Safety mods?

[Piwoslaw]

Have a reflective vest on whenever you get out of the car on the roadside (tire change, etc.), not only at night. I've seen a few near misses which were thankfully only misses because of a reflective vest. In a few European countries reflective vests are mandatory, as are fire extinguishers, first aid kits, and reflective triangles (placed 100-150m behind a stopped vehicle).

Another good idea is to make sure any and all objects in the car are fastened and secured. This includes passengers! You don't want the momentum of 70kg bouncing freely around next to you.

Caution - drastic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Cvg...82A13C0B37934B

[Arragonis]

+1 for the knives, it was genuine advice offered by my Avatar when he worked in the UK car industry (and helped ruin it).

My dad (cop) always advised against trying to do anything about car fires except run away. Unless there is a threat to life the Police won't even attempt to tackle them. They will wait for the fire tender instead.

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

Have a reflective vest on whenever you get out of the car on the roadside (tire change, etc.), not only at night. I've seen a few near misses which were thankfully only misses because of a reflective vest. In a few European countries reflective vests are mandatory, as are fire extinguishers, first aid kits, and reflective triangles (placed 100-150m behind a stopped vehicle).

Quite a few EU governments have banned roadside repairs on motorways and main roads, and with good reason.

Forget about the reflective vests, just get out of the car and get out of the roadway ASAP. The near-misses wouldn't even have happened then.
Put on the hazard lights, and forget about the safety triangle - it isn't at all what it's claimed to be.

If it were up to me, all that fake safety equipment goes out of cars, and it becomes mandatory to immediately get out of the vehicle and onto the shoulder of the road.

Yes, even the 1kg powder fire extinguishers.
95+ % of people can't properly handle them anyway, so why keep them ?

[Arragonis]

Vest - pah! Get a reflective full-on padded jacket - quite cheap at places that do workwear - not only reflective but also warm in winter.

+1 for running as far away from your vehicle when stopped at the side of the road as possible, especially on highways / motorways. I was in a taxi which had a dodgy alternator so the lights failed one evening last year on the M62 in traffic. The driver called the RAC and we stood at the top of the roadside bank.

Luckily really as we stood and watched a HGV texting wipe out the taxi and the phone box.

[MGB=MPG]

thats not Sydney Enver is it ?

if so i aught to bootleg it from you and use it on the MGB site

Fight Incipient fires ...

minimum 5 lb manual halon type ..

better than being a crispy critter when the valley girl in the SUV texting at 75 MPH tops the hill and clips you while you are coasting down in the glide .. warps the doors , jams the seatbelt ruptures the fuel tank ..

take little training to yank the fire handle then cut your way out.



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[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by MGB=MPG

thats not Sydney Enver is it ?

Nope, not Mr Enever. This guy. He did some suspension work for MG's though - most notably the Y-type saloons and the disastrous C-type engine in the MGC was partially his idea.

[hamsterpower]

Originally Posted by RobertSmalls

I can see the fire extinguisher being useful for saving your property, but when's the last time you saw a car fire?

I saw one two days ago. I usually see one or more a month. (part of the job).

Originally Posted by RobertSmalls

I can't really picture a situation where the hammer or extinguisher could save your life, though. Not a remotely likely situation at least.

All the training I've had says extinguishers are for putting out burning people not burning vehicles. But like was said before, they can help put out smoking things about to be on fire.

[Frank Lee]

You want the hammer for when you drive into bodies of water and want to break a window to get out. Me, I try to use only boats for that.

[Backtobasics]

Consider upgrading lamps to LED. Just about everything is now going to them for their faster response time, and if sized right, brighter light.

[jeremy85]

Originally Posted by MGB=MPG

if you are really worried wear a helmet

This.

I lol'd.