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Originally Posted by knight'sSVX
My Dad's 91 mitsubishi galant had one. I do like this feature, this way you cant say oh i forgot to put my seatbelt...  |
Sure you can. I can't tell you how many times I've had to remind passengers to buckle the lap belt. You don't want to be in a bad crash wearing just the "auto" belt.
Automatic belts were a dim-bulb, cheap-ass way for the automakers to satisfy demands for a "passive" system, without springing for air bags. Pointless complexity, to my mind, as you must buckle the lab belt anyway.
I believe some of the examples previously cited here didn't have motorized belts, but belts that attached to the door.
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