[Healeys] Healey with seatbelts after accident

[pennell at cox.net]

Curt, Ray and all,

I DO HAVE SEATBEATS IN BOTH MY HEALEYS AND I WEAR THEM.  The BN7 has an inertia reel 3 pt belt, the BJ8 only lap belts.  Ray stated that laying across the seat was not an option.  I merely expressed disagreement with that as a possibility.  With the inertia reel the shoulder part is loose enough that one could indeed lay across the seats - yes, and that choice would have to be made prior to applying the brake.

I am not saying that it is what I would do if I was aware of an impending front end crash.  I only am stating that I feel it is possible.  Granted with the 4 pt or 5 pt belts the option is not there.

Keith

---- Curt/Nancy Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I'll assume you're kidding.
> 
> That's about as silly as saying I'll just stick my arms out to absorb the
> impact!
> 
> SEATBEATS, USE THEM, and oh by the way, it's been proven that just using lap
> belts are essentially worse than useless.  Take it from the guy who wears
> the five point harness cinched as tight as I can make it in the cockpit,
> while my passengers just have lap belts.  Why do you think the flight
> attendants have you bend over in your seat as in "assume the crash
> position?"
> 
> Curt
> 
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:33 PM, <pennell at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Why couldn't one drop down across the passenger seat.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > ---- Ray Carbone <racarbon at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > My conclusion; if the MGA driver had a 3-point belt he would have
> > > been dead as laying across the seats would not have been an option.
> >
> > > Ray Carbone 64BJ8P1