fellers...
is this street legal for CA? im planning to get one

 

im not sure if its street legal. ive been thinking about this too. im a little hesitant because ive heard horror stories about harnesses without a roll cage. but deff a good question.

 

I'm having a feeling this is not legal...

 

Can you elaborate on the horror stories thing?

 

i ran that for a couple months, you just look weird at stop lights. and what kinda excuse do you got for a cop if he asks you why you got them on? lol "officer i wasn't racing... im just wearing racing harnesses"

they're good for shows though.

 

oh i forgot to tell you chris, when you drove by my houes the other day, all the middle school kids was like "whoa, did you see that car? it had RACING SEATS AND HARNESS!!! WOOOO" lol

i think the early teenage girls were mighty impressed

 

Unless I'm missing something why would it be illegal on the street. Isn't a harness MORE secure than seatbelts????

 

in the event of a rollover your body cannot slide out of the way--as it can with a 3 pt Factory harness.

 

OHHHHHHHHHH.......



I think I will try and cure this bout of stupidity by...
.....hope it works.

 

they kept starring at me, made me scared one of them was gonna throw a rock or something

 

how often do you roll a z on the street when not racing? and if racing, wouldnt you choose the racing harness over the 3pt anyway?

 

^ i would for sure. its just what ive read on other forums. and there's a chance of rolling a Z if your in a bad enough accident, god forbid.

 

LOL....Chris attracting the little teenagers.....

 

^new playboy
adam watchout

 

Sorry Guys, trolling the NorCal threads as I just started working in Napa for the next couple of months.

Most harnesses are not street legal for the above mentioned reasons. BUT there are some that are in fact DOT approved. These belts must have a CLEARLY visible central unlock button and have some kind of expansion area at one shoulder point to allow a person to 'slide' in the event of an accident. I am not sure on the details of why that is necessary, but I put in Schroth Racing harnesses and they say if you run them on the streets, you need to order that special single point push button release for the Paramedics and fire rescue personnel.

Here is their website and some quick rundowns of the technology used for the DOT harnesses.
http://www.schrothracing.com/main/Engineering

So the short answer is YES it can be street legal, but you MUST buy a DOT approved harness.

Good luck. and I hope you don't mind me poking my nose in your region. ;-)
--B

 

harnesses period should not be used without a roll cage, whether or not they are street legal.