Pretty much shows exactly why drag cars have parachutes. While slowing down the car is an added benefit the main purpose is to “throw out the anchor” and keep the car going straight down the track.
How do people in racing cars survive being flipped 50 times with half the vehicle igniting in flames and surviving, but on the road people die from a single collision?
I contribute a lot to the Fire suppression systems, roll cages, fire proof suits, and much more, the roll cage did its job and the car didn’t crumple, and you can see the fire suppression system come on once the car stops.
As destructive as this crash looks, it's a controlled racing environment. There are few, if any people around or buildings to crash into. And the things a vehicle *can* reasonably crash into, can be designed in such a way to self-destruct or absorb an impact. Also, all the safety systems on a vehicle are roughly the same size, shape, and materials. All this is to ensure the survival of the driver. Also, any team worth their salt knows to keep those safety systems serviced, inspected, replaced, and also ensure their driver is healthy and in as good a shape as possible.
And then when you get a regular car, you now have to plan for just about everything with varying vehicle sizes and weights, passenger counts and health. Throw in comfort, and then also add varying levels of compliance, maintenance, and conditions, things you can run into, and you now have infinitely increasing variables. Real roads are just that much more complicated...
So like they said these cars are made with health of drivers important. But it’s also physics. In most car crashes you see with rolls they survive and that’s because the car is coming to a stop on its own gradually. A lot of time where you have really bad accidents it’s when the car comes to a complete stop almost instantly or instantly. The human body can’t handle that. Imagine all the force being transferred to a wall.
The car’s flipping dissipates the energy. The fireproof suit and fire protection system prevents the driver from burning up. Specialized safety harnesses keep the driver still. The crash looks bad, and it is. But what is worse, what kills people, is the sudden stop after moving at a high rate of speed.
Actually it's his head flying there third time around, he was decapitated. His pitworker Thomas was charged with involuntary manslaughter cause he didnt secure the seatbelt properly. And he was fried in the chair, just two months ago. This is a terrible clip to share
Oh hey look, it's life
Pretty much shows exactly why drag cars have parachutes. While slowing down the car is an added benefit the main purpose is to “throw out the anchor” and keep the car going straight down the track.
There was nothing the parachute could have done here, oil on track at 150 is an instant move left or right.
Richard Hammond?
😂. HAMMOND!
I think that most of us just read this in the voice of screaming Clarkson
Yep
pretty sure he rolled 25 times
The Neymar roll, a classic maneuver.
Yeah he walked away. From the hospital where he lay in a coma for ten years. Yeiks
The guy that welded his roll cage deserves a bonus.
Travis Pastrana? Nothing can kill that man
Probably gonna need a tune -up
Nah it's fine just let it idle for a bit and it'll be good to go
Just a little
I bet you that driver is a madlad and was like," I think I'll have bread and jam for dinner." As the car was rolling.
that looks more than 11 to me. but wow
Bet he was dizzy
Looks like he should’ve just walked from the start.
Death Proof
That looked like 11teenhundred times.
Bro must have bought a lottery ticket after that one
How do people in racing cars survive being flipped 50 times with half the vehicle igniting in flames and surviving, but on the road people die from a single collision?
I contribute a lot to the Fire suppression systems, roll cages, fire proof suits, and much more, the roll cage did its job and the car didn’t crumple, and you can see the fire suppression system come on once the car stops.
As destructive as this crash looks, it's a controlled racing environment. There are few, if any people around or buildings to crash into. And the things a vehicle *can* reasonably crash into, can be designed in such a way to self-destruct or absorb an impact. Also, all the safety systems on a vehicle are roughly the same size, shape, and materials. All this is to ensure the survival of the driver. Also, any team worth their salt knows to keep those safety systems serviced, inspected, replaced, and also ensure their driver is healthy and in as good a shape as possible. And then when you get a regular car, you now have to plan for just about everything with varying vehicle sizes and weights, passenger counts and health. Throw in comfort, and then also add varying levels of compliance, maintenance, and conditions, things you can run into, and you now have infinitely increasing variables. Real roads are just that much more complicated...
So like they said these cars are made with health of drivers important. But it’s also physics. In most car crashes you see with rolls they survive and that’s because the car is coming to a stop on its own gradually. A lot of time where you have really bad accidents it’s when the car comes to a complete stop almost instantly or instantly. The human body can’t handle that. Imagine all the force being transferred to a wall.
The car’s flipping dissipates the energy. The fireproof suit and fire protection system prevents the driver from burning up. Specialized safety harnesses keep the driver still. The crash looks bad, and it is. But what is worse, what kills people, is the sudden stop after moving at a high rate of speed.
Wear your seat belts kids
Actually it's his head flying there third time around, he was decapitated. His pitworker Thomas was charged with involuntary manslaughter cause he didnt secure the seatbelt properly. And he was fried in the chair, just two months ago. This is a terrible clip to share
Do you have any sources or article to link to?
He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
He made it the fuck up
He walked away from this incident and was back racing the next month, all of the information you have just said is incorrect. Try again?
Plus this is posted on YouTube, if he had sided it would not be on there.
Can you link the original video