At 08:46 PM 7/2/96 -0300, Pellemr@nbnet.nb.ca wrote:
>I am using the rear belts of a VW Jetta for my GT6. They fit real nice
>beside the seat and are not cumbersome. They retract well and 'look'
>vintage. They are not shoulder harness's though.
>
>-Mitch
>'69 GT6+
>95 VW GTI
Hey, folks
Forgive me for getting on a soap box here, but what Mitch is describing is
incredibly dangerous. Lap belts without shoulder straps are *worse* in some
ways than no belts at all. I speak from experience. I worked on an
ambulance for a while in the late '80's. One wreck that stands out in my
memory involved an early '60's model Ford. Lap belt, shoulder harness
available but not used. The driver had been folded at the lap belt,
throwing his chest into the steering wheel and column. His ribs were
shattered in a circle matching the wheel, and the column in the center had
compressed his chest, rupturing one of the chambers of his heart. His
tongue and eyes (which were bloodshot) were bulging out, veins were
distended all over his body, and in general he was a gruesome sight.
He was obviously dead.
PLEASE get shoulder harnesses for your seat belts. Vintage 'look' be damned.
I now step down off my soap box <g>.
Brian Knopp
Programmer
Travel Technologies Group
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