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Originally Posted by Dwight Clock
To all of you who think that a driver should be able to wear/not wear whatever he wants in a race car: Buy or lease a race track. Tell everyone that this is what you're going to do. Then call an insurance co. to get coverage for your track. Oops! You're out of business. They won't cover you. Even if you would find an underwriter to cover you the premiums would be more than you could pay. Why? Because the same people (competitors) that you're trying to impress by being so "cool" about this would be the same people to sue you when they bust their azz or fry in the car. Insurance companies know this because they would be the ones to pay when you got sued. It is why we have insurance companies. It is why we have laws. To protect dumb azzes from themselves. It is why people such as Bill Simpson have devoted their lives to making racing safer. Racing is inherently dangerous but that doesn't mean you are required to take more chances than needed. :headbang::headbang::headbang:
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Forget it Dwight. Obviously a lot of people here confuse concern with complaining. Of course no one has explained how driving a race car without a fire suit is more "fun" than driving with one. Or told us how that a drivers "individual" decision not to use safety equipment only effects him and not his family and friends. To think that "individual" decisions only hold potential ramifications for that one person is selfish and naive.
But there's no point in arguing further. Not with so many 'experts' celebrating the death of common sense.