more on the lap belts

Matthew Born (mborn@brynmawr.edu)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 11:43:51 -0500

>>That's very stupid. Of course nobody uses lap belts when they have those
>>>things on.

True. So they are prone to submarining, a very real danger in an accident
-- especially on those slippery leather seats. It was just a really dumb
idea. You can even carry it a little further: it is inevitable that those
motors stop working, and then people are even less safe.