[Mgs] Seat Belts

[Simon Matthews]

The way those sensors and the buzzer was wired meant that they were
disabled by merely disconnecting the sensor under the seat. The car
would start normally with out buzzing.

Simon

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 12:09 PM, David Breneman
<david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Barney Gaylord <barneymg at mgaguru.com> wrote:
>
>> In 1968
> (or
>> maybe 1969) they were required to have shoulder harness for
>> the two
> outboard front seats, but it was common for the
>> shoulder strap to attach
> separately (and maybe not be used).
>> A few years later the law was ammended
> to require the
>> shoulder strap to be permanently attached to the lap belt.
>>
>> In 1974 for one year only the cars had a pressure sensor in
>> the front
> seats and a seat belt latch sensor and and a
>> seat-belt to ignition
> interlock.
>
> I think 74 was the year that shoulder harnesses were
> attached.
> My grandfather had a 73 Cadillac and he'd
> get really ticked off at it because
> it had a seat belt
> buzzer.  If he wanted to back it out of the garage, he'd
> grab the belt and wrap it around his left leg to shut
> off the buzzer.  All the
> time I saw him do that, it was
> the belt only - the shoulder harness was tucked
> into
> the headliner.
>
> The worst were those ironically-named "passive" seat
> belts in the late 80s that would strangle you getting
> into and out of the car.
> I guess air bags put an end
> to those.
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