[Excaliber]

Note the height of the roll bars on JBL's. For "safety" reasons the bar is supposed to be several inches above your head. Seat belts, no matter how tight, will "stretch" to some degree.

Debbie the injurys you describe for Mark are profound. Especially when you consider the relatively "light" damage on the car. Very troubling indeed to think a "typical" roll bar and NASCAR style belts offer such little protection.

Gentleman and ladies, we are driving a four wheel motorcycle. Expect no protection beyond that unless your building a roll cage. Which, in my opinion, just ruins the "look" and "feel" of the Cobra. If your seriously racing, then that is something you NEED to do!

Also, I am left with impression that this so called "street race" may not have been all that "serious" to Mark. It could have been as simple as a short burst of speed (a couple of gear changes?), followed immediatly by the thought, "What the hell am I doing"? He was stopping for the light, as I undestand it. He could have momentarily had a "lapse" of good judgement and just as suddenly realized this was a big mistake. Alas,,,,to late.

Sounds a LOT like something I (or YOU) could get caught up in if conditions were "right". I'll just "punch" it through a couple of gears and then back off, not really a "race", just playing around a little. I'll stop for the lights of course, after all I'm a safe driver,,,,,,,,,,,and I bet Mark WAS a safe driver. At 39, he was no kid, he never figured it would happen the way it did, in the blink of an eye.

,,,,,,,,,,think about it, could have been you, could have been me on the wrong night in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Ernie