Halos Save Lives

[@DukeTheRebel]

It’s weird to think that you can draw so many comparisons of how drivers responded to the halo when it became mandatory to when the hans device was first becoming more and more needed in the late 90s early 2000 with the amount of concerns being brought up by the speed of cars in many series. Dale Earnhardt called it a damn noose.

[@ceeinfiniti1389]

Common misconception. He was against close-faced helmets mainly, but made his son wear a HANS device.

[@scopex2749]

1:56 That ended Henry Sertees life.........RIP to an up and coming star and all those who died from horrific injuries without HALO.

[@SamuelRR31]

Another important crash was Zhou's crash at Silverstone

[@williamcap2236]

The halo would not have saved Dan wheldon, not at the speed he crashed at and the way the car hit the catch fence. That was a awful day ! His crash and the way it went cockpit first into the wall kind of reminds me of Gordon Smiley's crash at Indy !

[@itsjordanf4320]

I’m guessing the aero screen wouldn’t have saved him either?

[@noggin6870]

It's really hard to say. No, the aeroscreen would not hold up to an impact as strong as the one Dan took with his head, but you have to remember that the aeroscreen wouldn't be impacting it at the same angle. It's a much smaller incidental angle, and the aeroscreen might be able to survive that. Plus, even if the aeroscreen breaks, that would still deflect the car, it wouldn't just continue as if the aeroscreen wasn't there at all. It's a hard one to judge.

[@itsjordanf4320]

@@noggin6870 👍

[@TallAndConfused]

Honestly think that anyone who complains about tge Halo or Aeroscreen should be MADE to watch this. They're an indispensable piece of equipment when it xomes to open wheeled racing, the amount of fatalities or horrific injuries stopped by them already is amazing. Fantastic video detailing this. RIP to all those who were taken too soon

[@baylen2187]

Don’t forget Tom Pryce,he was knocked by an extinguisher while impacting a crew member

[@c1243]

Honestly, I think that even if the HALO was a thing back then, Price wouldn't survive. I know it's supposed to protect your head from debris, but the extinguisher was such a heavy object, and at the speed that Price was going, it's hard to say if the HALO would've even stopped it.

[@marcoxdfr]

it would save u from things that will go in the cockpit.​@@c1243

[@marcoxdfr]

​@@c1243but it's made by titanium?

[@baylen2187]

Also Helmuth Koinigg,he was decapitated by the guardrail

[@Hangry_Hungarian]

I think the Halo was one of the most important inventions to come to open wheel racing, it’s just sad though that it did not come sooner.

[@TangoRango19]

I do agree that the Halo and areoscreen save lives, but at the same time I still kind of think they look weird and a little ugly. good video though, a lot of other drivers accidents could of made it in.

[@aj_killjoy]

Here before the video may get age restricted

[@smedleyx]

I felt the halo & aeroscreen finally made the cars look complete. Before, the modern F1/Indy car had a beautiful aerodynamic body line, but interrupted by a big notch cut out in the middle for the driver. I swear I thought I once read some halo-haters complaining you couldn't see the driver's head anymore (maybe they were sarcastic?) -- as if GT and LeMans racing isn't as classy because they have windows. I'm just liking the aesthetics of a driver's screen. If you saw someone flying a small airplane without a cockpit, it was for the primitive vintage look of the old days, just like the old race cars in the 40s where you sat way up, like in a kart. Fine, but shouldn't a proper 21st century race car costing millions look the part. I actually agree with halo-hater dude below saying it's OK for racing to be dangerous, but then we shouldn't have safety restraints or soft walls either. Which I'm totally OK with -- in fact I think racing should go back to being very dangerous so that drivers have respect for real-life physics again. If you prefer safety, though, you have to go all the way and protect the driver's head, of all things, if you're already protecting the rest of the anatomy from fires and such.

[@TommyGuns666]

Not so sure the halo would’ve saved Wheldon. It would’ve totally saved Justin Wilson and Surtees’ lives. But with the absolute force that cockpit of Wheldon’s car took? I don’t think so.

[@Dat-Mudkip]

The only complaint I ever had about the HALO was that, to me, I thought it might obstruct the driver's view. I liked the idea of the aeroscreen more. Either way, the fact people were complaining because it "looked ugly" were buffoons.

[@NASCARFAN03]

Rip Justin Wilson

[@naplam11]

F1 Then : drivers were Angels F1 Now : Angels left halo on the ground so we picked it and atatched to a car

[@NOTHlNG]

It also saved Grosjean to get beheaded by the railing and burn to ashes in live. I think HALO still looks ugly compared to open cockpits, but it saved enough lives already to make me 100% agree with its necessity. Aeroscreen looks cool and also life saver.

[@CocoMark]

Recently, there was a crash in UAE F4 that saw the wheel of a car being right above of another driver.

[@troxyd7197]

RIP JUSTIN WILSOM ❤

[@juniordusuchett]

Last year in F1 academy chole grant suffer a crash thank God halo was there

[@zombl337og]

yea i was there when that dude died at Pocono in the Indycar race :(

[@deltazero3796]

True

[@grayboiduck5835]

Your actually my king thats for saving me

[@MacaTrilife]

But then 2019 and 2023 Belgium 🥺🥺

[@lonewolf2513]

God bless the Halo and the Aeroscreen. It's nearly barbaric that open cockpit was allowes for so long, which i get rhe heritage but the fact it lasted for as long as it did is almost dishonorable. We're here now amd it's undoubtedly open wheel's greatest invention.

[@belislemathieu2061]

Areoscreen looks way better than the halo imo

[@Ronald_Jonesbeliveswewillwin]

But the Halo is safer.

[@torrinmedia3998]

How is Grosjean's accident in Bahrain 2020 not included? After that incident the HALO was never disputed by anyone ever again. He slid under the Armco barriers. He would have been decapitated if it weren't for the HALO.

[@crazycars81]

usally that wreck blocks the video, so I cant add it.

[@torrinmedia3998]

@@crazycars81 That makes sense. Great video nonetheless!

[@ceeinfiniti1389]

@@crazycars81How does that crash block the video yet the fatal accidents don't?

[@christianansell3170]

@@ceeinfiniti1389 Because KZbin policies don’t make sense 😂

[@thatawkwardtexan]

and also FOM being FOM

[@JohnySenna]

Wheldon hit his head on the fence?

[@NASCARFAN03]

Yeah he did will power also but he was fine

[@JohnySenna]

@@NASCARFAN03 Dang

[@TitayRhodesia]

now do one for the hans.

[@Oioioi428sigma]

First clip is Indycar. They don’t use the halo. There is a single clip in the before the halo section that’s formula and its formula 2. Indycar doesn’t even use the halo.

[@robywhenthe]

@@Oioioi428sigma they do use aeroscreens which is pretty much the same thing

[@Oioioi428sigma]

@@robywhenthe it’s different

[@Ghsted__]

I have a pretty crazy micro sprint crash I just don’t know how to contact you if you would want it

[@cervezagratuita2253]

Danger is part of the sport. Always has been, always should be. It is wat sets driveres apart from other mere mortals that they are willing to put themselves through this constantly. You shouldn't be at risk at every single turn of the steering wheel but this thing has ruined the very term open-cockpit-racing. It looks god awful and made F1 cars hideous since 2018. One of the worst "inventions" ever.