# R.I.P dan wheldon **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [October 16, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884 "2011-10-16T15:04:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 36
### Author: ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady) #### Post date: [October 17, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884/36 "2011-10-17T13:31:47Z")
> [@Good day for the market](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-day-for-the-market/46028/19): > > TT: Ok so explain how Dale Earnhardts crash killed him? > [@Wearing seatbelts in the back seat?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wearing-seatbelts-in-the-back-seat/46072/7): > > His own fault. It was common knowledge that he loosened his safety equipment at the end of races. My family is/was huge fans of him, but even we accept the truth. Earnhardt died from blunt force trauma to the head, most certainty would not have happend in a COT, but i think thats irrelevant anyhow. Whether it was Earnhardts own fault for being a bit careless is debatable, cared more about winning and being comfortable in his car he knew the risks, if he had chosen to wear a hans he may have lived, but thats also why now safety equipment inspections are frequent and the hans is now required. Watch a driver crash in a COT these days, they can smash and flip into a wall, if they show the incar the driver hardly moves an inch --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884)._