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Living up to the name
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: 15 minutes from Barber Motorsports Park!
Posts: 885
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Solutions for sliding seat belt? Is this just a woman thing?
Howdy all.
On my first ride around a race track, I knew by the first turn that I was going to have an issue with seat belt comfort. From the first stomp on the brakes, that thing cinches down, and if it's relocated into an uncomfortable place (WHICH IT ALWAYS DOES ON ME), well, um, ouch.
I find that when I have a hand to spare, I am constantly fiddling with my seat belt, trying to slide the chest-crossing portion back to the right, digging it out of my neck, etc. I am not at all "well endowed" in the chestal area, but I understand that women who are have the same issue.
The only "solution" I have tried is the plastic clip thing that you can put on the seat belt to clip the bottom part of the chest-crossing part onto the lap part so that the point at which it rises to cross the chest is moved several inches to the left of the buckle. This is a great idea, but the clip I tried, while very sturdy, just didn't do the trick. Instead of holding the chest part in place, now the clipped-together chest & lap belts rode up from my lap. Not good.
I'm at a loss to figure out what, if anything, I can do to my belts to deal with this problem. I know once I am driving on track, I am not going to want to be fiddling with my freaking belt riding up.
So. Does anybody out there have this problem? Have you found a solution? If so, I'd love to hear from you.
Oh, and yes, I know racing seats and harnesses would totally solve this. That is not an option right now. I'm looking for a way to solve the problem with my stock belts & seats.
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