Michael Baldwin, Bruce
January 21st 07, 10:54 AM
DougP wrote:
> Peter Hucker wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:17:49 -0000, Phil Kyle > wrote:
> >
> >> "Peter Hucker" > verbally sodomised in
> >> news:op.tme6txmomk2j66@fx62:
> >>
> >>> I keep seeing the seatbelts move automatically when people get into or
> >>> out of cars in American films - what's this all about?
> >>>
> >>> The only reference I can find on google is:
> >>> "On some cars the shoulder straps of the front seat belts automatically
> >>> move out of the way when you open the doors and then move back to their
> >>> normal position when the doors are closed. Do not attempt to move the
> >>> mechanism of these seatbelts yourself as you may damage it."
> >>>
> >>> What does it mean "out of the way"? I've never known my fixed seatbelt
> >>> get in the way.
> >>>
> >> It's not just American cars, you get them in some European ones as well.
> >> What I thought was strange is when they attach the seatbelt to the actual
> >> door frame, instead of the B pillar. Weird.
> >
> > I'm wondering what the point is. The normal position for the non-moving ones is correct for wearing it, and is also out of the way when you take it off. So where do the moving ones move to?
> >
> A mate of mine had a 94 Plymouth Lazer when he lived in the USA.
>
> When you open the door the top mount of the seat belt (the bit usually
> attached to the pillar) would slide all the way down the top of the door
> opening to the very front of the cabin.
>
> You then get in.
>
> On shutting the door the mount slides back up to the usual place on the
> pillar.
>
> Basically when you get in it puts your seatbelt on for you.
>
> Advantage for this country would be that you don't get a choice - so the
> fanny's who think they don't need a seatbelt have more chance of
> surviving .... if indeed that is an advantage????
I don't really care if the retarded fat ****s wear them or not. They
can die for all I care. But I do object to their stupid bodies flying
out through the front windscreens and killing someone else.
> Peter Hucker wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:17:49 -0000, Phil Kyle > wrote:
> >
> >> "Peter Hucker" > verbally sodomised in
> >> news:op.tme6txmomk2j66@fx62:
> >>
> >>> I keep seeing the seatbelts move automatically when people get into or
> >>> out of cars in American films - what's this all about?
> >>>
> >>> The only reference I can find on google is:
> >>> "On some cars the shoulder straps of the front seat belts automatically
> >>> move out of the way when you open the doors and then move back to their
> >>> normal position when the doors are closed. Do not attempt to move the
> >>> mechanism of these seatbelts yourself as you may damage it."
> >>>
> >>> What does it mean "out of the way"? I've never known my fixed seatbelt
> >>> get in the way.
> >>>
> >> It's not just American cars, you get them in some European ones as well.
> >> What I thought was strange is when they attach the seatbelt to the actual
> >> door frame, instead of the B pillar. Weird.
> >
> > I'm wondering what the point is. The normal position for the non-moving ones is correct for wearing it, and is also out of the way when you take it off. So where do the moving ones move to?
> >
> A mate of mine had a 94 Plymouth Lazer when he lived in the USA.
>
> When you open the door the top mount of the seat belt (the bit usually
> attached to the pillar) would slide all the way down the top of the door
> opening to the very front of the cabin.
>
> You then get in.
>
> On shutting the door the mount slides back up to the usual place on the
> pillar.
>
> Basically when you get in it puts your seatbelt on for you.
>
> Advantage for this country would be that you don't get a choice - so the
> fanny's who think they don't need a seatbelt have more chance of
> surviving .... if indeed that is an advantage????
I don't really care if the retarded fat ****s wear them or not. They
can die for all I care. But I do object to their stupid bodies flying
out through the front windscreens and killing someone else.