TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1964//
TI  - Safety-Belts in Sports Car
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - No Author(s) Listed, 
SP  - 230
EP  - 230
VL  - 1
IS  - 5377
N2  - It is advisable to fit safety-belts to sports cars which generally travel with the hood down. This has been proved in American research with drophead coupes. It has not been proved that it is safer in motor racing to be thrown clear in an accident. The reverse is true -- i.e., it would be safer to be retained within a racing car-for racing motorists are well packaged in a seat that is made to fit them, and they are surrounded by strong tubular bars. But they are also surrounded by petrol tanks and plastic tubes carrying petrol to the engine. Because of the fear of being burned within their cars, racing drivers tell me that they prefer not to wear harness. Nevertheless, racing drivers in normal production cars and in rallies frequently use safety harness.
LA  - 
SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -