Seat-belt energy spread

First to say, we are all OK, with only bruises.

This Sunday, on the winding road up to our mountain vacation resort for Rosh-Hashanah, an hour before the holiday began, at one of the bends, a young driver coming headlong at us in our lane lost control and smashed into our car demolishing it. I had seen it coming, warned my family, swiveled the car out of his way so that it changed into a side collision... and Bang! The airbags worked but the seat-belts worked first.

Next thing we were all in the hospital hardly walking and hardly talking. We cannot lie down or sit down without help, and cannot get up. (By now, five days later its much better). The heavy bruises are all from seat-belts: On the shoulders, neck, across the left breast and chest, and on the two sides of the waist.

So here's the idea:

New active seat-belt: The actual seat-belt is kept away from the body by a series of thin plastic elastic "legs" which serve also as crash detectors. In case of a crash, a wide "bandage" is opened which covers the face (with see-through, and breathable mesh material) the forehead, and most of the body, spreading the stopping energy to a much broader and hence much less bruising experience.

Just a note: While at the hospital we saw much worse cases, one the family of a man who got a heart attack while their car was being stoned. Ironically, the mostly Arab staff - doctors, nurses, assistants and clerks where all extremely helpful and empathic, to this family as well.