What You Need To Know About Head And Neck Restraint Systems

By Alicia Hunter


Race car drivers, professional and amateur alike should always be aware on the importance of safety especially on their sport of choice. Extreme sports such as this one involves bigger chances of getting injuries, collisions and accidents. This is why such drivers should be more vigilant with their safety and that includes a great head and neck restraint systems.

Accidents inside a race track is fairly uncommon. In fact, this sport could actually be synonymous to injury. Some people may take it lightly, however since that shocking accident way back 2001, there have been a lot of questions regarding the incident and perhaps a great deal of lessons learned as well.

Basilar skull fracture is a very much talked about injury after the race that caused the death on one of the most beloved racers. This injury, also termed as basal skull fracture is a fracture at the skull's base which includes the occipital, temporal, ethmoid and sphenoid bone. With its occurrence at only four percent such injury is considered rare.

It was discovered that one of the major cause of death in racing is basilar skull fracture. To prevent such injury to happen to yourself, or if you want to enjoy racing as much as you do without cutting your life short is to secure an effective harness. One that could actually protect your body especially your head during crashes.

A basilar fracture may not be that fatal, but the amount of trauma to the brain as well as extreme stretching to the spinal cord or neck could result to minimal or loss of blood circulation to the brain causing death. This why it's gravely crucial for racers to understand the importance on safety equipments that are installed on their cars.

To start with, safety equipments work as a team. It is a whole system that increases the chance for anyone to survive during crashes. More so, such equipments are programmed for race car drivers to protect themselves during high-g impact. These equipments includes the seat itself, window net, safety harness, helmet, roll bar and roll bar padding.

One ultimate goal of such equipment is to effectively restrain body movement during a crash, so that body movements will be with each other, not against it. They are simply invented to force your head in moving with your body hence decreasing the load on your neck. Although there are various designs as well as approach on such equipments, this always be their ultimate goal.

If neck load is successfully reduced then extreme spinal stretching will be avoided hence preventing fracture. To ensure this kind of protection and safety then one is encouraged to have a carefully designed as well as installed equipment in his car. Make sure that your safety equipment is at its peak performance to ensure quality work.

It may not be that simple to choose the best head and neck restraint systems due to the number of choices in the market, however make sure to get one with the most trusted brand and manufacturer. Paying a great price in exchange for your safety and even your life, is definitely worth every dime.




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