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[matthewjtovey]

Hi

I'm looking at making my mini mayfair as safe as it can be.
What things can do to make it as safe as possible for the people inside? What have you done or what would you do? Any pics would be great!

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Matt

[Guess-Works.com]

Take an advanced defensive driving course....

The car's safe, it's usually the human at the wheel or other humans driving in other 'safe' cars which is the problem.

[RossKnight]

If you want safety, a mini isn't really for you...

Whether you crash in a mini, or a modern car, it's still not going to be good is it, so just drive sensibly, and don't crash.

[bcjames]

There's not a lot you can do to a mini, you are small on the road these days! Making sure everything is good working order and fitting a third brake light would be a start. Then, drive sensibly and try not to get crashed in to by a 4x4!

[bourney]

I suppose you could fit a roll cage.

At the end of the day mate you just have to accpet that they arnt safe cars. They're tiny for a start, the slightest bump and you'll have the bulkhead on your lap.
And they arn't the most advanced cars around, to be fair, they do have crumple zones (most refer to them as rust though lol.


theres not alot you can do really, if you want saftey, buy a volvo.

[bcjames]

I suppose you could fit a roll cage.

Don't stick a big solid lump of metal by your or your passengers heads if you wan't to be safe!

[bourney]

I suppose you could fit a roll cage.

Don't stick a big solid lump of metal by your or your passengers heads if you wan't to be safe!

Oh right yeah, my mistake. Roll cages are completly stupid and not a saftey device in anyway shape or form.

I'll get onto the rally lads now, i've got ken block on facebook so ill message him with the big news update.

[RossKnight]

i've got ken block on facebook so ill message him with the big news update.

Tell him I said hey

[bcjames]

I suppose you could fit a roll cage.

Don't stick a big solid lump of metal by your or your passengers heads if you wan't to be safe!

Oh right yeah, my mistake. Roll cages are completly stupid and not a saftey device in anyway shape or form.

I'll get onto the rally lads now, i've got ken block on facebook so ill message him with the big news update.

But won't Mr Block also have padding, a bucket seat and harnesses to ensure his head stays where it should be?

I didn't mean to come across condescending if that's how you read it, but there's been quite a few threads on this, and rally cars aren't passenger carrying road cars.

[Guess-Works.com]

What 'bcjames' is alluding to is, a cage is not safe on it's own...

The are used in motorsport in conjunction with race seats, harnesses, padding and most importantly, Helmets.... not really appropriate for road use.

[bourney]

I suppose you could fit a roll cage.

Don't stick a big solid lump of metal by your or your passengers heads if you wan't to be safe!

Oh right yeah, my mistake. Roll cages are completly stupid and not a saftey device in anyway shape or form.

I'll get onto the rally lads now, i've got ken block on facebook so ill message him with the big news update.

But won't Mr Block also have padding, a bucket seat and harnesses to ensure his head stays where it should be?

I didn't mean to come across condescending if that's how you read it, but there's been quite a few threads on this, and rally cars aren't passenger carrying road cars.

hahaha im glad you took that reply as a joke, i was expecting to be flamed for that! lol.

Anyway, yeah i know what you mean, but in the same turn, who fits a roll cage to a car and dosn't fit bucket seat/harnesses and padding to the cage. I mean, a roll cage would look stupid in a standard interior

[mike.]

As long as your shell is solid with minimal rust, minis stand up surprisingly well in crashes.

[jbs.998]

clunk click every trip!

Always wear your seatbelts, and get rear seat belts fitted for your passengers.

[MiniLandy]

Driving a mini, and knowing that your knees are the crumple zone, is the biggest incentive not to crash.

Should we get an insurance discount for this?

[bourney]

Driving a mini, and knowing that your knees are the crumple zone, is the biggest incentive not to crash.

Should we get an insurance discount for this?

I've always thought insurance should be free for mini drivers, i mean, if we crash the chances of survival are minimal. Therefore, for that risk we should have free insurance hahah.

No seriously, about the most dangerous thing we can do as people is drive cars. I went on a police crash course last week (got caught using my phone whilst driving). Some of the pictures they show you and things they tell you just prove that no car is safe at all. I saw pictures of people who hand being flung 30ft throught the windscreen and were barely recognisable as a human! that was in a modern car, i saw pictures of a jaguar that was litterally no longer than a mini by the time it had come to a stand still.
No car is safe, so it's up to you to be safe on the road.