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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by causality0 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:59PM (#39985575)
Also the seat belt lock ruins the seat belt and if you ever have to slam on brakes you have replace both the seat belt and the lock.
Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by larsiusprime on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:23PM (#39985703)
If you get in an accident and the seat belt saves your life you do in fact have to replace (at least) the seat belt.
Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by sokoloff on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:38PM (#39985773)
GP's point was the false-positives (cases where a seatbelt inertial lock locks in the absence of a collision) are a low three-figure event in the case of a SawStop rather than "you need to lean back against seat to let the belt unlock itself".

I don't think GP is objecting to the cost of a true-positive [in either the saw or seatbelt case] but rather to the cost of a false-positive.

Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by mzs on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:27PM (#39985718)
There is actually a notice tag sewed into the seatbelt that is visible when too much force is applied. Most often the spool is no longer operative at that point as well.