I´m not sure whether this is correct a forum but...
In 2009 there was HANS system declared as mandatory in czech rallies. Since then there were some ten crashes which resulted in broken and/or very badly bruised lumbal vertebras. These crashes were minor, we can say. A car only hits in a small speed something with its bottom front and that´s it. Luckily, no one gets paralized. So far...
Drivers got very angry and don´t want to use it as mandatory in events which are not in the international list of FIA (it is mandatory there and declared by FIA).
Are there similar problems (injuries) in other countries? Drivers want to know what causes these injuries and how to prevent them. FAS (a czech version of FIA) don´t want to discuss about this problem and behave like "there is no problem, you just have to pay us for a licence and then we are not interested in you any more"
Here are some photos of my friend´s crash. His codriver suffed a broken vertebra:
http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/show.php?id=137 ... eto-promin!
Here is a video of the crash which resulted in driver´s broken vertebra:
http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/show.php?id=139 ... n-okamzite!
Fabia below with the ripped off wheel is from the same event. Its codriver suffered badly bruised vertebras. The doctors said the he was very lucky not to get it broken. He is not slim and it was the thing which saved him.
Do you think that these crashes should result in broken vertebras?! Are there the same result in other countries? This matter is quite important, maybe a court will solve this problem.
Thank you.