NHRA seat belt petition
- Thread starter Dick MacKenzie
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Signed and will pass this along. It's about time they make a change to something reasonable. Thanks for posting this Dick.
Thanks for the link, Dick. Signed it.
As most of us know, these 5 point harnesses are really strong. Much heavier than regular seat belts. In fact they're about as heavy as the ratchet straps we tie the cars down to the trailer with.
You'd think they really should be safe for 5 years.
They may be looking at a worst case scenario where the car is stored outside in direct sunlight but every car I know if sits in an enclosed trailer or a shop more than 90% of the time.
If they need to add UV protection or whatever,,, fine, but surely they should be able to make a set of belts that will last five years.
You'd think they really should be safe for 5 years.
They may be looking at a worst case scenario where the car is stored outside in direct sunlight but every car I know if sits in an enclosed trailer or a shop more than 90% of the time.
If they need to add UV protection or whatever,,, fine, but surely they should be able to make a set of belts that will last five years.
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If the government hasn't put a 2 year or 5 year term on the seat belts used for baby seats then I don't see why the NHRA needs one. Look how long they last in cars. Try to rip one in a 25 year old clunker in the junkyard....one that has been sitting for years.
Seems like they could just come up with some better "thread" to sew them together with as that is the failure point. Not the actual webbing itself. An old racer friend once told me that the rule was there because of all the people who stored open cockpit cars such as rails, slingshots, etc. outside. Like Jim said, I just can't imagine that happening these days. At some point you'd think they would give people credit for having at least some common sense.
Seems like they could just come up with some better "thread" to sew them together with as that is the failure point. Not the actual webbing itself. An old racer friend once told me that the rule was there because of all the people who stored open cockpit cars such as rails, slingshots, etc. outside. Like Jim said, I just can't imagine that happening these days. At some point you'd think they would give people credit for having at least some common sense.
Good point. What about the cars that have to have them on 1/8 mile tracks that will never go faster than 105-110 while cars running the 1/4 that aren't required to have them can go up to 120 I think it is. Just doesn't make sense.
Yep, and racers are the ones getting screwed.
Done, with comment.
Signed! I had read somewhere before that mud drags and mud bogged don't have to replace for 5 years that makes no sense.
. No Hot Rods Allowed will never go for it though. 
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Signed it !
I hope by signing this I haven't signed up for a ton of junk mail. Today I got an email from Care to petitions thanking me for joining for life their petition site. Look them up. "Care to petitions".
I got an email this morning to sign a different petition, "saving the butterfly from Monsanto". It had the same format. No, I did not sign it. I use a lot of Monsanto products.
