Window Net Rule

[sg1586]

Originally Posted by goinbroke2

How do things get off topic or on a tangent so quickly?
The point is not the $25-$50.
The point is the arbitrary rules by nhra that directly means $$$.

Today is window nets and not too long ago it was helmets. Yes they are both required and yes everybody wants to be safe. I'm sure noone here would race a car with the seat bolted to a plywood floor or seatbelts bolted to floor tin with a washer, how about conduit or exh tube for a roll bar? Of course not...but it HAS been done in the past and that's why rules were put in place.

But now for nhra to decide that having a .134 wall rollbar isn't good enough, it has to be replaced every 2 years(for example).....would anybody complain about the waste of money? Of course they would! It's not that they wouldn't want a rollbar or agree that a roll bar of specified size/thickness is required, it's just the questionable practice of replacing it every two years...because nhra said. THAT is the issue.

Are belts/gloves/helmets/nets etc unsafe after 2 years of "laying in the sun"? If so, then why isn't the equipment that is in stockcars which sit in the same sun and ARE USED REPEATEDLY year after year ok? Has anybody seen a belt or glove fail?
And don't give me the "if you don't see it then the rule must be right" because that's the same logic as carrying a 1/2" wrench to keep the elephants away, none around? SEE IT MUST BE WORKING!

Don't need a net if your slower than 10.50, fine...doesn't say you CAN'T have one if you want it. As far as ribbon or mesh, one is better than the other (same as material) and one requires a two year recert the other doesn't.

It all boils down to "must" and "can". I've never made a pass without a helmet...even though over the years I've run some pretty SLOW stuff. What is it, slower than 15.00 and you don't need a helmet for bracketracing or something like that? Doesn't matter to me, it's MY choice to wear a $200 helmet in a 21 second fwd streetcar. But if it was mandatory and had to have a new helmet every 2-3 years? Yeah, I would complain too!

X2 Well said!!!!!!!