The Physics Of: How the HANS Device Saves Lives

In the dark ages of motor­sports, relatively minor accidents were often fatal. Case in point: Patrick Jacque­mart’s 1981 head-on collision into a dirt bank at Mid-Ohio while testing his Renault 5 Turbo IMSA GTU racer. Even though damage to the car was minor, Jacquemart died from a basilar skull fracture—a break in the bones at [...]

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