Safety equipment is for wusses.
I took almost that many chances on a Ford 8N farm tractor when I was twelve years old. And they could achieve a top speed of about 25 mph (with the Sherman Step-Up transmission).
Nothing like a load of hay bales pushing you downhill on a road covered with loose gravel. Just steer through....
So many of the stud drivers of that era were killed or maimed as “go fast” technology outpaced safety technology.
It’s kind of depressing to read the history.