As a lawyer, I think I know why seatbelt designs achieve a happy medium and stop there.
It's cost-effective to come up with a design that saves the lives of the vast majority and leave it at that. They're supposed to save lives, comfort is secondary.
I can tell you from experience that if an automobile doesn't meet government standards for safety equipment, and an accident occurs and the safety equipment doesn't do what it's supposed to do, that auto manufacturer just lost several million dollars.
You and I talked about modifications via PM, and after we did, my thought was "if I modify the seatbelts to accommodate my tall sons and the modifications fail in a bad wreck, can I live with myself?" The answer is no.
I'm a Safety Mom. Let them complain, I'm not changing a thing. If the seatbelts fail, Toyota has deep pockets.
(In the case I am thinking of, the seat reclined almost all the way back for the passenger to take a nap, but in a wreck, the neck rest flew off backwards when the seat was reclined. Result, broken neck for the passenger, megabucks for the case.) |
