# this is why you cant ever be to carefull **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-why-you-cant-ever-be-to-carefull/129400 "2009-11-06T21:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-why-you-cant-ever-be-to-carefull/129400/15 "2009-11-08T18:27:00Z")
Sorry, I missed the part about him not wearing a seat belt. In regards to the kinetic energy thou, think of all the race car drivers who crash badly yet walk away without any internal injuries. The car still absorbs the energy with or without the cage. The cage simply keeps the car from caving in around the driver. All the panels and metal etc… still flex, crinkle and tweak, therefor, absorbing the energy. If the car was completely solid then sure, the driver will take it all. > [@FS: 1994 Civic DX \*No Rust\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1994-civic-dx-no-rust/24727/6): > > If the car had a roll cage in this accident with the driver not wearing a seatbelt, i bet he would be dead. The car would not have been in as bad shape but that being said thats less kinetic energy that the car would be dispersing and more the driver would have taken. IE He would have hit the front of the car even harder. The 240 saved his life. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-why-you-cant-ever-be-to-carefull/129400)._