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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise
Haha wish that was the case but it's never that simple. There's a reason at the track even with a full 5/6-pt harness and a cage, you're still required to wear a helmet. You never know how much movement there will be within the cabin and what components will bend/break in a wreck.
Ultimately if you're willing to risk street-driving a caged car without full safety equipment, that's up to you but I'd never recommend it to anyone I cared about based on what I've seen and read.
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All your crumple zones and airbag restraints are messed up by a cage. People think that a cage is extra protection when in street type collisions it can just turn a very safe car into a death trap. All that force that is supposed to be dissipated is now directed straight into your fragile body.
Yet people still install them in street cars all the bloody time. I have heard "Oh the harness will protect me" many times. My standard response is "yes, it will make your body recovery that much easier".