Kia Sportage Middle Seat Belt? Best 191 Answer

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BabyDrive verdict

The Kia Sportage GT Line is a small five seater SUV that is an AWESOME BabyDrive for its size, price and practicality! The interior of this top-of-the-line GT-Line model is very nice compared to the base model I’ve driven before.

I found the Sportage pretty hard to fault as it ticks all the baby drive boxes in mid-size family SUVs and I can say it will be one of my most recommended cars this year!!

So where to start…

The media system is so easy to use and navigate in Kia vehicles and it’s one of my favorite systems.

It has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The rear camera image is a bit pixelated but fills the screen so you get a nice big picture and you can just turn off the sensors in the center console.

There are some great family-friendly features within the media screen to turn the navigation guidance voice up and down with the volume sliders and on-screen controls.

As well as the easy positioning of where the sound comes from, so as not to disturb the sleeping boy, or so that you do not have to listen to nursery rhymes for the ten thousandth time !!!

The Kia Sportage only fits three rear child seats, which is fantastic for a small SUV! There are ISOFix points in the two outer seats and top tether anchorages on all three seat backs.

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Legroom is good for a mid-size SUV, with room for a 170cm driver in front of a rear-facing child seat and a 184cm driver in front of a forward-facing child seat.

The trunk is also good in the Kia Sportage. When empty, it holds 13 shopping bags, which is one more than the VW Tiguan and just as many as the Mazda CX-5 and Honda CR-V.

I found all sizes of strollers and strollers fit in the trunk with some tote bags too. Three shopping bags can fit in this twin stroller, which is convenient for daily family use.

Internal storage is also useful. There are two cup holders on the front and back, big enough for reusable and disposable coffee cups. It also has a cordless phone charger and the usual USB and 12V outlets.

Door bins, glove box and center console are all good sizes and practical for everyday family use.

The Kia Sportage is a great mid-size SUV for a family, it’s lively, nimble and fun to drive. With a modern appearance, I found it easy to park around town and navigate tight school and supermarket car parks.

The Kia Sportage SUV has a five-star 2016 ANCAP safety rating and six airbags as standard.

