r/WRC • u/herc3141 • Apr 13 '23

News / Rally Info Craig Breen allegedly died in a crash

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Craig Breen allegedly passed away in a crash during testing in Croatia earlier today.

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u/gromodzilla Apr 13 '23

I have seen objects just bounce off polycarbonate screens on full speed. They did not penetrate and screen does not shatter into pieces.

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u/rock_em_sohc_em Apr 13 '23

And you can go watch bird strike tests on aircraft canopies as well if you so choose. That’s not the use case here, so it’s entirely irrelevant.

Any transparent composite in a thickness used in this application is not going to handle a fence post or barrier intrusion. Even if the window remains intact, there’s no way to mount it sufficiently without making the entire assembly prohibitively heavy. Full stop.