Charm
Veteran Member
After looking at pictures from http://www.arnoldsgokarts.com/ and viewing some film I shot at Waterfest 2003 I see that people in both picures are wearing full face helmets.
My brother who was with me at Waterfest said that helmets were required for Autocross.
Are these electronic formula gocarts unstable/fast enough to roll or jump the fence. I am sure that helmets are required by their insurance but in your opinion, are they neccesary? would you take it off if permited?
Will our autocross event require helmets? Again from watching my video at waterfest most cars were not being balsy enough to flip, although I regress my memory tells me that there were several cars going on three wheels, so I guess with the right amound of lowend extreme power and a quick turn one could flip.
I am not looking for a deathwish, quite the contrary. The problem with me is that I am nearsighted and wear glasses that are not wire-framed. Headphones are uncomfortable enough.
From my scooter days in Greece a few years back I would wear the kind of helment that looks like you are wearing a ceral bowl on top of your head. If Arnold's gocart or tdiclub cooridinators of the autocross event can concede to letting me wear a "half-helmet" I am willing to buy and bring my own.
If not I need to take this as my opportunity to finally get my laser surgury, which I have been meaning to get. A coworker just got it and he missed no work, its just a major painintheass because its your eyes you know, without them you cant see and with doctors that charge 2K and use a scalpel to open you up to doctors who charge 5K and use an automatic laser robot that uses a laser to cut open your eye than zap it and both doctors seeing as many as possible patients it becomes intimidating.....
but hey I really want to gocart, never ridden an adult one....
and I really want to autocross
My brother who was with me at Waterfest said that helmets were required for Autocross.
Are these electronic formula gocarts unstable/fast enough to roll or jump the fence. I am sure that helmets are required by their insurance but in your opinion, are they neccesary? would you take it off if permited?
Will our autocross event require helmets? Again from watching my video at waterfest most cars were not being balsy enough to flip, although I regress my memory tells me that there were several cars going on three wheels, so I guess with the right amound of lowend extreme power and a quick turn one could flip.
I am not looking for a deathwish, quite the contrary. The problem with me is that I am nearsighted and wear glasses that are not wire-framed. Headphones are uncomfortable enough.
From my scooter days in Greece a few years back I would wear the kind of helment that looks like you are wearing a ceral bowl on top of your head. If Arnold's gocart or tdiclub cooridinators of the autocross event can concede to letting me wear a "half-helmet" I am willing to buy and bring my own.
If not I need to take this as my opportunity to finally get my laser surgury, which I have been meaning to get. A coworker just got it and he missed no work, its just a major painintheass because its your eyes you know, without them you cant see and with doctors that charge 2K and use a scalpel to open you up to doctors who charge 5K and use an automatic laser robot that uses a laser to cut open your eye than zap it and both doctors seeing as many as possible patients it becomes intimidating.....
but hey I really want to gocart, never ridden an adult one....
and I really want to autocross