BabyDrive in detail

BabyDrive in detail – storage space How good is the storage space in the Kia Sportage? How big is the trunk of the Kia Sportage? The Sportage has two cup holders in the center console, well-sized to hold a reusable and disposable coffee mug, and there’s a small rubber-lined indentation behind it. Behind it is a compact center console box with an armrest lid. In front of the shifter is a cordless phone charger with two 12V sockets and a USB port. There is also a lined glasses case in the blanket. The glove box is a great size. It would hold my iPad and wallet with the large manual. Pockets on the front door hold a large refillable water bottle, and there are also small storage compartments in the door handles. On the rear, there are mesh card pockets on the back of both front seats that can hold an iPad but not hide it, and a USB and 12V socket on the back of the center console box. In the rear, two cup holders are located in a folding armrest in the center seatback. They hold a reusable and a disposable coffee cup. The door bins only fit a large refillable water bottle, a 600ml bottle fits much better and there are small storage indents in the handles too. Do you want to buy a new car? Our partner OnlineAuto knows which models have the fastest delivery times and offers a hassle-free, no-haggling buying process to help you get the best possible deal. They even deliver your new car to you with a full tank! Find out more: BabyDrive.com.au/OnlineAuto Storage is great in the trunk of one of the smaller mid-size SUVs out there. The trunk and its functionality are really important. I like a big trunk and little side indents or areas to divide things into. Something I don’t want to move during the ride, like Tulsi’s packed lunch or her wet bathing suit, can be compartmentalized in a small chute where it won’t spill or get crushed by the other stuff in the boots. Hooks for attaching shopping bags are my favorites too. I like to secure the bag with more fragile things like eggs so they don’t move around on the trip. I measure the trunk in freezer bags, strollers and dogs. Not because I think all a mother’s life is about grocery shopping, strollers and dogs. (Although sometimes it can feel like it!!) But because these are visually measurable elements that we can all associate with. To me, the car company’s liter trunk measurement is not a quantity I can easily imagine, and 400L in one car may differ in usability from another due to the configuration or shape of the space. The trunk of the Kia Sportage holds thirteen empty shopping bags, which is one more than the VW Tiguan and as many as the Mazda CX-5 and Honda CR-V. A Duet twin stroller fits in with three shopping bags. Six shopping bags fit in the tandem stroller. Six shopping bags fit around the Urban Jungle single stroller. Nine shopping bags fit in the Nano compact stroller. A medium sized dog could fit in the trunk. The boot opening is nice and wide, ideal for lifting strollers in and out, and the floor is nice and flat and level, ideal for dogs and for an emergency diaper change on the boot floor! BabyDrive In Depth – Noise How loud is the Kia Sportage? How good is the media system in the Kia Sportage? The Kia Sportage has announcements for “School Zone Ahead” and many other warnings of this nature. However, it is difficult to complain about something in the interests of child safety… I will! I find her a bit annoying!! And the “ding-dong” sound before these announcements is just like Aldi’s when they open a new checkout lane! The media system in the Kia Sportage is great, the split home screen makes it really easy to select the function you want while driving… …and the options are really easy to use and navigate. It also has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The rear camera image is a bit pixelated, but it’s a nice big picture that fills the entire media screen. You can turn off the sensors with a button at the bottom of the center console. When I became a parent I quickly realized that there are some noises and noises that I consider unnecessary and that I could live happily on if it meant my baby was sleeping!! That the distraction of my crying, desperate baby when driving is often more dangerous than, for example, not having a lane departure warning system. If it’s the lane departure warning beep that’s causing my baby distress, what’s the safest thing to do? I think here we need to be able to find a balance and decide when we can mute the warnings or maybe replace them with a vibration in the steering wheel or a flashing light? Many of these sounds come as technology advances and are particularly associated with safety features and warnings. For me everything has its place. Another thing I’ve noticed is that I’m spending my time in a lot more places with little kids running around, parks, beaches, arcades, swimming lessons, daycares, etc. I’ve become more aware of that when I’m in reverse or in Maneuvering the car In parks, I have to check three times if there are small children walking behind me or in my blind spot when reversing. I LOVE rear cameras, I just don’t like their beeps!! Since having a child I’ve become so much more aware of safety and possible accidents or dangers and that’s why I love the safety I get from the cameras and sensors combined with my own vision through windows and mirrors as I have cameras don’t trust alone. Do you want to buy a new car? Our partner OnlineAuto knows which models have the fastest delivery times and offers a hassle-free, no-haggling buying process to help you get the best possible deal. They even deliver your new car to you with a full tank! Find out more: BabyDrive.com.au/OnlineAuto There are some great family-friendly features within the media system. In the sat nav, you can easily increase and decrease the guidance volume on the left side of the screen. You can also set it up so that you can use the volume controls on the steering wheel to do the same. I find that on most trips when using the sat nav I only need directions for the latter part of the trip. I know how to get to the area I’m going to and then it’s just the exact address I need help with. Having to type in the address before driving, I found myself in most cases where you can’t mute the sat nav voice to hear all the directions, interfering with your concentration, any conversation in the car at the time or more especially my sleeping baby! So being able to mute the sat nav’s voice until you get to the part where you actually need it is worth its weight in gold! You can also change the audio position of the speakers from the media screen, allowing you to shift the audio from bub in the back or just set it to bub in the back if you don’t want to hear The Wiggles for the 9000th time. You can lock the doors and windows from the driver’s door control panel. The turn signal is not too loud and would not disturb a sleeping baby in the Kia Sportage. The windows and doors in the Kia Sportage close relatively quietly and are not a baby alarm clock. When the baby is sleeping, you can get in and out without worrying about the doors being too noisy. The same goes for the windows, the mechanism of which is not too loud and I did not notice that they have a loud opening or closing