Quote: One of the members here some years ago did a pull test on numerous old belt sets he had gathered, some looked good, some were dirty BUT not a single set broke the strap material... EVERYONE broke the hardware. So just for kicks I did a couple of pull test on some of my old sets at work... I wanted to see how the failures were occurring on the hardware... as in his testing, my testing showed the hardware failed first...... but in ALL cases the force needed to break the hardware was MUCH greater than the human body can withstand
Exactly! And many rules imposed are resultant of lawsuits lost/won in the aftermath of an accident.
I asked a track owner that ran multiple tracks in different states about insurance and SFI and this was his answer.
"the state mandates insurance regulations,,not nhra or ihra and they do not vary much from one track to another.....nhra requires all sfi regulations, some of which i dont agree with...different states do require different insurance policies...premiums almost double if you are an ihra or nhra track.. thanks,"
And many rules imposed are resultant of lawsuits lost/won in the aftermath of an accident. 
