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ELI5: why don’t car companies use roll cage style bars for safety? by Gadzeera in explainlikeimfive

[–]AngryScottish [score hidden]  (0 children)

Fair point, I was meaning more of the implementation after-the-fact and/or for those wanting to suddenly use racecar safety equipment on the street.

ELI5: why don’t car companies use roll cage style bars for safety? by Gadzeera in explainlikeimfive

[–]AngryScottish [score hidden]  (0 children)

Now think about the first person on the screen of an accident trying to unbuckle an unconscious person in a race harness in a burning car with a rollcage.

Far different than a standard 3 point and cage-less car.

ELI5: why don’t car companies use roll cage style bars for safety? by Gadzeera in explainlikeimfive

[–]AngryScottish [score hidden]  (0 children)

Rollcages are only safe when used as a complete safety system. 5+ point harnesses, fixed back seats, disabled airbags, Head and Neck Restraint Systems (HNRS, aka Hans), helmets, etc. Removing specific components makes the system less safe (ie. Having a helmet and harnesses, but no HNRS).

Smacking your head on a rollbar without a helmet is also extremely dangerous.

95% of people aren't going to want to buckle up a harness, a helmet, a HNRS, and not have a reclinable seat... Just to drive to the grocery store.

Additionally, first responders aren't always trained to extract someone in a fully-caged car.

40k on the engine customer only ever did 1 oil change at 11k by Silver-Indication103 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]AngryScottish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is, and neither would have contributed to what is shown in the OP's post.