Shoulder belts keep you from hitting the dashboard in the front seats.  As
far as the back seat is concerned, the last time I looked, there is about 5
feet of space between the back seat bench and the front seats so shoulder
belts do little unless you have the table extended to play games or
something.
TEMiller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: small car VW engine conversion

> >Great article. But what does it say about me, a 47YO male who drives
> >conservatively (25mph) through the neighborhoods, always aware of  the
> >dangers that present themselves. On the highway, I do keep enough room
> >between me and the car in front, am always looking for the idiot who
tries
> >to sideswipe me, and keep the speed down to about 72. Yet I still drive a
2
> >door exploder not to be isolated from the road, but to have enough room
to
> >haul two kids, a SO, and two large dogs. And it's still safer than my
> >Vanagon where the idjit VW designer/beancounters decided shoulderbelts
cost
> >too much money to put in, so my kids never get to ride in it anymore.
>
> Shoulder belts are standard on all of my 84's outboard seats.
>
> Exploder...safe?? Any vehicle which handles so abysmally is dead unsafe.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> 64 (3) 473-8863
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> Fossil preparator
> Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
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> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
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