Seat Belts - Vol.
Seat belts can save lives and prevent injuries if they are designed correctly.
The attitude of some of the car manufacturers about seat belts thirty years ago is about the same as it is today on other safety improvements. The foreign cars checked by Ryan Engineering did not have this dangerous feature. The reason that is given by the car manufacturers is that loose seat belts are more comfortable and therefore will increase seat belt usage. To create this seat belt slop, the manufacturers have included an additional mechanism in the seat belt retraction system that allows slack to develop. If the seat belt is pulled out, then retracted, pulled out again, the seat belt will often remain loose.