noise. When baby is sleeping you want to be able to get in and out without worrying about the doors being too loud and waking up baby! An alarm didn’t sound when I pulled over, buckled my seat belt and opened the door with the engine running. Since becoming a mom I spend a lot of time parking somewhere with a nice view while my daughter sleeps in the back! When it’s hot I have to keep the engine running and the A/C on but I love to get outside and sip my cup of tea in the fresh air whilst enjoying the fact that my limbs are free of the dangling child!! So this is a very important test as I have found that I have sometimes been held hostage by a car that beeps alarms if I have my seat belt off or open the door while the engine is still running!! (I’m just standing outside the car, I’m not a bad mom!!) BabyDrive Indepth – car seats How many child seats fit in the Kia Sportage? The Kia Sportage can be fitted with three rear child seats! It has ISOFix points in the two outer rear seats, they are not in plastic guides and are easy to attach. There are anchorages for the top tethers on the back of all three seatbacks, they are in plastic guides and are nice and easy to access and connect through the trunk, and the seatbacks come forward slightly to pass the top tethers. Installing child seats in the Kia Sportage is relatively easy. With a little pressure I could fit three child seats in the back. It’s roomier with two child seats but I found I could just about fit between the two child seats and I’m 162cm tall and my shoulders were very compressed. Do you want to buy a new car? Our partner OnlineAuto knows which models have the fastest delivery times and offers a hassle-free, no-haggling buying process to help you get the best possible deal. They even deliver your new car to you with a full tank! Find out more: BabyDrive.com.au/OnlineAuto With a front-facing car seat, we found that a 184cm rider could fit up front. With a rear-facing child seat, a driver who is 170 cm tall could fit in the front. It’s fine to put Bub in his booster seat, both inside and outside the car, and there’s space to feed Bub in the back if only one booster seat is installed. Australia is a land of extreme weather, blazing sun and torrential rain means you might find it easier to get Bub out of the car and into the seat. When it’s hot, you can turn on the air conditioning, cool the car and not stand in the heat with the door open while you fasten it, or shelter from the rain and not get soaked yourself. So it’s important to test if bub can be easily installed from either direction. The seats in the Kia Sportage model we tested are cream leather with perforated center panels that would be difficult for children to keep clean and the perforations would catch all their crumbs and spills! BabyDrive Indepth – drive & comfort How comfortable is a Kia Sportage? The seats on the Kia Sportage are comfortable in the front. I found I couldn’t wear a ponytail while driving! I had spent hours this morning styling my hair to get it just right too…no new mom ever said!!! The steering wheel is fully in/out and up/down adjustable and the cruise controls are on the right side of the steering wheel. They are very easy to use and I found the adaptive cruise control nice and accurate in the Kia Sportage GT Line. There are four air conditioning vents above the front dashboard. One on each side of the media screen and one on each end. There are vents on the back of the center console box which are great for keeping rear passengers cool in the Australian summer. The driver can also reach it from the front. The controls for the air conditioning are centrally located on the dashboard and are easy to reach and operate while driving. Do you want to buy a new car? Our partner OnlineAuto knows which models have the fastest delivery times and offers a hassle-free, no-haggling buying process to help you get the best possible deal. They even deliver your new car to you with a full tank! Find out more: BabyDrive.com.au/OnlineAuto Visibility was good from the driver’s side and rear of the Sportage! One thing I’ve noticed since becoming a mom is that I hate it when I reach a destination or come home from the outside and either Tulsi was doing really well in the car or she was turning her head and me did really well to keep it together for the entire ride (usually the latter!!) and it takes 10 minutes to park the car! It can be really stressful. I usually get scared when we drive large cars and minibuses as they usually take longer to park in our narrow apartment block parking lot. The little Kia Sportage was pretty easy and pleasant to drive and park! Visibility is good for rear passengers too, with rear windows big enough for them to see out and plenty of light inside the car so it doesn’t feel cramped in the back. In the back, the dome lights are hidden behind the handles above the rear doors. I couldn’t reach her from the front. The handles above the rear doors on either side of the back are perfect for hanging a baby toy. I will often reach out to turn on the interior light when driving at night. I find that my little girl is less stressed at night this way. It helps if I can reach the interior light from the driver’s seat to turn it on and off while driving. I often find my daughter needs it when we start our journey in the dark, but once she’s asleep I can turn it off. It is also useful when there are lights above the doors where the handles are usually positioned. These are good for placing the baby in the car seat when visibility is poor so you don’t have to reach over them for a centrally mounted overhead light etc. BabyDrive Indepth – Safety The Kia Sportage has a 5 star ANCAP Safety rating received in 2016. He received an overall score of 34.62 out of 37 points. For the frontal offset test it scored 13.62 out of 16 and for the side impact test it received the maximum of 16/16 and 2/2 for the pole test and pedestrian detection was rated as acceptable. The Sportage has six airbags as standard. Front airbags for driver and front passenger, side airbags in front and side head airbags. The Kia Sportage is equipped with Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with Brake Assist (BA) and Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) with Traction Control System (TCS), Hill Start Assist (HSA), Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror, Lane Keeping Assist (LKAS), Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB), Forward Collision Warning (FCW). ), Driver Attention Warning, high-mounted rear brake light, High Beam Assist (HBA), automatic headlights with dusk-to-dawn detection, projector fog lamps, door open warning and automatic door locks with speed detection as standard. Do you want to buy a new car? Our partner OnlineAuto knows which models have the fastest delivery times and offers a hassle-free, no-haggling buying process to help you get the best possible deal. They even deliver your new car to you with a full tank! Find out more: BabyDrive.com.au/OnlineAuto Some of these safety features are also features that as a mom drive me crazy! Like the lane departure and collision warning or the beep of the parking sensor. I want all the security tech AND be able to mute the sound when Tulsi is sleeping!

