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Originally Posted by duke_toaster
I guess they would percolate down. My only concern with these would be speed of getting out of the car, which I feel sure the fly boys have already got sorted out.
Things that can hit the driver on the head are something that need to be avoided, that is probably the most dangerous thing in a modern single seater (well, toss-up between that and wheel over wheel crashes).
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As a sidepoint, not only single seaters have this problem, I remember in a BTCC support race (I think it was SEATs or Clios) where one of the tyres they stick on the corners bouncing in to a touring car windscreen, with the tyre winding up making a massive tyre-sized hole. Now if that happened in a single seater race, it could be curtains. Perhaps in some cases race track furniture could actually be a bit more thought out e.g. not having heavy stuff on the inside of corners, just stick polystyrene advert hoardings there or something equally breaky-uppy in case it gets hit.
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That is exactly the thought I was having. It's all very well having something like to protect the driver from projectiles, but what happens when he/she needs to get out in a hurry (e.g. in case of an engine fire) or medical people need to get in?
A solution for this would be a Co2 release system with buttons inside the cockpit and on the engine cover/side pod.
Also, if you're going to have what is effectively a 'windshield' then you're also going to need a windshield wiper for when it rains (unless you use Rain-X or a similar coating system).