I was at Walmart yesterday looking for something else when I came across this...



I put it on and no more "pain in the neck"

...oh also, have you ever heard your passenger side seatbelt buckle tapping againsts plastic molding when the buckle extension is in the down position? Yesterday I placed a small strip of felt on the molding where the buckle taps.

No more tapping.

Hope this helps somebody...

 

CoupeDaddy for President! Surprised no one has mentioned the felt thing before, that buckle noisehas been annoying me for ages

 

The best three dollars i spent on my g!!!

 

Really? Doesn't this prevent the seat belt from functioning properly?

 

Well i just dont wear it, and thats free, until i get pulled over. lol


But OMG that tapping noise is soo annoying, i mean i just put the arm up and its gone but felt is a good idea im gonna do that.

 

To stop the tapping just reach over and tilt the little arm thing that holds the strap all the way up so the buckle is farther up instead of jammed beween the door and the seat.

 

^Seat belt over the boob ftw

 

lol, that would suck for the chick if she got into an accident. over the cleavage ftw.

 

Hahahaha.
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Same here. I just drive around with it buckled in lol. Then if i pick someone up i tell them not to sit on my invisible friend. they have to ask her to move to the back.

 

True!

LOL! Thought the post was going to show a solution as a a pair of scissors.

 

In my opinion, yes. I just took a Crash Dynamics and Occupant Safety class and we barely touched on this (it was a student question), but the professor in essence said belts are designed a specific way so that the load our body exerts on them during a crash is distributed evenly (shoulder to opposite hip). Current laws (designed around the body of the average person) have worked in that more and more people are wearing their seat belts. What they are really used for now is to reduce your forward momentum of an occupent for however long before the airbag deploys (I think 300ths of a second). I can't remember specifically but, airbags deploy at around 175 MPH towards you. While your body during a crash is typically going 35 MPH (Average speeds of most accidents after evasive responses even at 70 MPH) into the air bag. That is a huge momentum change that will occur. They design airbags so that the occupant can hit them evenly. Face, chest, and abdomen.

By shifting the belt across your body like that, the belt will hold your left side in while your right side will come out into the airbag. Possibly breaking shoulder, elbow, and ribs. From the picture it looks as if the load will be handled from the shoulder to the belly button. I rather be protected from the shoulder to the hip. The safer route is buying one of those velcro pads.

 

The passenger side clicking irritates the hell out of me. I get so pissed whenever my passenger leaves it down. It's just far enough where I can't reach it without taking my seat belt off and climbing over the center console.

 

^You must be tiny. lol

 

^^^+1 Are you a midget or something? No offense if you are...