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Favorite Comment: Fixer Thadius says, “Oh man, are they ever lucky the rare constricting seat belt got caught in the window! If it hadn’t have been snagged, I shudder to think of what might have happened!”
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Yep… I can tell by the door handle and (non-working) automatic safety belt arrangement that this is a 1990-1991 Honda Accord. They are prone to failures which render the upper portion of the seat belt inoperable, leaving people to either spend a small fortune to repair the issue or forcing them to pop the small trim piece off, use the emergency crank handle (in the tool kit) to wind the receptacle portion back, and unclip the damned thing every time they get out of the car… Such a stupid design.
Fortunately for CB7 lovers this ridiculous (and I might add government mandated) mess was ditched for the 1992 model in favor of a more conventional 3-point mount on the B-pillar. Unfortunately those with the afflicted 1990-1991 models still have to deal with this stupid problem on a daily basis unless they have one of the rare “functioning” seatbelt setups or swap in the ’92+ setup (which isn’t too hard, but really…)
Looks like some suicide attempt. Driving on a rainy day is depressively boring.
It works much better if you wrap once around the neck before rolling up the window.
No need to worry about your face smashing into the steering wheel if your neck’s already broken.
Oh man, are they ever lucky the rare constricting seat belt got caught in the window! If it hadn’t have been snagged, I shudder to think of what might have happened!
What happens if the passenger seat Seatbelt gets them?! If he starts to scream, the Altoids in the glove box will jump into his mouth so no one will hear! The windows will open and he’ll catch a cold! That will free the drivers side Seat-belt!Oh no! This could be the worst road trip in his life!
Brand new trend getting started here: Hanging yourself instead of breathing exhaust carbon monoxide.
“He put it together, didn’t he?”
*moan*
She’s short. When she fastens the seat belt properly, it chafes against her neck – so she has solved it by creating her own overhead attach point nearly a foot farther forward. She’s clearly a person who insists on being in control of her environment. [There are names for this.]
Actually, the geriatric – I mean, gift house – magazines sell a little device that cinches the chest belt away from the neck and down toward the lap belt for this very reason.
Lord, I’m glad I don’t live in Florida.
I’m no geriatric, but I have those gizmos. They make the seat belt very comfortable.
I’m not yet geriatric by any sane standard (I’m 40), but am on the short side. I use those seat belt adjuster clips too, and they help a lot, since a normally positioned seat belt seems to be trying to either cut into my neck or give me a mastectomy.
I’m under 5 feet tall and I use a clothspin to keep the seltbelt from strangling me…I clip it to the belt storage near the window. Works great but you have to remember to clip it first before driving, otherwise, you may cause an accident while attempting to clip it while driving..been there done that….
I beg your pardons, you’re right. That’s a purely ergonomic problem only incidentally related to age, and should be properly addressed for everyone’s safety and comfort. How hard would it be to supply the clips with the car?
(However, I also lived in Florida – and I’m sorry to tell you that elderly drivers peering through their steering wheels can strike terror into the stoutest hearts.)
I’m another shortie (5’1″…. maybe, if I stretch…..)
Seanette’s neck-slicing and/or masectomy line? Oh yeah: been there, done that, got the scars to prove it. I read that the car companies use a hypothetical 5’10″ male as their ‘average’ driver, and design around that…… which means what? that all us shorter-than-5’10″-and/or-female types can all just go suck a lemon?!? The clips help, but why in the world should normal people — and yes, we ARE normal! — have to do aftermarket adjustments to our cars?!?
(sorry….. ya got me on one of my hot-button issues…..)
She just purchased this ‘pre-owned’ car with one of them newfangled ‘automatic seat belts’… or at least that is what the dealer said it was.
If you look just in front of the steering wheel, you will see a little black box with a red button on it. That is the “automatic” part of an automatic seat belt–it’s supposed to move up along the door frame to near the top rear corner of the door opening when you close the door.
Only, you’ll note it hasn’t.
She’s trying to wear her seat belt in a car with a broken automatic seat belt. Her heart’s in the right place, but her seat belt isn’t. It’s possible a mechanic could move the belt anchor back to the closed position (she’d just have to unbuckle when getting out) but I have no idea how much it would cost.
Maybe she should look at a slightly newer car….
1991 Honda Accord
To be clear, that is the seat belt that goes across the chest. The place it attaches is on the far left of the photo. It is supposed to move back when you start the car, but it obviously is broken. And this seat belt is completely optional.
OPTIONAL?!? No it’s nooooooooot!
The cops can’t look down and see the seat belt, so considering the vast majority are on a common buckle they will pull you over if they can’t see the shoulder harness.
The only time a shoulder harness is optional is in the late-60′s, early 70′s cars that were built with seat belts only. Newer cars than that have both seat belts and shoulder harnesses on the front outboard seats, and they are both required.
I added rear-seat outboard shoulder harnesses on a 1988 LandCruiser a few years before they were required here – using Factory parts because in Europe, they were.
She ought to tie a Granny Knot in the end. That should make it safer.
She’s just waiting for the day when her soulmate rolls up with the female end of the mechanism hanging out the passenger window..
She’s holding up rather well considering she just got a belt in the jaw.
Oh, boo.
In NC you can’t argue a seat belt ticket. Just pay the 125$.
The driver doesn’t have time to worry about a malfunctioning automatic seat belt. A very busy day awaits upon returning home. First, all those candles have to be lit now that the last light bulb finally burned out. The water heater went on the fritz last month. Now, a bath takes three hours since filling the tub is done one pan at a time after heating it up on the stove. The clothes dryer died a week ago and all the clothes have to be dried with the hair blower. Uh oh…the horizontal hold on the television is acting up! It is going to take some time to figure out the right interval in which to blink.
I’m guessing when she started it was wedged farther back in the window, but it’s been sliding forward for a while now (hence the current neck-breaking current position). No word on how she thinks the side window will hold up to the tension induced in a seat belt during a crash (although my own guess is “poorly”
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Maybe it’s a clever break-away design intended to prevent her from snapping her neck (no word on how that will prevent a smashed face).
Her window regulator is broken. so she has to catch the edge of the glass with her finger tips to get it down. Can’t do that with the window all the way up–hence the seat belt kludge.
The kludge is not the window holding up the seatbelt – but rather the seatbelt holding the door closed. They already tried tying the door to the steering wheel, but that has some disadvantages.
Keeps your chin skin firm and young looking!
neck break
To be even safer, he can do a complete turn around is neck…
Hahahahahahahaha¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Safety first…. wait. fail…….
In an accident by front his head will be chopped off, and the supporting belt window will break due the pressure and, the windows pieces will hit him in the face, i’ll love to see that in a movie…..
Like innerself says, a complete turn around the neck will give him that extra safety feeling : ) : )
I have my doubts about the head, but, yes, any sharp pull on the seatbelt will shatter the window into 1,000 pieces. Nice.
DUDE! That’s not a kludge! Grandpa’s trying to kill himself!
Thats worser than hanging a curtain through a bus window with it flapping in the breeze, i did that once on a school camp, the bus-driver made an announcement and said “could the young man at the back please pull the curtain in.”
Wouldnt want to be a target for teens with slingshots in that vehicle.
1 broken window, seatbelt and a ticket for NOT wearing seatbelt, talk about a potential bad day in the making!