puma1824

Is a roll cage bad to have in a daily driver? I know from a racing perspective it's good to have BUT that accounts for having a helmet on. Won't a roll cage act as a nice solid stationary object to crack your melon on in a street type accident? Just a thought/question before going down that route.

IanR

Here in the UK, a lot of insurers won't touch cars with a cage because of the higher incidence of head injuries when not wearing a helmet. I've been contemplating fitting a cage, but been put off by this.

Bob Rouleau

You are correct. A cage in a daily driver is a menace to your head. It is illegal in most jurisdictions for that reason.

SimonExtreme

If you have a full cage, you should wear a full harness to ensure that, in the case of an accident, your head doesn't make contact with the cage.

The best solution is to get a half cage with an add on bit for track use

Oddjob

I will echo what others have said: Absolutely do not put a full cage in a car that will be driven on the street. Unless you want to wear a helmet while driving to work, you run a huge risk of getting a serious head injury even from a minor impact.

A roll bar (the rear hoop) is the compromise for a car that will see some street use. Does not offer the same chassis stiffening or protection as a full cage, but does support the b-pillar/roofline in case of a rollover, and also offers excellent anchor points for 5/6pt harness shoulder belts.

garrett376

I often think about this... since my daily driver is in pieces and I've been driving my race car to the office for the past month - it has a full safety-devices cage. Taking out the front section is a decent amount of work, so I don't do it.

Depending on how tall you are, in a side-impact collision even with no cage, your head will smash into the window or frame or both. Either way your melon is getting knocked - I'd take my padded roll cage over the window frame and/or window. I think wearing a full harness on the street is a bad idea with no head and neck restraint! Standard 3-point seat belts are meant to stretch - 5-point harnesses won't have much give - breaking my neck would worry me more. And in a side impact, I am not sure how short your neck is, but I'd still hit the window/cage even if I didn't budge in my seat!

Monique

You are corect for most markets. But in Deutschland and Netherlands, the full cage is allowed if you use the 6 point harness. Mine was setup with Sabelts and a Heigo cage.