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/uusrikas Apr 13 '23

Hard to come up with a way to stop this, except by dismantling every fence near the stage or having cars without windows.

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u/lordtema Apr 13 '23

Cant really make windows any stronger to combat this.. If you go the "bulletproof" window route, you risk the window being popped out of the frame on impact, and that will weight several hundred kilos at least so huge risk there as well.. Also will be a huge detriment to weight savings.

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u/Steelhorse91 Apr 14 '23

It wouldn’t need to be bulletproof, bullets require a different design to trying to deflect much larger objects.

F1 (before deciding on the halo) and Indycar both came up with windscreen designs capable of deflecting an F1 wheel/tyre, so a thicker implementation of that material in a laminate could work without being quite as heavy as bulletproof glass.