British Seat Belt Law Explained

In the first of our UK Driving Laws series, we take a look at the UK Seat Belt Act and give you all the information you need to protect yourself and other passengers from harm.

A 2009 study showed that about 400 people were killed in accidents each year for not wearing seat belts, and a more recent survey has shown that motorists aged 17 to 34 have the lowest compliance rate, with millions still breaking the rules – a shocking statistic when you consider that wearing a seat belt can halve the chance of death in a traffic accident.

Overview of the UK Seat Belt Act

Who is responsible for seat belts? Is it the driver’s responsibility?

Seat belts are generally the responsibility of the adults in the vehicle. If the passenger is a child, it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure that they are buckled. If the passenger is an adult, it is their responsibility to ensure that they are buckled at all times.

Seat belt law for minibuses, coaches and coaches in the UK

Every adult passenger traveling in a minibus, coach or coach must wear a seat belt, if fitted. This is the passenger’s responsibility and will therefore be prosecuted if caught. Different rules apply to children traveling on these modes of transport, which we will discuss later in this article.

Seat belt law for taxi drivers in the UK

Believe it or not, under the UK Taxi Driver Seat Belt Act, taxi drivers are not legally required to wear a seat belt when carrying paying passengers or driving ‘on a hire basis’ – which means driving around and keeping an eye out for people trying to flag down a cab. Private hire taxis – taxis that operate on a pre-booked basis – cannot “operate for hire” and are only allowed to pick up passengers who have booked a ride.

UK seatbelt law: is it compulsory to wear seatbelts in the back seat of a car?

The UK Rear Seat Belt Act states that adults in the back seat of a car must wear a seat belt unless they are on a medical exemption. It is the responsibility of the adult passenger to ensure they are buckled.

Exceptions: when is it acceptable to travel by car without wearing a seat belt?

There are some exceptions to adult seat belt wearing; for both medical and non-medical reasons. You are exempt from wearing seat belts:

If you are a driver reversing a car

If you are supervising a learner driver who is reversing a car

If you drive a truck and don’t travel more than 50 meters between deliveries

If you are a passenger in a commercial vehicle and are investigating a possible fault with the vehicle

In a vehicle for the police, fire brigade and rescue services

It is also acceptable for a passenger to ride in a car without a seat belt if you are on medical exemption. Your doctor will issue you with a “Certificate of Exemption from the Seat Belt Obligation”. Keep the certificate in your vehicle and show it to the police if they stop you. Be sure to inform your insurance company about the exemption.

