Seatbelts normally lock-fast when they recieve a certain amount of force. Occam's seatbelt will geometrically tighten upon impact so as to reduce the shock your body experiences normally(in a crash when the seatbelt locks).
-- Trodden, Jul 17 2003

Dog Seat Belt http://www.pettails.com/petseatbelt.html
For [po]. Er, not *for* [po], but because [po] asked. [phoenix, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

All other things being equal, the occupied seatbelt is the tightest.
-- egbert, Jul 17 2003


Most seat-belts these days actually pull the seatbelt tighter in a crash. They work better this way.
-- silverstormer, Jul 17 2003


yeah, it's baked, seat belts pre-tension nowadays. not sure if they do it geometerically though.
-- neilp, Jul 17 2003


can you get a seatbelt for a dog?
-- po, Jul 17 2003


Attach its lead to the grab handle. (Sorry Eric, don't mean it really).
-- egbert, Jul 17 2003


Don't the belts stretch a bit anyway to reduce the shock? A bit like climbing ropes but less so.
-- Gordon Comstock, Jul 17 2003


I was involved in a head on collision last year. My seatbelt saved my life. With the force of the impact the seatbelt melted to the top I was wearing at the time.
-- silverstormer, Jul 17 2003


{{{shiver}}} poor old you.
-- po, Jul 17 2003


[po] You don't know the half of it.
-- silverstormer, Jul 17 2003


[po] Yes.
-- phoenix, Jul 17 2003



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