- 1. Seat Belt Safety (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott Allen" <scottinarl@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 16:07:44 -0000
- Yesterday I was rooting around in my BGT and I grabbed the chest belt for balance. To my surprise, the inertia reel didn't lock when I yanked it. After extracting myself from under the steering whee
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01066.html (6,852 bytes)
- 2. Re: Seat Belt Safety (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 16:16:16 -0000
- Only the older belts were 'inertia reel', the later ones lock using a pendulum and hence only lock with a sudden change in speed or direction of motion, not by pulling on the belt. PaulH. the
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01067.html (7,443 bytes)
- 3. Re: Seat Belt Safety (score: 1)
- Author: "bill king" <kingwj@del.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:32:54 -0500
- the acceleration of your fall at 32 ft/sec*sec is much less than the deceleration from impact. Now for some really technical terms-you really need to jerk, not yank, for the inertial mechanism to wor
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01068.html (7,571 bytes)
- 4. Re: Seat Belt Safety (score: 1)
- Author: Carl W French <cfrench@cybertours.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:35:29 -0500
- Start worrying. The lucky part is that you discovered it by yanking on it and not by hitting the belt before the windshield. They are parts and they wear out. the cloth get deteriates and gives way u
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg01069.html (7,272 bytes)
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