Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OUCH !

[Steve Cook (SCook]

I thought that most rock impacts on Dennis' head were due to
Gravitational Forces, not wind...

Heheheh j/k...

-steve
(you may now continue with "beat up on Brian day" :)


-----Original Message-----
From: clyde [mailto:clyderomero [at] mycingular.blackberry.net] 
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:42 PM
To: Steve Cook
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] OUCH !

If dennis head was in the airstream that was a big deal
Have you seen the size of this guys head?
Huge I am tellin ya!

Clyde enroute to BOS flt 1694


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-----Original Message-----
From: "Dennis Liu" <BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:25:27 
To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc:"'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] OUCH !

First time I drove a Miata, it was a rental out of SFO a decade ago.
Had to
turn around and return it for a Mustang convertible, because my forehead
was
out in the airstream.  :-)  

Jonathan, a question for you re the Elise.  What about rollovers?  Many
tracks enforce the "broom stick" rule - on a convertible or targa, the
driver's head has to be below (sometimes 2" below) a broomstick placed
between the windshield header and the roll bar/hoop, or if a Targa, the
B-pillar roof area.  Intent is to prevent, in the case of a rollover,
the
head from being scraped along the ground, or worse, caught on the ground
then slammed against the header or bar.  Doh.

(this is the reason why I don't instruct in stock 308s and 328s....)

Does your head jut out that much?

Vty,

--Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Haines [mailto:oblioh [at] adelphia.net] 
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:16 PM
To: Dennis Liu
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] OUCH !

This morning, after all of the traffic on the Ferrari List regarding
large
sedans, I eased the Elise out of the garage, warmed-up the engine and
went
for a drive.  As I was merging onto the freeway (my speed was
approximately
50mph, due to very slow existing traffic), I was struck in the middle of
my
forehead by a rock (I recovered the rock, since it fell to earth INSIDE
the
Elise) about the size of a piece of gravel.  It # [at] $%##! hurt.  In fact,
my
forehead still hurts an hour later !

OK. OK.  Is it legal, in the State of California, to wear a full-face
helmet
in a car?  I guess I am about to find out.

Helmets.  Don't leave home without one.


Jonathan Haines
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