<VV> Safety

[H Smith]

I must agree with Bill about making your comfort zone larger by giving responsibility For your safety to an add on safety devise.  “.Not his words”.  That feeling was brought to me most vividly when I was racing.  One day I over cooked a turn and was on the last thread of adhesion, drifting toward the grass and hoping to get to the straight before I ran out of pavement.  Nothing new.  Every racer does that from time to time.  I did not panic.  I had a 5 point harness on, cinched up so tight it hurt.  I was wearing a new full face helmet and inside a cage of thick wall plumbing.  If that had happened on the highway I would have soiled my bloomers.  The realization came to me that in spite of the safety features it could hurt badly.  Multiple rolls or an end over end flip never comes out well for the driver.
The point being that some safety devices can lull you into a false sense of well being which can make you less safe.

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