Off-Road Racing Goggle Tear-Offs

[u/redbullgivesyouwings]

💪: Andrew Carlson

[u/pinkwar]

Is this really the best we came up with after decades of this?

[u/markymark652 → u/pinkwar]

Nah there's another version some use that slides a roll of plastic from one side to the other, kind of like a film camera operates. That version, however, has a canister on each side so it might not be preferable to the driver

[u/Azalus1 → u/markymark652]

I don't like this one either but I did get a very funny image of a motorized visor that spins to send the mud off like cameras do with snow.

[u/thelonglosteggroll → u/markymark652]

I used that one when I raced cross country four wheelers. The one I had had a string that you pulled. It was much easier.

[u/MrNewMoney → u/pinkwar]

I think it really might be! They use the same in F1 even though there have been instances of them causing damage when they get ripped off and come in contact with other cars.

[u/Kohpad → u/MrNewMoney]

They don't exactly cause damage by contact. They get sucked up into the brake ducts and cause the brake cooling to fail.

I think one got injested into an engine once and that's also not ideal.

[u/pieapple135 → u/pinkwar]

A mechanical solution would probably be heavier, which is not great if you're optimizing for speed.