, Sea to Sky Chapter
Deja Vu Racing
http://doc.schdist42.bc.ca/bob/