If you are pregnant or disabled you must wear a seat belt unless there is a medical exception.

The dangers of not wearing seat belts

Not wearing a seat belt is perhaps one of the most reckless and dangerous acts a driver or passenger of any vehicle can commit, and this act endangers not only their own lives but the lives of others as well.

The most common injuries suffered by people not wearing seat belts are the head, chest, and abdomen, resulting in internal bleeding, cracked and fractured ribs, and traumatic brain injuries ranging from concussions to impaired cognitive function. Medical figures show that over half of all reported traumatic brain injuries are caused by brains banging into the skull or windshield in a car accident.

40,000 people die in car accidents each year, making road accidents the leading cause of death for people under the age of 35, and simply wearing a seat belt could have prevented half of those deaths.

The Child Seat Belt Act

children under 3

Height-based seats must be rear-facing until the child is 15 months old, while weight-based car seats can be front-facing once the child reaches 9 kg.

Car seats should not be fitted to side-facing seats, and if fitted to a front seat, the airbags on that side of the vehicle must be deactivated – it is illegal to place a rear-facing child seat in the front seat when this is the case an airbag is active.

A child under the age of 3 may travel unbelted in a taxi or private rental car if there is a solid partition between the front and rear seats of the vehicle, child restraint systems are not available and the journey was unexpected.

Children aged 3 to 11 and under 135 cm tall

Children in vehicles must sit in the appropriate child seat until they are 135 cm tall or 12 years old, whichever comes first. Booster seats used within the UK must be EU approved, which is indicated on the label by a circled letter ‘E’.

There are some exceptions to the rules that allow a child to wear a seat belt in the absence of a child seat:

In the back seats of taxis or private rental cars

When a short, unexpected trip is deemed necessary

If two child restraint systems are already used on the rear seats, there is not enough space to fit a third one.

Seat belt laws for children on minibuses, buses and coaches

All children must travel in the back seats of a bus or minibus – i.e. H. in each seat behind the driver – if the front seats are not fitted with a seat belt.

When seated in the rear seats of minibuses, it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure that children under the age of 3 wear an appropriate restraint, children aged 3 to 12 and under 1.35m tall use a restraint, if fitted, a Seat belts, if not provided, and that all other children under the age of 14 use the seat belts provided.

For larger minibuses and coaches, there is currently no legal obligation to wear seat belts for children under the age of 14, but it is strongly recommended.

At what age are you responsible for your own seat belt?

From the age of 14 you are responsible for putting on your seat belt yourself. The driver of the vehicle is responsible for ensuring that persons under the age of 14 wear a seat belt.

consequences and crimes. What is the fine for not wearing a seat belt?

The penalty for not wearing a seat belt as a driver or passenger is a fine of £100 and if the case goes to court this can be increased to up to £500. The same fines apply if you are the driver of a vehicle with children not wearing the appropriate child car seats.

Having these penalties on file can affect your auto insurance coverage and in some cases even void coverage, meaning you are responsible for paying for any damage or costs.

Penalty points are also awarded for not wearing a seat belt; three penalty points for drivers not wearing seat belts or children not wearing seat belts, and two points will be applied to passenger driving licenses if they are over 14 years old and not wearing seat belts.

What to do if your vehicle doesn’t have seat belts?

A car without seat belts may only be driven if the vehicle was originally built without seat belts – for example a classic car. Also, if your vehicle does not have seat belts, you may not carry children under the age of 3 in it. Children over the age of three may only sit in the back seats of vehicles without a seat belt.

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Follow us on Image Source: TWITTER (FILE) The government is making three-point seat belts compulsory for cars

Highlights The standard will also apply to the middle seat in the back row of a car

Currently, in most cars, only the front seats and two rear seats have three-point seat belts

The government has mandated automakers to provide three-point seat belts for all front-facing passengers in a car. The norm should also apply to the middle seat in the back row of a car, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said at a press conference on Thursday.

