<VV> Hmmm.. Cup Holder VS seat belts

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

You're right JR =)  I'm always setting people straight when they get in my
passenger seat and try to steal half of my seat belt!  People find it hard
to believe that the belts are supposed to be crossed but it does make sense
in a frontal collision.

On the other hand if I had any desire to install a center console I'd
simply install stronger mounting points for the inboard belt ends =)


Ray R.



On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:16 PM, J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Seems to me that the owner manual for Corvair cars tells you to use the
> half of the seat belt that is behind the OTHER front seat when buckling up.
>  I believe (don't know for certain) that the reason for this is to reduce
> the forces on the belt (and your body?) in the event of a collision.  Doing
> it "by the book" has the belts crossed over one another when there is a
> front passenger.  So, how are you going to have a console between the seats
> without compromising safety?
>
> In the '60s virtually no one used the seat belts.  Today, virtually all of
> us do use them and shoulder belts as well.  Since the Corvair belts
> (virtually all) are merely lap belts, do you really want to compromise them
> by misusing them?
>
> Later, JR
>
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