NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/autos/27707

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Czarnecki)
Subject: Re: Seat Belts Releasing in Crashes: Institute for Injury Reduction
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Organization: Kodak Electronic Printing Systems
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:15:52 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Allen Warren) writes:
>[e-mail] (Ian G Batten) writes:
>>the seatbelts terrifying: they just don't feel secure.  I would prefer a
>>four-point harness, which I am considering installing in my car.
>
>Are you talking about a race-car type harness?  If so, these are illegal
>for street use in the States,

This is not true for all brands.  Schroth make a 4 point harness that
is legal for on-road use in the United States.  I don't have their
number nor their belts.  My 4 point harness is an "illegal" brand.

Besides, if you consider 4-point (or 5 point) belts important, would
the illegality stop you?  I put 3 pointers in the rear of my 1986
Mazda sedan.  I'm sure I broke a federal law doing so and I DON'T
CARE.

Finally, it is possibly, actually fairly easy, to install racing
harnesses in an unsafe manner.  Please, consult an expert, preferably
someone in the racing field who has lots of experience in things
mechanical and cars hitting solid objects.   It's real easy to get this
wrong folks.

                    pZ