“I signed an act yesterday mandating automakers to provide three-point seat belts for all front-facing passengers in a car,” the Minister for Roads and Motorways said. Currently, only the front seats and two rear seats have three-point seat belts in most cars produced in the country. However, the middle or middle rear seat in these cars is only equipped with a two-point or lap belt, similar to airplane seats. Gadkari said that every year up to 1.5 lakh people die in 5 lakh road accidents in the country.

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This is one of the most common seat belt problems, but the good news is that it’s usually an easy fix!

The belt is twisted or the retractor is defective. You can repair the belt yourself, but you will need to replace the retractor if it is not working properly. If the seat belt won’t retract in your car, there are two possible causes: this or that. You can repair the belt yourself, but you will need to replace the retractor if it is not working properly.

For a twisted seat belt, follow these steps to fix it at home:

Loosen the buckle to create slack and insert the strap backwards

and insert the belt backwards. Slowly pull the strap out until it is fully extended

Inspect the belt for twists

Remove the fairing if you can’t find any problems in the previous steps

If you follow these steps and are still having seat belt issues, you might want to take your car to an expert. For your car insurance, Jerry’s experts are ready to cover you! Download the app, enter your details and you will receive cheap offers within 45 seconds.

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Post by Chris » Friday Sep 10th 2010 – 06:56pm

Not sure if it helps, but the E46 suffered badly from a seatbelt that wouldn’t retract, so try this with a damp cloth down. Do this in and out a few times. Then apply this stuff and swipe it in and out again two or three times. Basically you are cleaning the belt as it will get clogged and dirty which will keep it from retracting Try

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A seat belt pretensioner is a critical component in the seat belt assembly. If you’re involved in an accident in a modern car, the seat belt system keeps you secure in your seat so you don’t get thrown forward or fly out of the windshield. Of course, this can only happen if you obey the law and actually wear your seat belt.

When you fasten your seat belt, the seat belt system has a component called the seat belt pretensioner. The belt tensioner keeps the seat belt closed and tightens it in the event of an accident.

See also: Seat belt won’t retract or extend? (how to fix)

How a seat belt tensioner works

When your vehicle gets into an accident, there is a very sudden deceleration that takes place. There are sensors in your vehicle that detect this sudden deceleration. Once it does, the pretensioner ignites a small charge that moves a hidden piston in your seat belt system. This charge is similar to that in the airbag itself.

The piston in the seat belt pretensioner then rapidly spins a spool, which retracts the seat belt webbing (or webbing). This entire process happens in a fraction of a second. The seat belt webbing basically loses all of its slack, making it impossible to move.

Because you are under this belt, you remain securely secured in your seat during the impact of the accident.

While you, the driver and front passenger, remain secured in your seats, the airbag system deploys its airbags in front of you. The seat belt and airbag systems work together to protect everyone in the front.

If you were not wearing a seat belt in an accident, you cannot rely on the airbag to save you. The force of the impact would be so severe that you would jump forward or be thrown through the windshield before the airbag could fully inflate. Some airbags are even designed in such a way that they can only be deployed when the seat belt is fastened.

By remaining strapped to your seat, it ensures your body is positioned directly in front of the airbag so it can reduce physical shock as much as possible.

Also Read: Airbag Replacement Costs

Belt tensioner replacement cost

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Belt tensioners are designed as disposable items. You need to replace your seat belt pretensioners every time you get into an accident. The seat belt pretensioner is not that expensive, especially if you replace it yourself. It is one of the few parts of an airbag system that does not require a professional mechanic.

The replacement cost of a seat belt pretensioner is around $150-$200. The cost of the parts is around $50-$100 while the labor cost is around $100-$125. You might be able to cut down on the work if you can find a mechanic in your area that’s cheap enough, or just enlist the help of a buddy who enjoys working on cars.

Alternatively, there are a few shops across the country that specialize in seat belt pretensioner repairs. Just send them the used pretensioner, they will reassemble it and then ship it back to you. If you repair or rebuild the device, you will save some money.

Have you ever noticed that the seat belts in your car have a fabric loop on the buckle but the driver’s seat belt doesn’t? It’s about making us safer.

