And you made this determination after doing all the same investigation
of this particular accident as NASCAR, doctors, and other experts who
were actually on scene and in the hospital, right? Saw the evidence
firsthand and everything? That helmet will provide many clues -
scratches, scuffs, dents, cracks, etc. Have any images of it been
released? CNN is reporting the cause of death as "blunt trauma to his
head" - not neccessarily his head moving in such a way as would be
prevented by the HANS device.
A direct quote from Bohannon, who was in the hospital, and I presume had
pretty good access to the autopsy:
"The brain is injured, bruised, torn," he said. "And with an impact of
Dale's nature, even if he had the device on, hitting the wall that fast
may have resulted in the same injury."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/02/19/earnhardt/index.html
It's all about inertia. Even if his head had been secure, his brain
would have hit the inside of it at a very, very high speed.
NOTE: I am not in any way questioning your expertise or knowledge. I
just think it's foolish to say that NASCAR and the doctors are wrong,
when they have seen everything firsthand in this case and you have not.
"Steven T. Ekstrand" wrote:
> NASCAR and Dr. Bohannon are saying the HANS device would not have helped,
> but I am very confident it would have saved his life. This was an absolute
> textbook example of the type of accident it helps most in. It probably
> would not have saved Greg Moore in CART even though that is the death that
> really got things going with the HANS device being mandatory in CART racing
> this year.
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