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During a presentation at the South County Career Center in Ruskin,Florida, I used two students to demonstrate proper shoulder beltmountings. Here, Jeff Pate holds the belts lower. When the belts wereattached, Jeancarlo Rodriguez (seated) could lean forward with the beltsslipping over his shoulders. With the belts mounted like this, a drivercan contact the steering wheel with unpleasant results during a frontalimpact. <i>image by Sleepy Gomez</i>
Getting Belted: How to properly install safety belts in a racecar

 During a presentation at the South County Career Center in Ruskin,Florida, I used two students to demonstrate proper shoulder beltmountings. Here, Jeff Pate holds the belts lower. When the belts wereattached, Jeancarlo Rodriguez (seated) could lean forward with the beltsslipping over his shoulders. With the belts mounted like this, a drivercan contact the steering wheel with unpleasant results during a frontalimpact. image by Sleepy Gomez  View Related Article

 

 

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