The secret of the seat belt

Whether your car has racing bucket seats, a luxurious leather interior, or durable cloth seats that will stand up to your dog, there is one seatbelt feature that many cars have in common. All seat belts except the driver’s belt have a fabric loop located directly next to the buckle. The driver’s seat belt does not have a loop but rather a small button just below the buckle. You may not have noticed these or other strange vehicle features, but they are actually there for your safety. Not every car has this feature; The Toyota Prius, for example, has buttons under the buckle on each seat belt and still manages to earn a five-star out of five safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. So not finding fabric loops on your car’s seat belts isn’t necessarily a cause for concern. But the feature is very common. Even with cars that have fabric loops on the seat belt, their owners may never have noticed or just don’t know what it means. And why doesn’t the driver’s seat belt have a loop? We turned to automotive experts to find out. By the way, does your dog need a seat belt?

What is the purpose of the fabric loop on seat belts?

According to Jake McKenzie, content manager at Auto Accessories Garage, the fabric loop on seat belts is called the energy management loop. “It’s designed to tear under intense stress,” says McKenzie. “By ripping, it can cushion the impact of a collision by a few inches and help protect the passenger.” If you’re unlucky enough to get into an accident, the loop will rip. This gives you a few more inches of seatbelt to work with and dissipates the impact, preventing your seatbelt from snapping and also preventing you from injuring yourself. Avoiding injuries is also why you might one day find a dryer sheet in your mailbox.

Grant Clelland, IT Consultant & Tech Expert at Infiniti Tracking, which specializes in vehicle tracking, cites another purpose. “Another use of this loop is to prevent the buckle of the belt from repeatedly banging against the side of the car when the car is moving,” says Clelland. It also keeps the buckle at a comfortable height for use and prevents it from falling off the seat belt and landing on the ground. That makes sense – we’ve all had to deal with the annoyance of something rattling around in a place we can’t reach while driving, like loose change. This partially explains why the driver’s side never has one. “The driver’s seat belt doesn’t have a loop because when the car is moving, it should always be buckled. So there’s no point in stopping him from hitting the side of the car,” explains Clelland. But what about driver-side safety? For another car curiosity, find out what those numbers on your tires mean.

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Why isn’t there a loop on the driver’s side?

There is no fabric loop on the driver’s seat belt – just a button that prevents the buckle from slipping on the ground. While the loop on the front passenger’s seat belts is there to improve passenger safety, the lack of the loop on the driver’s seat belt is actually for the driver’s safety, as McKenzie explains. “On the driver’s side, it’s even more important to secure the driver, as hitting the steering wheel with your head can be fatal,” he says. “On the driver’s side, the energy management circuit is missing, because in a serious impact every millimeter counts.” When it comes to car safety, it’s important to think about the position of each person in the car — for example, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends keeping children in the back seat up to the age of 13, and they should fit the seat belt properly . For even more safety when traveling, consider flying with a tennis ball in your hand luggage – it could save your life!

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Booster seats: How do I comply with the law if my car only has lap belts on the back seat?

If you have a lap and shoulder belt on a passenger seat, place the booster seat there. (This may mean having an adult move into the back seat.) If a booster-aged child is sitting in the passenger seat, make sure the passenger seat is pushed all the way back from the dash, have the child sit straight in the Booster seat with the lap and shoulder belts properly fastened and read the vehicle owner’s manual about airbags. If you don’t have a lap and shoulder belt combination available in either the front or rear seats, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) offers a few suggestions: If you can afford it, equip the vehicle with a shoulder belt or one Vest to or harness that attaches to the lap belt system and a tether (contact the automaker to find out if they offer retrofits or install a tether anchor) or

Purchase a child seat with a higher weight limit (up to 80 pounds) that requires a lap belt to install properly. See http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/over40.aspx or http://fcs.tamu.edu/safety/passenger_safety/certified-tech/booster-alternatives.pdf.

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How do you take off a seatbelt lock?

Depending on whether the seat belt won’t extend or retract, either let it in a little and pull it out slowly, or vice versa, to reset the spool. By slowly allowing the belt to move a few inches, the auto lock resets and allows extension of the seat belt.

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