Posted by: TheBuddha
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[–] sakuramboo 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Member getting choked by automatic seat belts?
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Not choked, but kinda entangled when I was a drunk passenger and frequently frustrated by the slow speed of some of them.
[–] Antiseed117 ago
I 'member..
[–] 17772406? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It was a clever solution to a safety requirement of the time. If memory serves it had something to do with having this negate an airbag requirement of some kind.
[–] TheBuddha [S] ago
Yup, though I'm not sure I can agree with 'clever.'
But, yes... It was mandated that they do one or the other, until the airbags became mandated.
[–] 17785189? ago
I mean, for them it was. It was cheaper to introduce this as a stopgap than to build the entire airbag system and integrate it.
[–] 17776098? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I miss having mine stick halfway up so that I had only a lapbelt. No way I was paying almost what the car was worth to get that shit fixed. Today I would have to or get a ticket for no seatbelt.
[–] TheBuddha [S] ago
I can relate! I had one that'd stick every so often. You MIGHT have been able to fix it by oiling the track - or greasing it with white lithium grease. Maybe... Some just sucked so bad, looking at you Ford, that the servo motor would die.
[–] goatboy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My little Ford tempo saved my life a couple times in high school. One lady t-boned me as she was exiting the freeway. Dont know why they didn't salvage the car after that. Later, I was in a head on. Car was sent to salvage yard after that.
That damned automatic seatbelt saved my life both times.
[–] TheBuddha [S] ago
I put mine on, every time. It's not something I need done for me.
[–] goatboy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh, I do now. But in high school, I was very dumb. To be fair, I'm still very dumb, but not as dumb as I was.
[–] super_jackoff_style 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I member fishing for my cowboy hat in the back seat after it was forcefully removed by said automatic seat belt...ohhh I’member.
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
For a while, the vehicle had to either have airbags or automatic seat belts. It was horrible.
[–] super_jackoff_style 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I didn’t know it was one or the other. Come to think of it the vehicles I owned that had the hat removers didn’t have airbags. I learned something new, thankie!